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Bahrain: Estimated population employed in the private sector by nationality (Bahraini/non-Bahraini) and sex (Q1 2012 – Q2 2023)

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  Bahrainis Non-Bahrainis Total
  Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total
2012: Q1 68,188 25,387 93,575 343,077 24,236 367,313 411,265 49,623 460,888
Q2 68,341 25,365 93,706 348,529 24,555 373,084 416,870 49,920 466,790
Q3 68,667 25,236 93,903 354,842 25,159 380,001 423,509 50,395 473,904
Q4 68,880 25,616 94,496 359,051 25,726 384,777 427,931 51,342 479,273
2013: Q1 69,070 25,863 94,933 366,052 26,335 392,387 435,122 52,198 487,320
Q2 69,517 26,193 95,710 372,914 27,213 400,127 442,431 53,406 495,837
Q3 69,139 26,091 95,230 374,824 28,178 403,002 443,963 54,269 498,232
Q4 69,354 26,254 95,608 371,669 28,813 400,482 441,023 55,067 496,090
2014: Q1 69,738 26,799 96,537 363,777 29,012 392,789 433,515 55,811 489,326
Q2 70,473 27,321 97,794 367,074 29,504 396,578 437,547 56,825 494,372
Q3 70,707 27,651 98,358 374,080 30,383 404,463 444,787 58,034 502,821
Q4 70,929 28,290 99,219 381,579 31,278 412,857 452,508 59,568 512,076
2015: Q1 70,833 28,535 99,368 387,580 31,973 419,553 458,413 60,508 518,921
Q2 71,833 29,367 101,200 398,596 32,945 431,541 470,429 62,312 532,741
Q3 71,413 29,598 101,011 404,240 33,549 437,789 475,653 63,147 538,800
Q4 71,170 30,028 101,198 411,093 34,281 445,374 482,263 64,309 546,572
2016: Q1 73,032 31,419 104,451 426,335 34,804 461,139 499,367 66,223 565,590
Q2 72,398 31,139 103,537 439,707 34,411 474,118 512,105 65,550 577,655
Q3 71,215 30,738 101,953 456,478 35,004 491,482 527,693 65,742 593,435
Q4 71,235 30,932 102,167 473,169 35,893 509,062 544,404 66,825 611,229
2017: Q1 71,152 30,911 102,063 464,698 36,395 501,093 535,850 67,306 603,156
Q2 71,301 31,160 102,461 459,601 36,815 496,416 530,902 67,975 598,877
Q3 71,629 31,474 103,103 457,842 37,602 495,444 529,471 69,076 598,547
Q4 71,830 31,972 103,802 457,024 38,888 495,912 528,854 70,860 599,714
2018: Q1 71,972 32,427 104,399 459,437 39,504 498,941 531,409 71,931 603,340
Q2 72,129 32,753 104,882 459,851 40,028 499,879 531,980 72,781 604,761
Q3 71,887 32,612 104,499 456,824 40,446 497,270 528,711 73,058 601,769
Q4 72,023 33,191 105,214 461,656 41,350 503,006 533,679 74,541 608,220
2019: Q1 71,473 33,188 104,661 459,754 41,887 501,641 531,227 75,075 606,302
Q2 72,533 33,858 106,391 456,923 42,204 499,127 529,456 76,062 605,518
Q3 72,683 34,099 106,782 455,517 42,774 498,291 528,200 76,873 605,073
Q4 72,545 34,280 106,825 455,867 43,132 498,999 528,412 77,412 605,824
2020: Q1 73,889 35,422 109,311 451,797 42,688 494,485 525,686 78,110 603,796
Q2 73,724 35,298 109,022 451,041 41,332 492,373 524,765 76,630 601,395
Q3 71,747 34,260 106,007 428,374 39,683 468,057 500,121 73,943 574,064
Q4 71,015 33,670 104,685 421,048 38,974 460,022 492,063 72,644 564,707
2021: Q1 71,716 34,043 105,759 418,434 38,901 457,335 490,150 72,944 563,094
Q2 73,068 34,550 107,618 412,871 39,163 452,034 485,939 73,713 559,652
Q3 73,073 34,459 107,532 398,408 39,026 437,434 471,481 73,485 544,966
Q4 73,892 35,486 109,378 408,298 40,187 448,485 482,190 75,673 557,863
2022: Q1 74,588 36,019 110,607 423,724 41,524 465,248 498,312 77,543 575,855
Q2 75,352 36,613 111,965 436,480 43,002 479,482 511,832 79,615 591,447
Q3 75,241 36,610 111,851 445,286 44,120 489,406 520,527 80,730 601,257
Q4 76,115 37,114 113,229 450,676 45,642 496,318 526,791 82,756 609,547
2023: Q1 75,138 36,751 111,889 470,279 47,349 517,628 545,417 84,100 629,517
Q2 74,886 36,783 111,669 473,578 48,389 521,967 548,464 85,172 633,636

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.

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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