Relationship dossier
Bahrain
Oman
Relationship assessment
Bahrain and Oman maintain cooperative ties supported by a bilateral joint committee and government agreements.
Bahrain toward Oman
+35Bahrain has pursued government cooperation with Oman through the bilateral joint committee and agreements in areas including investment, customs, education and transport.
Oman toward Bahrain
+35Oman has pursued government cooperation with Bahrain through the bilateral joint committee and agreements in areas including investment, customs, education and transport; the Sultan’s 2022 visit to Bahrain included further agreements.
Overall relationship
+35The relationship combines recurring high-level engagement with practical bilateral arrangements, including a joint committee and agreements across several policy areas. Available details do not establish how extensively these arrangements have been implemented.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Bahrain and Oman maintain cooperative bilateral ties, including through a joint committee and government agreements covering areas such as investment, customs, education and transport. The Sultan of Oman’s 2022 visit to Bahrain featured further agreements and reflected continued high-level engagement. The scope and implementation of these arrangements are not clear enough to support a stronger assessment.
Key developments
The Sultan of Oman visited Bahrain, and the two governments concluded further bilateral agreements.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral agreements are unclear.
- The extent of ongoing cooperation through the bilateral joint committee is uncertain.