Hajj season numbers 1443/ 2022.. the largest Hajj season since the Corona pandemic

Weather of Arabia - The General Authority for Statistics announced on Friday that the total number of pilgrims for this year reached 899,353 pilgrims , of whom 779,919 pilgrims came from outside Saudi Arabia through various ports (after an absence of two years due to the Corona pandemic), while the number of pilgrims inside reached 119,434 pilgrims , both citizens and residents.

In its statistical results for this year's Hajj 1443, the authority indicated that the number of male pilgrims out of the total number of domestic and foreign pilgrims reached 486,458 , while the number of female pilgrims out of the total number of domestic and foreign pilgrims reached 412,895 .

Regarding the statistics of pilgrims coming from outside Saudi Arabia, the General Authority for Statistics stated that the percentage of pilgrims from Arab countries reached 21.4% , while the percentage of pilgrims from Asian countries except for Arab countries reached 53.8%, while the percentage of pilgrims from African countries except for Arab countries was 13.2%, in When the percentage of pilgrims from Europe, America and Australia reached 11.6%, as for the ways of pilgrims coming from outside Saudi Arabia, 738,680 pilgrims arrived through air ports, while 35,210 pilgrims arrived through land ports, while 6029 pilgrims arrived through sea ports.

The authority indicated that the total number of manpower participating in serving the pilgrims this season from various sectors and government and private agencies amounted to 228,721 people, of whom 117,049 people are permanent workers at a rate of 51.2%, and 111,672 people are temporary workers at a rate of 48.8%.

With regard to health and medical services provided to the pilgrims during the Hajj season this year, the total workforce in this field reached 21,062, of whom 60% are males, and 40% are females, and the number of hospitals has reached 23, as well as the number of health centers in Makkah Al-Mukarramah Madinah and the Holy Sites are 152 centers, and the number of beds available to serve patients of the pilgrims reached 716 equipped medical beds, while the number of ambulances equipped to serve pilgrims reached 511, and the number of evacuation planes prepared to aid any critical medical cases among pilgrims, God forbid. 6 planes, and the number of vaccines planned to be provided reached 90,840, and the number of isolation rooms prepared in Makkah, Madinah and the holy sites to receive any cases among pilgrims requiring isolation, God forbid, reached 198, and the number of emergency centers equipped to treat any emergency cases among pilgrims reached 97 centers. The number of emergency medical teams reached 264, and during the Hajj season - until the time of the announcement of this statement - 294 surgeries were performed between catheterization, childbirth and other medical operations.

As for the security services provided to maintain the security of pilgrims and provide all means of comfort and safety for the pilgrims, according to the Ministry of Interior, the number of police stations during the Hajj season reached 38, and the number of traffic stations reached 223 to facilitate the flow of groups of pilgrims in Makkah and between the pilgrimage sites, while the number of police stations reached 223. The number of security control centers at the entrances to Makkah is 114, while the number of civil defense centers has reached 220.

With regard to the water and electricity services provided to the pilgrims by the National Water and Electricity Company, the total workforce in providing water and electricity services reached 6,734 male and female employees, and the amount of water planned to be delivered to pilgrims reached 20,700,000 cubic meters, and the amount of sewage water expected to be treated was 14,000,000 cubic metres. The water sources that are provided are 100% desalinated. The number of power plants has reached 5 stations operating at full capacity around the clock throughout the Hajj season, while the amount of water distributed to pilgrims from Zamzam water reached 5,705,864 liters.

As for the communications and information technology services provided to the pilgrims, according to the Communications and Information Technology Commission, the total workforce in providing these services amounted to 3294 male and female employees, and the number of base stations that support the fifth generation in the Makkah and Madinan Mosques and the Holy Sites reached 197, and the number of The locations of the “Wi-Fi” points in Makkah, Madinah, and the Holy Sites are 10,266, and the average data download speeds in Makkah reached 195.36 megabytes, and the average data download speeds increased in Makkah by 51%, and the average download speeds reached The data in the Great Mosque of Mecca reached 171.17 megabytes, and the average increase in data download speeds in the Holy Mosque reached 35%, while the average data download speeds in Madinah reached 219.40 megabytes, and the average data download speeds in Madinah reached 46% .

As for the postal, transportation and shipping services provided to pilgrims during the Hajj season this year 1443, the total number of manpower participating in providing these services reached 19,817 male and female employees, and the number of Saudi post offices providing services to the pilgrims reached 16 offices, and the number of Al Haramain trains reached 35 By train, the number of Al-Haramain train trips reaches 35 trips, covering 5 stations back and forth daily. The number of main and secondary roads used to transport pilgrims in Makkah and Madinah reached 44 with a total length of 13,300 km, and the total number of scheduled trips via buses to and from the Haram reached 600,000. trip, and the total number of approved buses reached 17,072.

It is noteworthy that the General Authority for Statistics relied, in issuing statistical data and indicators for the Hajj season of 1443, to take advantage of the data of administrative records and consider it the main source of data, represented by all government and private agencies concerned with serving the pilgrims to provide data according to a unified form that includes a number of elements such as workforce data equipment, and services provided by each party according to the time and place reference.

To view the executive summary of Hajj statistics for the year 1443, visit the following link:

https://www.stats.gov.sa/sites/default/files/file_manger/Hajj%20Report%201443H.pdf.