Agriculture, hunting and forestry		Fishing		Mining and quarrying		Manufacturing		Electricity, gas and water supply		Construction		Wholesale and retail trade, repair		Hotels and restaurants		Transport, storage, communication		Financial intermediation		Real estate, renting, business activities		Public administration		Education		Health and social work		Other social, personal services		Extra-territorial organizations, bodies		Not specified		Total
		Employment	Dependent	Employment	Dependent	Employment	Dependent	Employment	Dependent	Employment	Dependent	Employment	Dependent	Employment	Dependent	Employment	Dependent	Employment	Dependent	Employment	Dependent	Employment	Dependent	Employment	Dependent	Employment	Dependent	Employment	Dependent	Employment	Dependent	Employment	Dependent	Employment	Dependent	Employment	Dependent
2009	Q3	190	12	163	1	114	45	3,795	569	17	2	6,895	767	5,389	1,656	2,401	286	879	393	383	473	1,800	896	38	104	378	227	72	34	787	43			912	396	24,213	5,904
	Q4	244	6	164	0	41	31	4,471	559	21	7	8,267	548	5,330	1,306	2,211	170	799	307	411	396	1,916	818	15	22	273	258	51	20	801	55			619	616	25,634	5,119
2010	Q1	162	15	202	7	58	34	3,856	724	3	36	7,719	901	5,774	1,809	2,248	297	723	276	383	396	2,151	983	28	48	209	157	102	49	780	49			590	460	24,988	6,241
	Q2	209	14	195	2	43	20	3,563	676	12	18	8,270	799	5,103	1,798	2,152	308	897	325	361	437	1,790	954	13	29	149	143	132	38	661	40			679	420	24,229	6,021
	Q3	183	14	185	4	91	39	3,912	667	22	15	8,259	760	4,997	1,730	2,346	284	803	338	451	397	1,946	913	31	43	332	185	83	34	750	67			808	305	25,199	5,795
	Q4	247	15	301	5	118	52	3,764	510	18	21	9,003	618	4,825	1,329	2,560	178	670	268	431	337	2,147	826	88	320	198	191	151	63	643	43			102	114	25,266	4,890
2011	Q1	210	6	247	7	128	65	2,977	526	8	17	8,327	744	4,616	1,447	2,399	225	730	274	327	320	1,927	732	50	323	167	104	166	59	572	48			78	127	22,929	5,024
	Q2	167	26	310	5	112	55	3,474	688	7	28	7,579	893	4,472	1,783	1,760	296	696	333	312	353	2,232	969	48	296	142	154	131	58	552	85			108	113	22,102	6,135
	Q3	215	13	369	7	185	59	4,353	517	22	9	10,340	803	5,721	1,635	2,506	255	864	330	389	348	2,125	885	374	176	385	183	109	43	799	49			154	138	28,910	5,450
	Q4	258	8	277	0	184	80	3,833	563	24	3	9,804	693	5,900	1,287	2,779	204	886	277	355	418	2,496	765	186	403	161	199	126	50	840	30	0	1	157	86	28,266	5,067
2012	Q1	296	19	257	5	194	156	4,071	766	12	26	11,282	1,059	6,366	1,824	2,819	335	912	368	330	398	2,198	921	224	259	161	122	144	53	1,078	82	0	1	173	159	30,517	6,553
	Q2	313	14	528	2	169	110	4,293	763	9	18	10,296	1,175	6,719	2,111	2,855	373	716	322	325	304	2,595	1,029	103	374	218	108	163	71	1,018	90			165	167	30,485	7,031
	Q3	293	19	571	3	206	97	4,354	730	7	13	10,349	1,043	6,658	1,897	3,117	361	694	368	349	370	2,442	1,106	409	182	353	233	145	91	1,038	84	1	0	97	166	31,083	6,763
	Q4	318	18	441	1	219	71	3,851	506	15	11	9,592	710	6,536	1,479	2,852	276	664	282	252	260	2,463	736	221	157	218	177	162	57	902	49	0	6	108	140	28,814	4,936
2013	Q1	409	27	469	3	173	85	4,606	871	6	11	9,704	1,243	7,180	2,435	3,407	387	808	303	323	335	3,576	964	130	562	168	136	129	48	1,025	96	0	1	87	129	32,200	7,636
	Q2	441	14	490	1	140	88	4,587	851	8	5	9,293	1,180	7,175	2,383	3,457	456	718	306	318	353	3,782	1,031	100	703	162	112	180	62	1,218	102	0	0	112	167	32,181	7,814
	Q3	361	19	407	1	108	86	3,834	663	18	7	8,173	939	6,312	1,983	3,355	400	670	316	289	306	2,915	842	598	199	351	210	141	60	1,201	105	7	1	101	111	28,841	6,248
	Q4	267	20	276	4	67	47	3,252	535	9	13	6,521	716	6,061	1,556	2,991	327	620	210	243	329	2,534	842	371	409	261	248	138	35	951	79	1	4	86	118	24,649	5,492
2014	Q1	274	16	266	2	63	59	3,233	774	6	15	8,327	937	6,611	2,214	3,388	359	736	340	240	298	2,344	950	79	530	208	121	125	77	1,152	71	0	2	124	190	27,176	6,955
	Q2	317	22	354	0	109	68	3,933	875	12	12	9,963	1,042	7,443	2,711	3,442	469	880	348	289	310	2,441	1,149	56	632	211	177	167	108	1,454	116	1	1	62	132	31,134	8,172

