Monthly figures	Cumulated figures
3/2011	33,323	33,323
4/2011	34,311	67,634
5/2011	30,504	98,138
6/2011	38,703	136,841
7/2011	29,724	166,565
8/2011	30,751	197,316
9/2011	43,704	241,020
10/2011	36,087	277,107
11/2011	53,014	330,121
12/2011	54,384	384,505
Total 3 to 12/ 2011	384,505
1/2012	47,473	431,978
2/2012	48,826	480,804
3/2012	46,413	527,217
4/2012	49,296	576,513
5/2012	50,734	627,247
6/2012	53,851	681,098
7/2012	44,693	725,791
8/2012	60,972	786,763
9/2012	51,963	838,726
10/2012	41,944	880,670
11/2012	51,049	931,719
12/2012	47,288	979,007
Total 2012	594,502
1/2013	46,579	1,025,586
2/2013	51,009	1,076,595
3/2013	52,322	1,128,917
4/2013	53,713	1,182,630
5/2013	61,203	1,243,833
6/2013	50,157	1,293,990
7/2013	30,585	1,324,575
8/2013	29,395	1,353,970
9/2013	34,266	1,388,236
10/2013	32,300	1,420,536
11/2013	123,470	1,544,006
12/2013	100,961	1,644,967
Total 2013	665,960
01/2014	55,069	1,700,036
02/2014	52,283	1,752,319
03/2014	50,960	1,803,279
04/2014	42,295	1,845,574
05/2014	49,437	1,895,011
06/2014	50,543	1,945,554
07/2014	44,119	1,989,673
08/2014	43,650	2,033,323
09/2014	55,186	2,088,509
10/2014	44,781	2,133,290
11/2014	55,410	2,188,700
12/2014	61,687	2,250,387
Total 2014	605,420
01/2015	55,930	2,306,317
02/2015	58,230	2,364,547
03/2015	63,134	2,427,681
04/2015	63,785	2,491,466
05/2015	47,405	2,538,871
06/2015	31,403	2,570,274
07/2015	21,355	2,591,629
08/2015	21,676	2,613,305
09/2015	24,214	2,637,519
10/2015	18,257	2,655,776
11/2015	34,107	2,689,883
12/2015	28,379	2,718,262
Total 2015	467,875
01/2016	29,050	2,747,312
02/2016	30,403	2,777,715
03/2016	27,106	2,804,821
04/2016	30,431	2,835,252
05/2016	30,918	2,866,170
06/2016	28,519	2,894,689
07/2016	25,238	2,919,927
08/2016	27,443	2,947,370
09/2016	23,640	2,971,010
10/2016	30,447	3,001,457
11/2016	42,486	3,043,943
12/2016	41,142	3,085,085
Total 2016	366,823
01/2017	35,578	3,120,663
02/2017	33,417	3,154,080
03/2017	33,234	3,187,314
04/2017	37,330	3,224,644
05/2017	40,166	3,264,810
06/2017	31,541	3,296,351
07/2017	81,686	3,378,037
08/2017	52,131	3,430,168
09/2017	36,488	3,466,656
10/2017	18,549	3,485,205
11/2017	30,907	3,516,112
12/2017	30,447	3,546,559
Total 2017	461,474
01/2018	44,382	3,590,941
02/2018	47,406	3,638,347
03/2018	45,162	3,683,509
04/2018	46,282	3,729,791
05/2018	46,566	3,776,357
06/2018	42,443	3,818,800
07/2018	40,610	3,859,410
08/2018	33,838	3,893,248
09/2018

Source: Ministry of Interior.
 
1. Definition

Saudi Arabia for years has been routinely performing deportations of illegal workers, during amnesty periods and rounding up operations of various scales.

2. Institution which provides data 

Ministry of Interior

3. Data availability 

Monthly figures for irregulars’ arrests and deportations are available online on the Ministry of Interior’s website,
Path: Section “Sectors”, “National center for security operations”, “Statistics”, “monthly statistics”. Data available in the Arabic section only.
Figures are computed by Hijri months.

Last date of access: Septembre 2018

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