Over 15 million pilgrims perform Umrah in Q1 2025

The General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT), in its bulletin issued today, revealed Umrah statistics for the first quarter of 2025, indicating that the total number of Umrah performers reached 15,222,497, of whom Saudis accounted for 24%. Males represented 60.5% compared to 39.5% for females.

The bulletin showed that Umrah performers arriving from abroad reached 6,523,630, an increase of 10.7% compared with the first quarter of 2024, with most arriving through airports at 82.2%. Meanwhile, the number of domestic Umrah performers stood at 8,698,867, of whom non-Saudis made up 58%.

The bulletin further highlighted that January 2025 recorded the highest share of



Umrah performers from abroad at 36.5% of the total, while March saw the lowest. Conversely, domestic Umrah pilgrims numbers peaked in March at 80.9%, with January being the lowest.

 It also revealed that the total number of visitors to Madinah reached 6,452,696 during the first quarter of 2025, including 4,412,689 visitors from abroad.

Umrah and Madinah visitation statistics have been issued quarterly since 2024, presenting the numbers and proportions of Umrah performers and visitors from inside and outside the Kingdom, based on field surveys and administrative data from the Pilgrim Experience Program and the Ministry of Tourism, in addition to approved statistical models.