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		Public Sector			Private Sector			Domestic Workers			Total workers (all sectors)
Year	Quarter	Bahrainis	Non-Bahrainis	Total	Bahrainis	Non-Bahrainis	Total	Bahrainis	Non-Bahrainis	Total	Bahrainis	Non-Bahrainis	Total
2014	Q1	56,988	10,010	66,998	96,537	392,789	489,326	0	105,203	105,203	153,525	508,002	661,527
	Q2	56,817	9,818	66,635	97,794	396,578	494,372	0	106,105	106,105	154,611	512,501	667,112
	Q3	56,831	10,196	67,027	98,358	404,463	502,821	0	106,997	106,997	155,189	521,656	676,845
	Q4	57,119	10,241	67,360	99,219	412,857	512,076	0	107,711	107,711	156,338	530,809	687,147
2015	Q1	57,061	10,181	67,242	99,368	419,553	518,921	0	108,746	108,746	156,429	538,480	694,909
	Q2	57,237	9,953	67,190	101,200	431,541	532,741	0	110,365	110,365	158,437	551,859	710,296
	Q3	57,171	10,245	67,416	101,011	437,789	538,800	0	111,002	111,002	158,182	559,036	717,218
	Q4	57,130	10,409	67,539	101,198	445,374	546,572	0	111,002	111,002	158,328	566,785	725,113
2016	Q1	56,432	10,266	66,698	104,451	461,139	565,590	0	111,002	111,002	160,883	582,407	743,290
	Q2	56,174	10,031	66,205	103,537	474,118	577,655	0	111,002	111,002	159,711	595,151	754,863
	Q3	55,473	9,968	65,441	101,953	491,482	593,435	0	111,002	111,002	157,426	612,452	769,878
	Q4	54,952	10,007	64,959	102,167	509,062	611,229	0	111,002	111,002	157,119	630,071	787,190
2017	Q1	54,719	10,000	64,719	102,063	501,093	603,156	0	99,417	99,417	156,782	610,510	767,292
	Q2	54,800	9,883	64,683	102,461	496,416	598,877	0	100,058	100,058	157,261	606,357	763,618
	Q3	54,536	9,853	64,389	103,103	495,444	598,547	0	98,376	98,376	157,639	603,673	761,312
	Q4	54,613	9,880	64,493	103,802	495,912	599,714	0	98,905	98,905	158,415	604,697	763,112
	Q1	53,977	9,865	63,842	104,399	498,340	602,739	0	103,527	103,527	158,376	611,732	770,108
2018	Q2	53,932	9,730	63,662	104,882	499,275	604,157	0	91,852	91,852	158,814	600,857	759,671

Source: Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) – Bahrain
 
 
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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.
LMRA data, along with GOSI and PFC, 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.

Employee is defined as who works in a paid employment job, i.e., a job where the explicit or implicit contract of employment gives the incumbent a basic remuneration
that is independent of the revenue of the unit for which he or she works (the unit can be a corporation, a non-profit institution, a government or a household).
A Bahraini citizen is defined here as a legal national of the Kingdom of Bahrain. This category excludes nationals of the GCC.
A Non-Bahraini citizen is defined here as any foreigner or expatriate of a nationality other than Bahraini.
Public Sector is defined here as the one where employees are registered at the Public Fund Commission (PFC)
Private Sector is defined here as the one where employees are registered at the General Organisation for Social Insurance (GOSI)
Domestic Worker is defined here as an employee who works, and often lives within the employer’s household.
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.

2. Institution which provides data 
Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA)

3. Data availability 
Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA), Kingdom of Bahrain, based on data from Bahrain Labour Market Indicators (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2018/06/data/lmr/Table_A.xls).
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: November 2018.

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