Bahrain: Domestic workers by sex (Q1 2016-Q4 2022)

  Males Females Total
2016 Q1 22,579 71,315 93,894
Q2 23,242 74,363 97,605
Q3 23,404 73,968 97,372
Q4 23,828 73,905 97,733
2017 Q1 24,112 75,305 99,417
Q2 23,809 76,249 100,058
Q3 23,288 75,088 98,376
Q4 23,044 75,859 98,903
2018 Q1 23,646 79,876 103,522
Q2 22,478 69,375 91,853
Q3 22,275 67,887 90,162
Q4 22,552 68,040 90,592
2019 Q1 23,254 64,488 87,742
Q2 23,506 63,938 87,444
Q3 23,677 63,409 87,086
Q4 24,033 63,470 87,503
2020 Q1 24,351 63,759 88,110
Q2 22,939 57,512 80,451
Q3 22,064 53,344 75,408
Q4 21,758 51,236 72,994
2021 Q1 21,720 51,276 72,996
Q2 21,620 51,012 72,632
Q3 21,475 50,169 71,644
Q4 21,681 50,789 72,470
2022 Q1 21,886 51,793 73,679
Q2 22,148 52,748 74,896
Q3 22,415 53,839 76,254
Q4 22,677 55,030 77,707

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, Female Employment, Domestic Workers