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Bahraini Dinar
BHDBahrain · Issued by Central Bank of Bahrain
Price (USD)
$2.6596
Inflation (2024)
+0.92%
10y M2 change
+186%
M69 Score
79.4
USD-pegged
Market Cap (USD)
$26.71B
via M2 · 2015
M2 (local currency)
10.04B BHD
current LCU
CPI YoY (2024)
+0.92%
World Bank · annual
Country
Bahrain
ISO 4217 · BHD
Last Update
2026-04-25
Daily ingest · 02:00 UTC
Bahraini Dinar M2 money supply
Broad money in BHD (cash + deposits + close substitutes), annual back to ~1960 via World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN. Log scale auto-engages for hyperinflation outliers.
Bahraini Dinar inflation history
Annual CPI YoY since 2001 — World Bank consumer price index for Bahrain. Inflation volatility is one of three inputs into the Money2069 sound-money score.
Purchasing power calculator
How much would your Bahraini Dinar be worth today if you'd held it since…?
100 BHD in 2001 buys today
31.86 BHDworth of goods
Lost 68% of purchasing power since 2001.
To match 2001 purchasing power, you need today
313.83 BHD
69 years of cumulative inflation.
Calculation: cumulative product of (1 + CPI YoY) from the chosen year through 2024. Source: World Bank consumer price index (annual). Daily-refreshed.
Data sources & methodology
- FX (USD):
- Frankfurter / ECB · daily
- CPI YoY:
- World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · annual
- M2 broad money:
- World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN · annual (LCU)
- Market cap (USD):
- M2 / FX rate · daily
- 10-year M2 change:
- (M2 today / M2 10y ago) − 1
- M69 score:
- Weighted: CPI (50%), 10y M2 growth (40%), 1y FX stability (10%)
- Last fetched:
- 2026-04-25 15:52:45
- Country code (ISO 3166-1):
- BHR
Note: USD-pegged
Raw data: /api/v1/currencies/current/BHD
Frequently asked questions
Who issues the Bahraini Dinar?+
The Bahraini Dinar (BHD) is issued by Central Bank of Bahrain. As the monetary authority for Bahrain, it sets policy interest rates, manages foreign reserves, and controls the money supply.
What is the inflation rate of the Bahraini Dinar?+
Latest available consumer price inflation for the Bahraini Dinar: 0.92% YoY (2024). Source: World Bank annual series (FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG). Daily-refreshed historical chart on this page.
Has the Bahraini Dinar been debased?+
Every fiat currency loses purchasing power over time as central banks expand the money supply. M2 has grown by approximately 186% over the past decade. Combined with cumulative inflation, this is the gap between BHD as accounting unit and BHD as a store of value.
Is the Bahraini Dinar sound money?+
On the Money2069 0–100 sound-money scale, the Bahraini Dinar currently scores 79.4. The score weights inflation volatility, 10-year money-supply growth, and 1-year FX stability. Higher = closer to sound. No fiat scores 100 because no fiat has zero issuance.
How does the Bahraini Dinar compare to gold or the US dollar?+
Use the table on the listing page to sort all 138 tracked currencies by inflation, 10-year M2 change, or M69 score. Pegged currencies (USD-pegged dirham, riyal, etc.) inherit the dollar's debasement profile; floating currencies tell their own story.
How often is this data updated?+
We pull fresh exchange rates daily from Frankfurter (ECB-sourced) and refresh the inflation series from the World Bank. The page is statically rendered with 24-hour ISR. Source data is publicly accessible via our /api/v1/currencies endpoints.