Sector / Number of Employees
		Commercial														Government														Non Commercial Non Government
		0 -5		6 – 9		10 – 19		20 – 99		100 – 499		500+		Total		0 -5		6 – 9		10 – 19		20 – 99		100 – 499		500+		Total		0 -5		6 – 9		10 – 19		20 – 99		100 – 499		Total
		Employment	Dependent	Employment	Dependent	Employment	Dependent	Employment	Dependent	Employment	Dependent	Employment	Dependent	Employment	Dependent	Employment	Dependent	Employment	Dependent	Employment	Dependent	Employment	Dependent	Employment	Dependent	Employment	Dependent	Employment	Dependent	Employment	Dependent	Employment	Dependent	Employment	Dependent	Employment	Dependent	Employment	Dependent	Employment	Dependent
2009	Q1	2,943	310	1,081	137	1,248	187	3,313	510	3,109	484	3,162	196	14,856	1,824	3	0	2	5	5	4	23	10	21	24	36	39	90	82	181	9	58	3	26	1	24	4	21	6	310	23
	Q2	2,993	413	1,140	158	1,356	214	3,204	543	2,644	442	3,271	246	14,608	2,016	1	5	1	0	2	2	21	9	27	45	130	103	182	164	204	0	52	5	36	2	57	10	88	21	437	38
	Q3	2,857	306	992	124	1,432	152	2,869	449	2,313	418	3,176	215	13,639	1,664			1	0	1	0	18	35	30	67	23	12	73	114	194	2	29	3	16	8	43	25	41	33	323	71
	Q4	3,293	334	1,125	126	1,406	185	3,005	433	2,311	326	3,218	225	14,358	1,629	0	0	3	0	12	5	0	11	18	20	24	15	57	51	220	1	37	0	18	4	35	18	21	9	331	32
2010	Q1	3,562	347	1,172	135	1,317	172	3,780	520	2,850	362	2,898	188	15,579	1,724	0	0	1	2	4	4	11	12	28	32	32	21	76	71	276	5	39	2	12	0	33	7	32	25	392	39
	Q2	3,890	438	1,022	126	1,345	197	3,760	604	2,443	460	2,558	297	15,018	2,122	1	0	1	0	5	3	20	21	38	62	113	121	178	207	274	17	31	3	14	3	61	17	91	69	471	109
	Q3	3,938	411	1,163	140	1,535	166	3,923	503	3,455	453	2,281	177	16,295	1,850	1	0	0	0	4	5	24	23	64	63	33	38	126	129	270	6	33	2	19	3	37	20	30	32	389	63
	Q4	4,523	412	1,320	140	1,764	150	3,219	415	2,508	366	2,656	182	15,990	1,665	0	0	0	0	3	0	18	15	21	21	26	9	68	45	285	3	29	2	18	2	32	9	14	11	378	27
2011	Q1	4,466	478	1,285	161	2,186	214	4,292	511	2,401	373	2,556	221	17,186	1,958	1	0	1	0	16	10	23	10	29	35	23	17	93	72	257	10	24	0	17	5	40	11	13	12	351	38
	Q2	4866	604	1359	239	1873	288	3603	649	2660	511	2613	271	16,974	2,562	4		2	1	4	1	18	19	41	41	90	72	159	134	246	5	35	2	23	10	74	25	103	49	481	91
	Q3	4351	510	1202	116	1585	196	3023	524	2295	438	1758	158	14,214	1,942	2	2	0	0	4	9	11	16	64	36	27	32	108	95	256	4	37	2	19	4	34	3	41	21	387	34
	Q4	4483	504	1264	171	1668	230	2835	439	3215	346	1859	198	15,324	1,888	2	3	1		6	5	13	22	43	43	22	82	87	155	228	6	46	6	18	8	35	4	25	17	352	41
2012	Q1	4432	617	1213	193	1552	232	3131	590	2216	368	1757	281	14,301	2,281	2	3	1		3	6	8	14	44	53	17	69	75	145	230	2	47	5	28	10	38	18	31	9	374	44
	Q2	4250	594	1346	220	1551	242	2906	642	2149	422	1808	217	14,010	2,337	0	0	0	1	3	4	11	19	47	43	122	170	183	237	195	7	43		15	6	86	17	107	60	446	90
	Q3	4114	499	1094	141	1513	192	2719	471	2339	369	1786	237	13,565	1,909	2	0		0	3	8	12	16	48	31	34	29	99	84	268	9	55	4	18	2	47	18	45	57	433	90
	Q4	4,806	544	1,281	204	1,795	253	3,097	568	2,679	445	2,862	293	16,520	2,307	1			4	1	1	12	24	36	24	31	32	81	85	324	20	51	7	15	7	45	10	55	28	490	72
2013	Q1	5,694	783	1,513	265	1,969	290	3,559	784	3,094	556	3,462	451	19,291	3,129			3	2	2	1	13	27	62	71	50	91	130	192	407	11	60	3	23	8	58	33	29	14	577	69
	Q2	5,637	945	1,534	256	1,935	403	3,352	845	3,170	592	3,501	578	19,129	3,619	1	3	2	4	2	3	8	13	86	67	124	256	223	346	378	17	81	4	37	20	98	64	111	54	705	159
	Q3	6,486	827	1,709	261	2,214	304	3,524	801	3,501	590	3,702	439	21,136	3,222	2	6	4	9	3		12	25	64	44	71	146	156	230	489	18	96	1	26	5	94	54	54	39	759	117
	Q4	7,812	922	2,094	276	2,655	344	3,915	774	3,502	602	3,224	397	23,202	3,315	7	2	2	1	9	4	22	37	39	26	68	120	147	190	405	6	82	3	16	9	61	26	44	30	608	74
2014	Q1	7,471	1,198	1,920	347	2,303	355	3,726	856	3,450	588	3,207	373	22,077	3,717	1		19	7		1	20	31	35	60	65	84	140	183	441	6	53	3	52	35	44	22	47	36	637	102
	Q2	6,772	980	1,856	240	2,064	357	4,001	892	3,287	597	3,496	401	21,476	3,467	2	8	2	6	1	4	34	45	85	42	206	192	435	297	500	32	87	7	23	1	79	28	115	54	804	122

