ARRIVALS
Nationality	2012	2013
ARAB COUNTRIES
Iraq	327,398	317,340
Syria	1,047,421	766,571
Lebanon	299,605	315,819
Jordan	1,274,151	1,321,988
Kuwait	2,048,280	2,236,217
Yemen	975,918	1,161,271
Bahrain	2,200,313	2,333,263
Qatar	848,677	887,337
UAE	358,426	412,757
Oman	224,011	223,656
Palestine	132,810	123,811
Algeria	258,395	225,494
Mauritania	6,345	5,690
Egypt	2,913,193	2,929,835
Morocco	156,122	142,065
Sudan	520,938	546,087
Tunisia	87,963	71,386
Libya	124,544	148,438
Somalia	9,615	8,893
Djibouti	1,586	1,324
Displaced Arab Tribes
Comore Islands	5,256	5,765
Kuwait (No-Nationality)
Other Arab Nationalities	57,932	63,743
Total	13,878,899	14,248,750
ASIA
Afghanistan	63,591	70,773
Turkey	528,283	541,045
Iran	736,908	516,888
Malaysia	194,431	233,380
Japan	24,916	25,853
Indonesia	565,070	685,238
Philippines	605,264	664,154
Pakistan	2,128,457	2,148,051
India	2,838,593	3,060,859
China	3,935	4,676
South Korea	51,722	61,688
Singapore	14,119	14,106
Bangladesh	537,203	508,099
Hong Kong	70	56
Thailand	13,541	11,596
Sri Lanka	215,143	196,169
Other Asian Nationalities	300,375	309,696
Total	8,821,621	9,052,327
EUROPE
Britain	337,891	338,208
France	72,053	70,398
Holland	28,001	27,613
Belgium	13,405	14,199
Italy	38,360	42,089
Sweden	9,191	8,151
Norway	4,369	4,066
Switzerland	7,056	6,987
Austria	8,459	8,607
Germany	63,707	64,057
Spain	19,829	24,868
Denmark	6,594	6,169
Greece	9,468	11,154
Cyprus	2,650	2,998
Finland	3,997	3,539
Other European Nationalities	74,127	89,775
Total	699,157	722,878
AFRICA
Ethiopia	284,135	287,581
Mali	4,596	4,625
Nigeria	79,547	53,323
South Africa	63,232	59,879
Chad	6,894	5,151
Other African Nationalities	93,713	73,130
Total	532,117	483,689
AMERICA AND OCEANIA
U.S.A	272,670	287,182
Canada	98,597	104,953
Australia	35,052	34,585
Other American and Oceanian Nationalities	36,412	35,037
Total	442,731	461,757
Unknown Nationalities	6,394	670
TOTAL ARRIVALS	24,380,919	24,970,071
Arrivals sans Soudan	23,859,981	24,423,984
	DEPARTURES
Nationality	2012	2013
ARAB COUNTRIES
Iraq	326,154	317,096
Syria	965,288	744,351
Lebanon	297,040	317,273
Jordan	1,268,860	1,328,446
Kuwait	1,986,919	2,198,227
Yemen	932,616	1,106,502
Bahrain	2,202,027	2,328,778
Qatar	834,866	881,299
UAE	332,099	399,397
Oman	175,575	205,219
Palestine	131,859	123,959
Algeria	256,639	226,049
Mauritania	6,175	5,851
Egypt	2,836,158	3,006,934
Morocco	149,333	140,472
Sudan	457,736	517,593
Tunisia	85,773	71,685
Libya	124,092	148,443
Somalia	9,941	9,943
Djibouti	1,501	1,357
Displaced Arab Tribes
Comore Islands	4,744	5,762
Kuwait (No-Nationality)
Other Arab Nationalities	57,693	63,661
Total	13,443,088	14,148,297
ASIA
Afghanistan	64,740	72,969
Turkey	522,929	546,151
Iran	736,076	516,498
Malaysia	192,823	233,467
Japan	24,199	25,996
Indonesia	714,352	805,812
Philippines	575,309	613,577
Pakistan	1,854,276	1,985,447
India	2,619,544	3,016,048
China	3,666	4,708
South Korea	48,936	60,871
Singapore	13,726	14,141
Bangladesh	562,860	532,259
Hong Kong	72	54
Thailand	13,293	12,215
Sri Lanka	187,503	192,242
Other Asian Nationalities	269,041	305,773
Total	8,403,345	8,938,228
EUROPE
Britain	334,926	338,560
France	70,550	70,917
Holland	27,161	27,515
Belgium	12,825	14,235
Italy	37,249	42,221
Sweden	8,864	8,234
Norway	4,176	4,079
Switzerland	6,695	6,992
Austria	8,216	8,628
Germany	62,411	64,314
Spain	18,765	24,473
Denmark	6,466	6,200
Greece	8,750	11,172
Cyprus	2,364	3,030
Finland	3,812	3,577
Other European Nationalities	67,876	89,363
Total	681,106	723,510
AFRICA
Ethiopia	85,064	129,864
Mali	4,180	4,724
Nigeria	78,319	53,416
South Africa	61,927	59,995
Chad	7,205	5,440
Other African Nationalities	74,439	75,140
Total	311,134	328,579
AMERICA AND OCEANIA
U.S.A	267,703	287,770
Canada	97,041	105,775
Australia	34,113	34,844
Other American and Oceanian Nationalities	34,065	35,227
Total	432,922	463,616
Unknown Nationalities	919	684
GRAND TOTAL	23,272,514	24,602,914

Source: Ministry of Interior, General Directorate of Passports
 
1. Institution which provides data 

General Authority for Statistics (GAStat)

2. Data availability 

Published in Gastat’s Statistical Yearbooks, in Chapter “Social services”, until 2013 only.
After 2013, data pertaining to border crossings are not disagregated by nationality of the traveller.
All Statistical Yearbooks are available online at:
https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/46

Last date of access: October 2018.

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