Source: Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA), Expatriate Management System (EMS)
ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

This table shows the flow of new permits (or visas) that are given to foreigners by the LMRA for new employment and dependent visas.
The LMRA Expatriate Management System (EMS) stores information and past history of sponsors and workers, and their dependents, within the scope of Law No. 19/2006 on regulating the labour market. The scope of the system covers regular, temporary and investor work visas for foreign workers, their dependents, in the commercial sector, the government sector and the non-commercial, non-government sector. It presently excludes domestic workers, and work visas for artists and certain other categories of workers in non-civilian organizations. It distinguishes four types of visas for operational purposes: regular work visas for workers with 24-month validity; temporary work visas issued for workers with 6-month validity; investor work visas issued for investors investing up to BD 100,000; and dependent visas issued for dependent members of eligible foreign workers.The system tracks visa applications, renewals, mobility of workers between employers and from one occupation to another as well as notification of termination and runaway workers, and in general all operations of LMRA including inspection and offence management. The system is updated continuously and linked with other labour-related databases of the Kingdom, including CIO, GDNPR, GOSI, PFC, CSB, Ministry of Labour (MoL), and Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MOIC).
Work Visa is a legal certificate to allow a foreign worker to enter the country for working purposes for a period of two years with the possibility of renewal.
Worker is a generic term that refers to an employed person in general, or to an employee, a self-employed, or a particular category of worker, such as full-time or part-time worker, depending on the context in which the term is used. Four major categories of workers in terms of their status in employment are employees, employers, own-account workers, and unpaid family workers.

2. Institution which provides data

Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA).

3. Data availability

The LMRA publishes these data under its Bahrain Labour Market Indicators (BLMI) section. The BLMI dashboard can be found in: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2014/03/mi_dashboard.xml). The general BLMI data with other non-LMRA sources can be found: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2014/03/mi_data.xml)
Figures and results are often reported in tables in both PDF and Excel formats.
Data for this LMRA table for 2009 can be found here: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2009/09/data/lmr/Table_35a.pdf) and (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2009/12/data/lmr/Table_35a.pdf).
Data for 2010 can be found here: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2010/03/data/ems/Table_35a.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2010/06/data/ems/Table_35a.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2010/09/data/ems/Table_35a.pdf) and (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2010/12/data/ems/Table_35a.pdf).
Data for 2011 can be found here: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2011/03/data/ems/Table_35a.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2011/06/data/ems/Table_35a.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2011/09/data/ems/Table_35a.pdf) and (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2011/12/data/ems/Table_35a.pdf).
Data for 2012 can be found here: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2012/03/data/ems/Table_35a.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2012/06/data/ems/Table_35a.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2012/09/data/ems/Table_35a.pdf) and (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2012/12/data/ems/Table_35a.pdf).
Data for 2013 can be found here: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2013/03/data/ems/Table_35a.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2013/06/data/ems/Table_35a.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2013/09/data/ems/Table_35a.pdf) and (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2013/12/data/ems/Table_35a.pdf).
Data for 2014 can be found here: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2014/03/data/ems/Table_35a.pdf) and (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2014/06/data/ems/Table_35a.pdf).
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: September 2014

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