Bahrain vs United Arab Emirates: country risk compared

United Arab Emirates currently carries the higher assessed risk (5.0 vs 4.7 on the RegActions 0-10 scale), driven by higher AML/CFT effectiveness risk (7.6 vs 5.8).

🇧🇭 Bahrain (4.7/10, Moderate) vs 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates (5.0/10, High).

Side by side

IndicatorBahrainUnited Arab Emirates
RegActions risk score4.7/10 (Moderate)5.0/10 (High)
FATF statusNot currently listedNot currently listed
Sanctions postureNo listed programme identifiedNo listed programme identified
Governance: rule of law (WGI risk)3.6/102.8/10
Corruption (CPI)50/100 (rank #56)69/100 (rank #21)
EU tax list (Annex I)Not listedNot listed
Egmont FIU memberYesYes
Last FATF mutual evaluation20182020
BO registerNone identifiedNone identified

FATF mutual evaluations

  • Bahrain: last mutual evaluation 2018 · report
  • United Arab Emirates: last mutual evaluation 2020 · report

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Active methodology 3.1.0; Bahrain is complete with low confidence and United Arab Emirates is complete with medium confidence. FATF listings and sanctions are shown as regulatory overlays; CPI and enforcement volume are contextual, not score inputs. Scoring methodology.