Number of Umrah performers up 34% to 35.7M in 2024: GASTAT

The Holy Mosque of Makkah

The number of Umrah performers reached 35.68 million in 2024, data released by the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) showed.

 

In detail, Saudi Arabia received nearly 16.80 million foreign Umrah performers (47%of the total) and 18.88 million domestic performers (53%of the total), respectively in 2024.

 

No. of Umrah performers in 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

Q4

2.15

5.28

7.43

Total

18.88

16.80

35.68

 

The total number of Umrah performers rose by 34%in 2024 from 26.86 million a year earlier.

 

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

2024

18.88

16.80

35.68

*During the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Makkah accounted for 73%(13.73 million) of the total number of Umrah performers in 2024, followed by Riyadh (1.8 million).

 

No. of Umrah performers by Region in 2024

Region

No. of Pilgrims

(‘000)

% to Total

Makkah

13731.2

73.0 %

Riyadh

1825.4

9.7 %

Madinah

1032.4

5.5 %

Eastern Province

644.2

3.4 %

Asir

546.2

2.9 %

Jazan

317.4

1.7 %

Qassim

234.0

1.2 %

Tabuk

155.5

0.8 %

Baha

123.4

0.7 %

Hail

105.8

0.6 %

Najran

46.31

0.2 %

Al-Jouf

66.7

0.3 %

Northern Borders

50.9

0.3 %

Total

18879.46

100 %

 

In April, which coincided with the last 10 days of the holy month of Ramadan and Eid Al-Fitr holiday, witnessed the highest number of domestic Umrah performers with about 5.9 million.

 

By month Domestic Umrah performers

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

October

659.5

November

732.0

December

760.2

 

Meanwhile, the highest number of foreign Umrah performers came to Saudi Arabia in March 2024, reaching nearly 2.2 million.

 

By month Foreign Umrah performers

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

October

1590.8

November

1673.6

December

2019.5

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