Bahrainis			Non-Bahrainis			Total
	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
2012: Q1	26,867	22,206	49,073	6,026	2,303	8,329	32,893	24,509	57,402
Q2	27,446	24,486	51,932	5,979	2,433	8,412	33,425	26,919	60,344
Q3	27,449	24,477	51,926	6,286	2,447	8,733	33,735	26,924	60,659
Q4	27,614	24,629	52,243	6,399	2,505	8,904	34,013	27,134	61,147
2013: Q1	27,623	25,225	52,848	6,473	2,613	9,086	34,096	27,838	61,934
Q2	30,145	26,390	56,535	6,455	2,691	9,146	36,600	29,081	65,681
Q3	30,115	26,550	56,665	6,644	2,889	9,533	36,759	29,439	66,198
Q4	30,169	26,696	56,865	6,786	3,160	9,946	36,955	29,856	66,811
2014: Q1	30,213	26,775	56,988	6,834	3,176	10,010	37,047	29,951	66,998
Q2	30,037	26,780	56,817	6,736	3,082	9,818	36,773	29,862	66,635
Q3	30,053	26,778	56,831	6,854	3,342	10,196	36,907	30,120	67,027
Q4	30,263	26,856	57,119	6,906	3,335	10,241	37,169	30,191	67,360
2015: Q1	30,061	27,000	57,061	6,861	3,320	10,181	36,922	30,320	67,242
Q2	30,054	27,183	57,237	6,726	3,227	9,953	36,780	30,410	67,190
Q3	29,986	27,185	57,171	6,861	3,384	10,245	36,847	30,569	67,416
Q4	29,867	27,263	57,130	6,916	3,493	10,409	36,783	30,756	67,539
2016: Q1	29,340	27,092	56,432	6,818	3,448	10,266	36,158	30,540	66,698
Q2	29,138	27,036	56,174	6,675	3,356	10,031	35,813	30,392	66,205
Q3	28,672	26,801	55,473	6,639	3,329	9,968	35,311	30,130	65,441
Q4	28,441	26,511	54,952	6,679	3,328	10,007	35,120	29,839	64,959
2017: Q1	28,018	26,701	54,719	6,684	3,316	10,000	34,702	30,017	64,719
Q2	27,962	26,838	54,800	6,613	3,270	9,883	34,575	30,108	64,683
Q3	27,708	26,828	54,536	6,590	3,263	9,853	34,298	30,091	64,389
Q4	27,693	26,920	54,613	6,605	3,275	9,880	34,298	30,195	64,493
2018: Q1	27,236	26,741	53,977	6,616	3,249	9,865	33,852	29,990	63,842
Q2	27,130	26,802	53,932	6,555	3,175	9,730	33,685	29,977	63,662
Q3	26,867	26,821	53,688	6,490	3,136	9,626	33,357	29,957	63,314
Q4	26,870	27,077	53,947	6,504	3,131	9,635	33,374	30,208	63,582
2019: Q1	23,702	25,569	49,271	6,509	3,125	9,634	30,211	28,694	58,905
Q2	22,557	24,155	46,712	6,408	3,060	9,468	28,965	27,215	56,180
Q3	22,385	23,745	46,130	6,312	3,016	9,328	28,697	26,761	55,458
Q4	22,694	24,189	46,883	6,245	2,979	9,224	28,939	27,168	56,107
2020: Q1	22,721	24,714	47,435	6,171	3,012	9,183	28,892	27,726	56,618
Q2	22,776	25,011	47,787	6,171	3,163	9,334	28,947	28,174	57,121
Q3	22,766	25,080	47,846	6,080	3,369	9,449	28,846	28,449	57,295
Q4	22,764	25,229	47,993	5,959	3,479	9,438	28,723	28,708	57,431
2021: Q1	22,688	25,310	47,998	5,835	3,448	9,283	28,523	28,758	57,281
Q2	22,655	25,474	48,129	5,872	3,553	9,425	28,527	29,027	57,554
Q3	22,651	25,595	48,246	5,803	3,483	9,286	28,454	29,078	57,532
Q4	22,761	25,890	48,651	5,740	3,464	9,204	28,501	29,354	57,855
2022: Q1	22,863	26,230	49,093	5,687	3,423	9,110	28,550	29,653	58,203
Q2	22,976	26,489	49,465	5,582	3,372	8,954	28,558	29,861	58,419
Q3	23,085	26,676	49,761	5,441	3,341	8,782	28,526	30,017	58,543
Q4	23,166	27,076	50,242	5,346	3,303	8,649	28,512	30,379	58,891
2023: Q1	22,934	27,025	49,959	5,263	3,270	8,533	28,197	30,295	58,492
Q2	22,483	26,949	49,432	5,042	3,119	8,161	27,525	30,068	57,593

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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