Corruption in Bahrain is an ongoing concern for the nation. Bahrain became a party to the United Nations Convention against Corruption in 2010 after signing it in 2005.
Statistical evaluations In Transparency International's 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index, Bahrain scored 50 on a scale from 0 ("highly corrupt") to 100 ("very clean"). When ranked by score, Bahrain ranked 56th among the 182 countries in the Index, where the country ranked first is perceived to have the most honest public sector. For comparison with regional scores, the best score among Middle Eastern and North African countries was 69, the average was 39 and the worst was 13. For comparison with worldwide scores, the best score was 89 (ranked 1), the average was 42, and the worst was 9 (ranked 181 in a two-way tie).
Years201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023 20242025Corruption Perceptions Index score Scores are on a 0-100 scale, with 0 being a perception of very low public sector honesty and 100 being a perception of very high public sector honesty.
Notable incidents of fraud and corruption
Alcoa-Alba corruption case, a $6m bribe case.
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See also
Bahrain Transparency Society International Anti-Corruption Academy Group of States Against Corruption International Anti-Corruption Day ISO 37001 Anti-bribery management systems United Nations Convention against Corruption OECD Anti-Bribery Convention Transparency International
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