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	Departures
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Bahraini	1,179,564	1,253,711	1,345,107	1,455,216	1,633,583	1,813,154	1,978,130	2,073,600	2,458,672	2,433,051	2,021,346	245,716	2,846,454
GCC	2,915,977	3,271,494	3,405,925	3,295,928	3,804,084	4,475,103	4,737,356	4,569,270	5,307,910	5,214,968	4,307,641	325,782	4,687,741
Kuwaiti	169,701	189,428	217,947	181,019	212,941	258,033	295,132	291,485	392,000	415,575	284,866	23,712	280,610
Omani	20,638	23,773	25,676	25,441	29,022	33,829	38,200	43,380	50,554	49,433	37,642	3,588	46,925
Qatari	83,034	88,401	89,633	86,495	102,086	137,137	151,361	158,888	160,126	150,568	113,777	7,973	115,416
Saudi Arabian	2,610,019	2,933,622	3,034,558	2,965,808	3,418,357	4,000,571	4,201,913	4,018,250	4,618,986	4,516,259	3,815,115	285,954	4,198,109
Emirate	32,585	36,270	38,111	37,165	41,678	45,533	50,750	57,267	86,244	83,133	56,241	4,555	46,681
Other Arab	154,195	209,788	262,372	296,231	377,037	426,061	490,417	511,384	639,251	693,444	511,321	43,912	688,367
Egyptian	32,520	41,625	52,772	59,967	78,721	91,700	104,533	105,463	126,184	138,977	109,603	11,456	158,419
Iraqi	1,393	2,198	3,288	3,459	6,020	10,201	10,209	10,967	13,625	15,487	12,210	581	7,889
Jordanian	33,620	48,104	66,592	73,762	89,884	100,190	112,273	115,040	135,350	140,870	106,770	12,083	158,709
Lebanese	25,198	34,536	46,587	52,238	68,248	73,055	86,838	89,342	111,411	110,917	81,015	7,200	78,404
Palestinian	8,972	13,866	14,221	8,871	13,620	15,051	19,252	21,049	37,137	41,032	32,192	3,156	44,738
Sudanese	12,008	14,109	15,228	20,509	25,423	29,281	34,478	36,531	48,186	57,923	37,711	2,923	40,773
Syrian	16,674	21,555	27,271	34,660	42,341	47,122	56,233	62,058	80,497	90,483	65,364	6,513	93,188
Other Arabs	23,810	33,795	36,413	42,765	52,780	59,461	66,601	70,934	86,861	97,755	66,456	0	106,247
Asia	432,677	507,532	673,973	730,768	866,985	1,163,685	1,249,996	1,328,194	1,653,583	1,973,151	1,298,131	130,981	1,699,062
Bangladeshi	30,088	28,369	43,231	36,929	41,900	48,832	67,717	83,746	85,415	74,403	59,982	5,490	66,681
Ceylonese	17,361	18,267	22,036	22,668	23,695	24,662	26,393	25,309	28,934	30,327	25,348	3,108	34,395
Indian	213,484	240,521	299,863	335,277	402,274	473,637	571,547	647,733	854,814	940,772	694,074	76,787	955,232
Iranian	2,541	3,286	10,403	16,328	20,085	22,628	27,326	8,155	9,009	8,726	6,055	169	2,791
Japanese	11,502	10,725	13,469	12,411	12,748	14,812	17,016	16,482	18,761	18,094	14,210	2,057	21,530
Korean ( North )	3,586	3,640	4,101	4,223	5,419	5,839	8,706	12,753	20,271	27,372	22,481	2,247	33,731
Korean ( South )	8	24	69	122	221	102	44	30	33	43	25	1	41
Malaysian	1,322	2,379	4,221	4,567	8,090	9,426	12,474	17,236	26,395	23,687	14,769	1,785	12,874
Nepalese	11,332	19,870	30,470	20,775	12,344	17,951	43,264	52,311	62,872	79,365	46,075	3,842	49,105
Pakistani	56,877	71,320	96,227	105,373	123,459	143,775	169,382	178,548	214,333	225,890	167,010	18,092	242,572
Philippines	49,224	66,781	100,719	108,366	131,744	145,805	192,393	203,742	230,357	231,970	153,730	16,452	191,099
Singaporean	1,458	1,445	1,429	1,425	2,899	3,070	3,798	3,833	4,517	5,041	3,971	368	3,664
Thai	2,323	3,396	4,991	12,173	17,930	23,687	28,020	11,761	13,682	16,126	8,659	583	8,679
Other Asians	31,571	37,509	42,744	50,131	64,177	229,459	81,916	66,555	84,190	291,335	81,742	0	76,668
African	11,180	14,693	18,889	24,279	32,207	1,597,035	39,855	39,194	48,744	53,586	37,338	2,003	45,106
America	119,015	137,922	172,933	183,290	194,705	195,539	229,071	240,111	285,710	296,218	243,538	6,142	320,984
American	95,262	108,338	135,305	140,911	143,672	140,795	163,419	166,610	192,089	196,822	164,763	0	234,175
Canadian	21,502	26,315	33,327	37,089	44,965	46,963	53,970	56,322	67,648	70,631	57,012	6,142	66,317
Other American	2,251	3,269	4,301	5,290	6,068	7,781	11,682	17,179	25,973	28,765	21,763	0	20,492
Europe	200,471	218,799	241,487	246,471	315,824	358,044	408,702	445,969	542,585	561,085	464,234	41,427	512,021
Austrian	1,472	1,355	1,507	1,942	3,312	3,360	4,378	6,460	6,727	7,335	6,938	554	6,069
British	132,501	144,676	156,765	159,222	189,954	220,015	243,987	239,973	274,154	278,286	222,375	23,517	262,412
Dutch (Netherlands)	7,594	7,431	8,384	9,106	13,177	13,931	17,205	17,537	19,132	20,005	15,507	1,403	19,659
Finn (Finland)	624	481	709	773	878	1,065	995	1,685	1,982	2,307	1,776	211	2,293
French	10,832	12,050	16,271	16,920	21,107	22,966	27,418	35,134	50,830	44,972	39,079	3,315	36,672
German	11,330	12,218	13,391	14,152	24,703	27,947	34,558	50,695	68,763	76,853	66,750	8,167	65,384
Irish	9,300	10,393	10,701	10,651	13,280	13,965	15,846	15,320	16,862	18,956	14,207	1,669	19,644
Italian	5,911	7,211	7,911	7,860	10,793	12,064	13,987	23,538	31,202	35,339	30,658	1,957	24,138
Sweden	2,176	2,390	2,703	3,217	3,929	3,855	4,230	4,301	5,157	5,326	4,022	302	3,866
Swiss	1,639	1,494	1,942	2,035	2,951	3,156	4,647	4,751	5,782	5,837	4,535	332	4,035
Other Europeans	17,092	19,100	21,203	20,593	31,740	35,720	41,451	46,575	61,994	65,869	58,387	0	67,849
Oceania	17,571	21,088	23,374	25,861	35,762	42,978	46,307	39,875	44,596	43,702	33,419	3,270	36,292
Australian	14,077	16,733	17,931	19,847	28,208	35,567	38,149	32,617	35,760	34,315	25,506	2,528	28,448
New Zealander	3,494	4,355	5,443	6,014	7,554	7,411	8,158	7,258	8,836	9,387	7,913	742	7,844
Other Nationalities	61	200	125	105	580	59,413	108	82	151	274	419	0	494
Total	5,030,711	5,635,227	6,144,185	6,258,149	7,260,767	10,131,012	9,179,942	9,247,679	10,981,202	11,269,479	8,917,387	799,233	10,836,521

