Bahrain: Economic growth competiveness index

The Growth Competitiveness Index (GCI), aims to quantify the quality of the macroeconomic environment, the state of a countrys public institutions, and its level of technological readiness.

Higher competitiveness scores are more desirable:

• Very High 5.51 to 7
• High 4.51 to 5.50
• Moderate 3.51 to 4.50
• Low - 3.01 to 3.50
• Very Low 0 to 3.00

Source: World Economic Forum

Bahrain does not publish official house price statistics. Good general economics statistics are available from the Central Bank of Bahrain. The site AME Info has up-to-date news on real estate, as well as on finance and economy.