Sector / Number of Employees
		Commercial														Government														Non Commercial Non Government
		0 -5		6 – 9		10 – 19		20 – 99		100 – 499		500+		Total		0 -5		6 – 9		10 – 19		20 – 99		100 – 499		500+		Total		0 -5		6 – 9		10 – 19		20 – 99		100 – 499		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	Employment	Dependent	Employment	Dependent
2009	Q3	4,217	968	1,950	356	2,314	446	5,514	1,241	5,418	1,027	5,158	609	24,571	4,647	3	9	6	10	5	4	60	71	128	146	337	154	539	394	409	25	95	7	42	11	57	29	52	39	655	111
	Q4	4,801	1,049	2,416	463	2,974	545	7,323	1,605	7,020	1,298	5,738	760	30,272	5,720	4	2	1	2	8	3	111	111	208	259	427	732	759	1,109	436	28	76	5	70	14	84	33	101	64	767	144
2010	Q1	4,947	1,366	2,791	850	3,764	884	9,293	2,287	8,205	2,055	7,156	1,105	36,156	8,547	0	4	2	0	11	25	102	107	121	227	144	1,001	380	1,364	455	25	142	21	63	29	125	46	149	105	934	226
	Q2	3,973	1,326	1,903	579	2,568	784	6,037	1,990	5,517	1,719	6,106	953	26,104	7,351	4	5	2	3	9	18	53	94	74	138	196	460	338	718	391	39	78	15	53	13	134	86	229	155	885	308
	Q3	2,505	746	1,242	319	1,684	374	3,835	904	4,664	668	3,655	562	17,585	3,573	0	1	1	0	3	3	27	42	27	47	45	216	103	309	236	6	35	10	26	2	50	23	57	41	404	82
	Q4	4,115	1,144	1,851	467	2,165	576	5,741	1,384	4,676	1,195	4,609	610	23,157	5,376	3	0	2	0	9	13	48	61	232	226	541	1,121	835	1,421	285	18	90	25	32	9	82	47	84	85	573	184
2011	Q1	4,967	1,689	2,251	757	3,066	893	7,334	2,150	6,119	1,756	4,850	1,082	28,587	8,327	5	7	4	1	45	75	98	134	205	213	758	1,267	1,115	1,697	412	38	100	26	70	25	151	68	97	114	830	271
	Q2	5,625	1,662	2,302	670	2,837	789	6,087	2,028	5,221	1,763	4,129	922	26,201	7,834	5	8	4	5	18	18	85	106	225	283	375	592	712	1,012	500	47	88	18	57	21	136	83	186	184	967	353
	Q3	4,908	1,218	1,916	465	2,268	593	4,953	1,136	3,985	1,122	3,670	560	21,700	5,094	3	4	2	3	14	10	62	74	201	199	282	368	564	658	443	23	76	12	50	17	80	38	55	64	704	154
	Q4	5,094	1,400	2,404	621	2,772	669	6,176	1,658	5,450	1,273	4,812	773	26,708	6,394	5	3	5	8	10	10	81	84	180	196	340	453	621	754	476	35	88	12	41	21	96	30	111	73	812	171
2012	Q1	5,634	1,820	2,806	882	3,292	787	7,049	2,183	6,554	1,693	5,552	924	30,887	8,289	5	8	10	11	17	22	133	148	164	163	755	1,065	1,084	1,417	520	30	128	10	67	37	106	50	134	120	955	247
	Q2	5,148	1,721	2,256	689	2,694	842	5,999	2,291	5,489	1,708	4,956	1,042	26,542	8,293	5	6	3	6	19	23	90	95	221	269	578	844	916	1,243	594	68	137	26	56	15	150	61	218	218	1,155	388
	Q3	4,753	1,278	2,106	531	2,412	646	5,296	1,482	5,524	1,266	4,498	736	24,589	5,939	3	1	9	15	15	14	98	101	188	172	520	681	833	984	584	23	120	16	49	10	105	27	101	58	959	134
	Q4	4,958	1,531	2,222	672	2,563	661	5,855	1,653	5,691	1,385	4,421	787	25,710	6,689	3		5	3	11	16	68	86	127	107	518	860	732	1,072	526	40	105	8	48	19	124	55	112	87	915	209
2013	Q1	5,055	1,779	2,228	734	2,768	936	6,411	2,091	6,016	1,825	4,122	1,025	26,600	8,390	5	6	9	17	29	39	87	103	237	229	677	1,080	1,044	1,474	492	52	137	24	47	30	142	83	127	97	945	286
	Q2	5,320	2,105	2,374	827	2,712	970	5,818	2,211	5,518	1,776	4,275	1,094	26,017	8,983	4	16	12	16	25	40	90	123	235	254	844	1,263	1,210	1,712	475	51	126	34	40	29	143	83	199	164	983	361
	Q3	5,313	1,585	2,262	604	2,716	651	5,511	1,545	5,552	1,353	4,861	745	26,215	6,483	3	6	7	6	9	6	59	84	145	132	525	466	748	700	536	25	116	27	47	21	120	64	73	55	892	192
	Q4	5,829	1,821	2,579	785	2,992	832	6,343	1,823	6,405	1,583	5,454	958	29,602	7,802	2	4	2	2	9	9	121	97	171	151	586	454	891	717	590	57	131	15	51	21	110	47	105	87	987	227
2014	Q1	6,594	2,264	3,196	881	3,586	1,043	7,677	2,279	7,518	1,859	5,966	1,105	34,537	9,431	3	9	12	15	13	19	113	136	226	211	1,006	1,512	1,373	1,902	623	50	132	15	69	29	123	40	155	128	1,102	262
	Q2	6,421	2,308	2,856	827	3,300	981	6,509	2,470	6,895	1,940	5,212	1,099	31,193	9,625	5	0	10	14	9	13	117	127	322	352	771	1,214	1,234	1,720	632	56	152	31	56	19	156	90	242	237	1,238	433

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 the size of establishment.
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.
Size of establishment is the number of persons engaged in an establishment at a given period, including, in principle, all employees and unpaid family workers as well as any working proprietor. In practice, it refers to the total number of employees registered by anemployer at the responsible administrative agency.

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_36b.pdf) and (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2009/12/data/lmr/Table_36b.pdf).
Data for 2010 can be found here: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2010/03/data/ems/Table_36b.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2010/06/data/ems/Table_36b.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2010/09/data/ems/Table_36b.pdf) and (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2010/12/data/ems/Table_36b.pdf).
Data for 2011 can be found here: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2011/03/data/ems/Table_36b.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2011/06/data/ems/Table_36b.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2011/09/data/ems/Table_36b.pdf) and (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2011/12/data/ems/Table_36b.pdf).
Data for 2012 can be found here: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2012/03/data/ems/Table_36b.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2012/06/data/ems/Table_36b.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2012/09/data/ems/Table_36b.pdf) and (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2012/12/data/ems/Table_36b.pdf).
Data for 2013 can be found here: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2013/03/data/ems/Table_36b.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2013/06/data/ems/Table_36b.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2013/09/data/ems/Table_36b.pdf) and (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2013/12/data/ems/Table_36b.pdf).
Data for 2014 can be found here: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2014/03/data/ems/Table_36b.pdf) and (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2014/06/data/ems/Table_36b.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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