Source: Central Informatics Organization (CIO), taken from the Ministry of Interior (Immigration Directorate)

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

This table shows the flow of departures by nationality.
Departures are captured and often distinguished by air, sea ports and the King Fahad causeway (land).
Nationality of the person is defined by the passport used to enter the country. A Non-Bahrainis is considered as such depending on the passport used to enter the country (or obtain the visa).

2. Institution which provides data

Ministry of Interior (Immigration Directorate)
Central Informatics Organization, known prior to 2001 as the “Central Statistics Organisation” under the Ministry of Cabinet Affairs.

3. Data availability

Figures and results reported here are available on the Central Informatics Organisation (CIO) website: (http://www.cio.gov.bh)
Figures and results are often reported in tables in both PDF and Excel formats.
Data for 2000 can be found: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_ara/English/Publications/Statistical%20Abstract/2000/2000-CH15%20Transport%20and%20Communications.pdf)
Data for 2001 can be found: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_ara/English/Publications/Statistical%20Abstract/2001/2001-CH15%20Transport%20and%20Communications.pdf)
Data for 2002 can be found: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_ara/English/Publications/Statistical%20Abstract/2002/Ch15%20%202002.pdf)
Data for 2003 can be found: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_ara/English/Publications/Statistical%20Abstract/2003/Ch15%20%202003.pdf)
Data for 2004 can be found: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_ara/English/Publications/Statistical%20Abstract/2004/CH15.pdf)
Data for 2005 can be found: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_ara/English/Publications/Statistical%20Abstract/2005/2005-CH15%20Transport%20and%20Communications.pdf)
Data for 2006 can be found: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_ara/English/Publications/Statistical%20Abstract/2006/PDF/2006-CH15%20Transport%20and%20Communications.pdf)
Data for 2007 can be found: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_ara/English/Publications/Statistical%20Abstract/ABS2007/2007-CH15TransportCommunications.pdf)
Data for 2008 can be found: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_ara/English/Publications/Statistical%20Abstract/ABS2008/Ch15/13.pdf)
Data for 2009 can be found: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_ara/English/Publications/Statistical%20Abstract/ABS2009/Ch15/13.pdf)
Data for 2010 can be found: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_ara/English/Publications/Statistical%20Abstract/ABS2010/Ch15/13.pdf)
Data for 2011 can be found: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_ara/English/Publications/Statistical%20Abstract/ABS2011/15-Transport/12.pdf)
Data for 2012 can be found: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_ara/English/Publications/Statistical%20Abstract/ABS2012/15-Transport/11.pdf)
This information (2000-2011) can also be found in the Statistical Abstracts, Transport & Communication sections.

Date of access: August 2014

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