The Holy Mosque of Makkah
A total of 28.25 million Umrah performers were recorded during the first nine months of 2024, according to the General Authority for Statistics’ (GASTAT) recent data.
In detail, Saudi Arabia received 1.52 million foreign Umrah performers (41% of the total) and 16.73 million domestic performers (59% of the total), respectively, during the nine-month period.
No. of Umrah performers in 9M 2024 (mln)
|
Period |
Domestic |
Foreign |
Total |
|
Q1 |
5.68 |
5.79 |
11.47 |
|
Q2 |
8.14 |
2.38 |
10.52 |
|
Q3 |
2.91 |
3.35 |
6.26 |
|
Total |
16.73 |
11.52 |
28.25 |
The nine-month Umrah performers count in the first nine months of 2024 surpassed the total count for the entire year of 2023, which reached 26.86 million.
No. of Umrah performers since 2017 (mln)
|
Period |
Domestic |
Foreign |
Total |
|
2017 |
12.55 |
6.53 |
19.08 |
|
2018 |
11.55 |
6.77 |
18.31 |
|
2019 |
11.70 |
7.46 |
19.16 |
|
2020* |
1.97 |
3.85 |
5.82 |
|
2021* |
6.49 |
0.01 |
6.50 |
|
2022 |
16.34 |
8.37 |
24.72 |
|
2023 |
13.31 |
13.55 |
26.86 |
|
9M 2024 |
16.72 |
11.52 |
28.25 |
*During the COVID-19 pandemic.
Makkah accounted for 72% (12 million) of the total number of Umrah performers in 9M 2024, followed by Riyadh (1.6 million).
|
No. of Umrah performers by Region in 9M 2024 |
||
|
Region |
No. of Pilgrims (‘000) |
% to Total |
|
Makkah |
12050.9 |
72.0% |
|
Riyadh |
1648.9 |
9.9% |
|
Madinah |
936.5 |
5.6% |
|
Eastern Province |
627.2 |
3.8% |
|
Asir |
469.5 |
2.8% |
|
Jazan |
279 |
1.7% |
|
Qassim |
220.1 |
1.3% |
|
Tabuk |
148.8 |
0.9% |
|
Baha |
120.8 |
0.7% |
|
Hail |
82.5 |
0.5% |
|
Najran |
58.5 |
0.3% |
|
Al-Jouf |
55.9 |
0.3% |
|
Northern Borders |
27.7 |
0.2% |
|
Total |
16726.2 |
100% |
January 2024 recorded the highest number of domestic Umrah performers for 9M 2024, with about 1.3 million of the total count, as shown in the following table:
|
No. of Domestic Umrah performers by Month in 9M 2024 |
|
|
Month |
No. of Pilgrims |
|
January |
1256.8 |
|
February |
1250.8 |
|
March |
3173.5 |
|
April |
5977.5 |
|
May |
1820.2 |
|
June |
341.2 |
|
July |
886.0 |
|
August |
1170.7 |
|
September |
849.6 |
Meanwhile, March witnessed the highest number of foreign Umrah performers, with nearly 2.2 million, as shown in the following table:
|
No. of Foreign Umrah performers by Month in 9M 2024 |
|
|
Month |
No. of Pilgrims |
|
January |
1785.7 |
|
February |
1826.4 |
|
March |
2182.5 |
|
April |
1242.0 |
|
May |
717.3 |
|
June |
419.2 |
|
July |
900.5 |
|
August |
1191.8 |
|
September |
1256.2 |
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