Bahrainis			Non-Bahrainis			Total
	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
2012: Q1	0	0	0	33,067	55,557	88,624	33,067	55,557	88,624
Q2	0	0	0	33,341	56,783	90,124	33,341	56,783	90,124
Q3	0	0	0	34,369	58,192	92,561	34,369	58,192	92,561
Q4	0	0	0	35,813	59,484	95,297	35,813	59,484	95,297
2013: Q1	0	0	0	37,285	61,039	98,324	37,285	61,039	98,324
Q2	0	0	0	37,915	62,434	100,349	37,915	62,434	100,349
Q3	0	0	0	38,916	63,786	102,702	38,916	63,786	102,702
Q4	0	0	0	39,629	64,099	103,728	39,629	64,099	103,728
2014: Q1	0	0	0	40,398	64,805	105,203	40,398	64,805	105,203
Q2	0	0	0	41,173	64,932	106,105	41,173	64,932	106,105
Q3	0	0	0	41,828	65,169	106,997	41,828	65,169	106,997
Q4	0	0	0	42,318	65,393	107,711	42,318	65,393	107,711
2015: Q1	0	0	0	42,861	65,886	108,746	42,861	65,886	108,746
Q2	0	0	0	43,720	66,645	110,365	43,720	66,645	110,365
Q3	0	0	0	44,085	66,918	111,002	44,085	66,918	111,002
Q4	0	0	0	44,085	66,918	111,002	44,085	66,918	111,002
2016: Q1	0	0	0	44,085	66,918	111,002	44,085	66,918	111,002
Q2	0	0	0	44,085	66,918	111,002	44,085	66,918	111,002
Q3	0	0	0	44,085	66,918	111,002	44,085	66,918	111,002
Q4	0	0	0	44,085	66,918	111,002	44,085	66,918	111,002
2017: Q1	0	0	0	24,112	75,305	99,417	24,112	75,305	99,417
Q2	0	0	0	23,809	76,249	100,058	23,809	76,249	100,058
Q3	0	0	0	23,288	75,088	98,376	23,288	75,088	98,376
Q4	0	0	0	23,044	75,861	98,905	23,044	75,861	98,905
2018: Q1	0	0	0	23,649	79,878	103,527	23,649	79,878	103,527
Q2	0	0	0	22,478	69,374	91,852	22,478	69,374	91,852
Q3	0	0	0	22,275	67,885	90,160	22,275	67,885	90,160
Q4	0	0	0	22,552	68,039	90,591	22,552	68,039	90,591
2019: Q1	0	0	0	23,254	64,488	87,742	23,254	64,488	87,742
Q2	0	0	0	23,506	63,938	87,444	23,506	63,938	87,444
Q3	0	0	0	23,677	63,409	87,086	23,677	63,409	87,086
Q4	0	0	0	24,033	63,47	87,503	24,033	63,470	87,503
2020: Q1	0	0	0	24,351	63,759	88,110	24,351	63,759	88,110
Q2	0	0	0	22,939	57,512	80,451	22,939	57,512	80,451
Q3	0	0	0	22,064	53,344	75,408	22,064	53,344	75,408
Q4	0	0	0	21,758	51,236	72,994	21,758	51,236	72,994
2021: Q1	0	0	0	21,720	51,276	72,996	21,720	51,276	72,996
Q2	0	0	0	21,620	51,012	72,632	21,620	51,012	72,632
Q3	0	0	0	21,475	50,169	71,644	21,475	50,169	71,644
Q4	0	0	0	21,681	50,789	72,470	21,681	50,789	72,470
2022: Q1	0	0	0	21,886	51,793	73,679	21,886	51,793	73,679
Q2	0	0	0	22,148	52,748	74,896	22,148	52,748	74,896
Q3	0	0	0	22,415	53,839	76,254	22,415	53,839	76,254
Q4	0	0	0	22,677	55,030	77,707	22,677	55,030	77,707
2023: Q1	0	0	0	22,842	56,023	78,865	22,842	56,023	78,865
Q2	0	0	0	22,850	56,050	78,900	22,850	56,050	78,900

Source: BLMI, Labour Market Regulation Authority (LMRA)

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

Data are extracted from the files submitted by Expatriate Management System (LMRA-EMS), General Organisation for Social Insurance (GOSI), Pension Fund Commission (PFC), and Civil Service Bureau (CSB) monthly data files to LMRA.Estimates of employed population include all civilian employed persons in the private and public sectors (insured, uninsured and self-employed) and domestic workers.

LMRA data do not include non-civilian employees (engaged in military, defense and other relevant entities and ranked as so).

1. From 2008 Q2 onward, “Public sector” for non-Bahraini workers refers to workers in the “Government sector” of the Expatriate Management System (EMS) of LMRA.
2. “Private Sector” for non-Bahraini workers refers to the sum of “Commercial” and “Non-Commercial, Non-Government” (NCNG) sectors of LMRA’s EMS system.
3. Male population includes persons with unrecorded sex attribute.
4. Details may not add up to totals due to rounding error. Also, data from this table may differ from totals obtained from other tables in the series (Tables A1, A2, A06, A07, A10 and A99).
5. The drop in number of domestic workers in Q2 2018 is due to data cleansing of domestic records during Q2 at LMRA
6. From the period 2019 Q1 onwards the Domestic permit counts have been reviewed to include the domestic workers holding active work permits in addition to in-progress permits issued with a residence permit. The count also includes domestic permits due for renewal that have not been terminated or cancelled by the employer.

Definition of domestic worker:

https://blmi.lmra.gov.bh/mi_glossary.xml#Domestic%20Worker

Employment as defined by the LMRA is in line with the ILO resolution concerning statistics of the economically active population, employment, unemployment and underemployment.
It includes all persons above a specific age during a specific period either in paid employment or in self-employment and includes the following:

(a) paid employment
(a1) at work: persons who during the reference period performed some work for wage or salary, in cash or in kind, even for one hour
(a2) with a job but not at work: persons who, having already worked in their present job, were temporarily not at work during the reference period and had a formal attachment to their job(e.g., absence because of illness or injury, holiday or vacation, strike or lockout, educational or training leave, maternity or parental leave, reduction in economic activity, etc.)
(b) self employment
(b1) at work: persons who during the reference period performed some work for profit or family gain, in cash or in kind
(b2) with an enterprise but not at work: persons with an enterprise, which may be a business enterprise, a farm or a service undertaking, who were temporarily not at work during the reference period for any specific reason.

Estimates of employed population are no longer available in the Bahrain Labour Market Indicators (BLMI) publications after Q2 2023.

2. Institution which provides data

Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA)
https://www.lmra.gov.bh/en/home

3. Data availability

Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA), Kingdom of Bahrain, based on data from Bahrain Labour Market Indicators.
https://blmi.lmra.gov.bh/2023/06/data/lmr/Table_A.pdf
Data are tabulated in PDF format.

The definitions that the LMRA adopts for its data can be found in the Glossary section:
https://blmi.lmra.gov.bh/mi_glossary.xml

Date of access:  September 2024.

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Keywords: Bahrain, National Labour, Foreign Labour, Employment, Female Employment, Domestic Workers

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