Source: Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA), Expatriate Management System (EMS)
ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

This table shows the flow of renewed permits (or visas) that are given to foreigners by the LMRA. These renwed visas combine those given for regular and temporary workers, investors and dependents.
The LMRA Expatriate Management System (EMS) stores information and past history of sponsors and workers, and their dependents, within the scope of Law No. 19/2006 on regulating the labour market. The scope of the system covers regular, temporary and investor work visas for foreign workers, their dependents, in the commercial sector, the government sector and the non-commercial, non-government sector. It presently excludes domestic workers, and work visas for artists and certain other categories of workers in non-civilian organizations. It distinguishes four types of visas for operational purposes: regular work visas for workers with 24-month validity; temporary work visas issued for workers with 6-month validity; investor work visas issued for investors investing up to BD 100,000; and dependent visas issued for dependent members of eligible foreign workers.The system tracks visa applications, renewals, mobility of workers between employers and from one occupation to another as well as notification of termination and runaway workers, and in general all operations of LMRA including inspection and offence management. The system is updated continuously and linked with other labour-related databases of the Kingdom, including CIO, GDNPR, GOSI, PFC, CSB, Ministry of Labour (MoL), and Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MOIC).
Termination refers to an employer’s application to the LMRA announcing the end of employment of a foraign worker in theeconomic unit (CR/Branch)
Work Visa is a legal certificate to allow a foreign worker to enter the country for working purposes for a period of two years with the possibility of renewal.
Worker is a generic term that refers to an employed person in general, or to an employee, a self-employed, or a particular category of worker, such as full-time or part-time worker, depending on the context in which the term is used. Four major categories of workers in terms of their status in employment are employees, employers, own-account workers, and unpaid family workers.
Size of establishment is the number of persons engaged in an establishment at a given period, including, in principle, all employees and unpaid family workers as well as any working proprietor. In practice, it refers to the total number of employees registered by anemployer at the responsible administrative agency.

2. Institution which provides data

Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA).

3. Data availability

The LMRA publishes these data under its Bahrain Labour Market Indicators (BLMI) section. The BLMI dashboard can be found in: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2014/03/mi_dashboard.xml). The general BLMI data with other non-LMRA sources can be found: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2014/03/mi_data.xml)
Figures and results are often reported in tables in both PDF and Excel formats.
Data for this LMRA table for 2009 can be found here: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2009/03/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2009/06/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf) and (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2009/09/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf) and (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2009/12/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf).
Data for 2010 can be found here: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2010/03/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2010/06/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2010/09/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf) and (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2010/12/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf)
Data for 2011 can be found here: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2011/03/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2011/06/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2011/09/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf) and (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2011/12/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf)
Data for 2012 can be found here: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2012/03/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2012/06/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2012/09/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf) and (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2012/12/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf).
Data for 2013 can be found here: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2013/03/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2013/06/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2013/09/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf) and (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2013/12/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf).
Data for 2014 can be found here: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2014/03/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf) and (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2014/06/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf).
The definitions that the LMRA adopts for its data can be found in the Glossary section: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/mi_glossary.xml).

Date of access: September 2014

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