Foreign workers active permits reached 654,672 permits by the end of the year 2025 representing an increase of 1.8% annually compared to 643,274 permits in the end of 2024. The number of new employment work permits issued by LMRA during the year 2025 was 129,149 showing an annual decrease rate of 11.4%. The share of organisations employing less than 10 workers of employment work permits was 57.7% of total new employment work permits issued during 2025. The total number of new permits issued by LMRA during 2025 was 159,759 permits, out of which, 129,149 were employment work permits, 7,496 investor permits, and 23,114 for dependents. The total number of permits issued decreased by 10.1% compared to 177,659 permits issued in the year 2024. The number of permit renewals issued by LMRA during 2025 was 577,730 renewals, out of which, 502,808 were for employment permits, 15,075 for investors, and 59,847 for dependents. The total number of renewals increased by 11.2% compared to 519,516 in the year 2024. The number of permit terminations processed by LMRA based on request during the year 2025 was 116,006, out of which 98,025 were for employment work permits, 1,861 for investors, and 16,120 for dependents. The economic sector with the highest number of new works permits for employment permits type continues to be the construction sector with a share of 20.4% from total employment permits issued, followed by the wholesale and retail trade sector with a share of 19.2%, then the accommodation and food service activities sector with a share of 13.4%. Non-Bahrainis Q4/25 654,672 1.8% New Work Permits Q4/25 129,149 -11.4% Foreign workers Renewals Q4/25 502,808 11.4% Foreign workers Terminations Q4/25 98,025 -1.0% Foreign workers Local Transfer Q4/25 81,471 13.9% Foreign workers New Domestic Permits Q4/25 34,557 7.4% Domestic_Workers Renewals Q4/25 28,721 10% Domestic_Workers All percentage growth rates or differences of levels shown in the dashboard represent the change from the same quarter a year before. 1. Includes only civilian employed persons in the sectors. LMRA is using data from LMRA Expat management System (EMS) to produce the total number of active work permits. 2. Excluding permits for domestic workers, investors, and temporary workers. Table_A.pdf Table_A1.pdf Table_A2.pdf Table_A06.pdf Table_A07.pdf Table_A10.pdf Table_A99.pdf Table_B.pdf Table_B1.pdf Table_B2.pdf Table_B06.pdf Table_B07.pdf Table_B10.pdf Table_B99.pdf Table_25.pdf Table_26.pdf Table_27.pdf Table_17.pdf Table_17.pdf Table_18.pdf Table_18.pdf Table_18.pdf Table_19.pdf Table_32.pdf Table_32.pdf Table_33.pdf Table_35a.pdf Table_35b.pdf Table_36a.pdf Table_36b.pdf Table_37a.pdf Table_37b.pdf Table_38.pdf Table_38a.pdf Table_39.pdf Table_39.pdf Table_41.pdf Table_41.pdf Table_43.pdf Table_40.pdf Table_49.pdf Table_50.pdf Table_51.pdf Table_52.pdf Table_53.pdf Table_54.pdf Table_55.pdf Table_56.pdf Table_54.pdf Table_14.pdf Table_70.pdf Table_71.pdf Table_72.pdf Table_73.pdf Table_80.pdf Table_81.pdf Table_82.pdf