Bahrain: Domestic workers by sex and country of citizenship (top-8 countries, Q4 2018-Q4 2022)

  Q4 2018 Q4 2019 Q4 2020 Q4 2021 Q4 2022
Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females
India 9,222 11,411 9,574 10,569 8,687 8,310 8,660 9,479 9,049 11,397
Philippines 552 19,359 537 18,167 477 16,105 494 19,185 484 20,878
Bangladesh 8,598 1,007 8,546 880 7,556 748 8,100 691 8,128 654
Indonesia 46 6,616 50 5,891 46 4,590 41 5,297 42 5,392
Sri Lanka 392 3,032 395 2,930 360 2,613 361 2,792 420 3,167
Pakistan 2,496 93 2,766 102 2,638 84 2,947 81 3,402 114
Ethiopia 57 21,590 45 15,649 37 10,800 35 9,075 42 10,005
Kenya 29 3,665 31 5,227 34 4,319 36 2,796 40 1,758
Total 22,552 68,039 23,036 60,974 20,779 49,095 21,681 50,789 77,707 53,365

Source: BLMI, Labour Market Regulation Authority (LMRA)

 

ANNEXED NOTE

 

  1. Technical Notes and Definitions

 

Data are extracted from the Domestic Workers System of the Labour Market Regulation Authority (LMRA)

 

The drop in number of domestic workers in Q2 2018 is due to data cleansing of domestic records during Q2 at LMRA

Includes active domestic work permits for which a residence permit has been issued.

From Q1 2019 onwards, figures of domestic permits were reviewed to include the domestic workers holding active work permit, in addition to in-progress permits issued with a residence permit.

The figures also include domestic work permits due for renewal that have not been terminated or cancelled by the employer.

 

  1. Institution which provides data

 

Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA)

 

  1. Data availability

 

Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA), Kingdom of Bahrain, based on data from Bahrain Labour Market Indicators (https://blmi.lmra.gov.bh/2022/12/mi_data.xml).

Data are tabulated in PDF and Excel formats.

 

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: March 2023.

 

GLMM and GRC cannot guarantee that the link to access the source will not change; that the information will not be removed from the website it was obtained from; that no geo-blockages will be imposed; or that the information will not be available for any another reason.

 

Keywords: Bahrain, National Labour, Foreign Labour, Employment, Domestic Workers, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Philippines, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Ethiopia