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	189	16	38	0	160	69	4,167	656	11	9	8,604	751	5,806	1,550	1,875	196	1,111	309	388	373	1,667	666	29	34	114	103	30	15	602	59	0	0	974	346	25,765	5,152
	Q4	207	21	43	1	202	83	5,331	845	7	15	10,456	853	7,512	1,961	2,358	210	995	412	481	458	2,064	832	51	49	261	217	61	20	637	23	0	0	1,132	973	31,798	6,973
2010	Q1	185	19	67	4	307	167	6,061	1,204	11	18	12,617	1,096	8,811	2,702	2,967	373	1,069	535	753	891	2,517	1,345	75	105	241	290	101	62	713	70	0	0	1,275	1,256	37,770	10,137
	Q2	82	14	65	4	151	125	4,346	1,117	9	6	9,219	1,013	5,670	2,218	1,911	295	1,000	440	612	764	2,382	1,190	38	41	372	325	118	43	575	66	0	0	777	716	27,327	8,377
	Q3	54	4	26	1	96	32	2,806	550	4	3	7,057	580	3,679	1,191	1,261	157	606	244	373	300	1,290	440	12	16	118	87	50	18	322	40	0	0	338	301	18,092	3,964
	Q4	179	19	142	7	183	94	3,145	723	6	7	8,966	745	5,150	1,867	1,916	218	802	313	467	502	1,921	817	516	1,117	233	239	167	47	536	46	0	0	236	220	24,565	6,981
2011	Q1	266	11	149	0	246	139	4,579	1,298	16	19	9,517	1,142	7,007	2,836	2,260	283	1,157	490	672	767	2,423	1,194	740	1,295	311	301	216	80	630	90	0	0	343	350	30,532	10,295
	Q2	268	13	175	5	308	96	4,588	1,174	20	23	7,812	1,184	6,836	2,610	2,162	305	936	522	601	672	2,244	1,160	388	605	447	435	152	47	720	75	0	0	223	273	27,880	9,199
	Q3	188	7	196	3	190	80	3,953	716	15	33	6,155	765	5,999	1,785	1,782	186	884	323	398	401	1,714	736	301	382	181	147	84	41	686	71	0	0	242	230	22,968	5,906
	Q4	255	16	188	5	167	78	4,772	921	18	21	8,603	978	6,443	2,274	2,327	253	932	375	498	471	2,235	885	360	472	266	218	120	67	744	68	0	0	213	217	28,141	7,319
2012	Q1	284	31	265	8	195	129	5,063	1,191	13	20	10,689	1,200	7,454	2,762	2,710	367	976	504	737	766	2,249	1,196	748	1,064	295	273	212	67	764	116	1	0	271	259	32,926	9,953
	Q2	259	17	286	3	158	147	4,337	1,219	25	29	9,094	1,246	6,449	2,605	1,995	423	954	490	668	753	2,122	1,265	554	802	454	468	223	94	784	109	0	1	251	253	28,613	9,924
	Q3	247	14	346	2	194	115	4,068	806	30	39	8,317	957	6,250	2,040	1,932	250	825	352	487	488	1,838	793	520	680	236	199	212	52	647	57	0	0	232	213	26,381	7,057
	Q4	239	24	301	6	149	87	3,763	921	23	22	9,295	1,002	6,364	2,438	2,211	302	878	432	495	505	1,746	850	486	820	262	202	225	68	727	92	0	0	193	199	27,357	7,970
2013	Q1	269	25	225	3	236	115	3,868	1,160	13	24	8,728	1,158	6,988	3,080	2,260	302	989	538	622	700	2,235	1,168	626	1,019	320	289	207	102	682	93	0	0	321	374	28,589	10,150
	Q2	271	18	184	8	178	106	4,157	1,335	25	45	8,205	1,398	6,688	3,121	2,238	368	919	511	589	729	2,328	1,293	788	1,202	481	413	165	52	714	130	0	0	280	327	28,210	11,056
	Q3	258	15	256	3	246	94	4,119	958	9	14	8,751	1,000	6,851	2,281	2,137	243	838	412	492	467	2,079	946	476	424	207	187	111	41	807	55	0	0	218	235	27,855	7,375
	Q4	278	32	294	10	209	167	4,714	1,006	22	29	10,302	1,317	7,492	2,801	2,601	339	970	419	467	533	2,060	1,045	570	418	245	206	151	71	833	107	0	0	272	246	31,480	8,746
2014	Q1	297	37	270	4	294	210	5,382	1,334	15	25	12,367	1,373	8,449	3,242	3,118	475	986	545	638	749	2,328	1,311	976	1,474	334	255	234	107	1,026	131	1	2	297	321	37,012	11,595
	Q2	372	38	268	3	283	174	4,995	1,327	31	51	11,065	1,583	7,696	3,316	2,732	498	1,101	546	593	748	2,250	1,354	750	1,178	520	496	226	114	902	109	0		347	377	34,131	11,912

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

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

This table shows the flow of renewed permits (or visas) that are given to foreign regular workers and dependents by the LMRA, by sector of economic activity.
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_36a.pdf) and (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2009/12/data/lmr/Table_36a.pdf).
Data for 2010 can be found here: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2010/03/data/ems/Table_36a.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2010/06/data/ems/Table_36a.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2010/09/data/ems/Table_36a.pdf) and (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2010/12/data/ems/Table_36a.pdf).
Data for 2011 can be found here: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2011/03/data/ems/Table_36a.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2011/06/data/ems/Table_36a.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2011/09/data/ems/Table_36a.pdf) and (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2011/12/data/ems/Table_36a.pdf).
Data for 2012 can be found here: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2012/03/data/ems/Table_36a.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2012/06/data/ems/Table_36a.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2012/09/data/ems/Table_36a.pdf) and (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2012/12/data/ems/Table_36a.pdf).
Data for 2013 can be found here: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2013/03/data/ems/Table_36a.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2013/06/data/ems/Table_36a.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2013/09/data/ems/Table_36a.pdf) and (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2013/12/data/ems/Table_36a.pdf).
Data for 2014 can be found here: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2014/03/data/ems/Table_36a.pdf) and (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2014/06/data/ems/Table_36a.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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