Bahrain
Capital: Manama · High income · Pop. 1.6 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Bahrain, 98.9% of the population uses safely managed drinking water — an improved source, located on premises, available when needed, and free from contamination (2024 estimate). That leaves roughly 17,475 people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 93.35% use safely managed sanitation services and 100% have at least a basic service (2024).
Bahrain has about 3 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year — below the ~1,000 m³ threshold widely used to define water scarcity. It withdraws the equivalent of 3,878% of those internal resources annually (extreme (over-extraction) water stress), meaning it relies on rivers from outside its borders, desalination, or drawing down stored reserves.
Agriculture accounts for about 33% of Bahrain's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Bahrain have safe drinking water?
98.9% of Bahrain's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 17,475 people do not.
Does Bahrain have enough freshwater?
Bahrain has roughly 3 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 3,878% of it annually (extreme (over-extraction) stress).