All 195 countries · Western Asia
Bahrain
Bahrain issues a compulsory chip-based CPR smart ID card and runs the eKey biometric login for government services. The central bank is in the research phase on a digital currency. No WHO or 2030 Agenda pushback was found.
Digital ID · Goal 16.9
Digital ID in Bahrain
- Program
- CPR smart card; eKey / eKey 2.0
- Status
- Used by most adults
- National ID card
- ID card compulsory
- Biometrics
- Yes
The CPR smart card replaced the paper card and holds biometric data, and it works as a travel document. Bahrain added digital travel credential features to the card, a first in the Gulf. eKey 2.0 is a passwordless biometric login, and eKey for Business extends it to private firms; a brokerage went live on it in January 2026. The legal basis was not found.
Digital money · Goal 8.10
Central bank digital currency
- Status
- Research
The central bank has run cross-border payment experiments. In 2024 the governor said any such currency might be described as a digital form of cash. No launch date was found.
On the record
What has happened, newest first
- 2026-01Rolling it out
A financial firm became the first investment platform to go live on eKey for Business. ID Tech — CFI Financial and GFH go live with eKey for Business ↗
- 2025-02Rolling it out
Bahrain launched eKey 2.0, a passwordless biometric login for digital services. MEA Tech Watch — Bahrain launches eKey 2.0 ↗
UN and WHO
How Bahrain has voted
- WHO
- Accepted the 2024 rule changes
- Pandemic Agreement (May 2025)
- No recorded objection
- Migration compact (Dec 2018)
- Voted yes
- Paris climate deal
- Party
- SDG Index 2026
- 65.7 · rank 105 of 169
- Progress reports to the UN (VNRs)
- 3
Sovereignty score
How the -1 adds up
- -1Government digital ID used by most adults source ↗
Points come only from public, sourced actions we track, scored the same way for every country. It isn't a grade of a whole government. How scoring works →
Nobody runs this from the top
Start a group in Bahrain
A free, self-run kit: your first meeting, your first 30 days, ten campaigns and copy-ready letters. Bring this page to your first meeting.
Country research checked Oct 2026. Tracker data checked 11 Oct 2026. Every claim links to its source.