Radio Islam International | 09 Dhul Hijjah 1437/10 September 2016

A compendium of mindblowing statistics on various aspects of Hajj 2016/1437. Compiled from various online sources

PILGRIM NUMBERS

2240 from Sri Lanka

3685 from Kyrgyzstan

143 368 from Pakistan

156 000 from India

4982 from the United Arab emirates – 4631 is for Emiratis and 351 for expatriates

10 000 from Ethiopia

1050 from Azerbaijan

22 320 from Malaysia

66 000 from Nigeria

1600 from Sierra Leone

101 758 from Bangladesh

2008 pilgrims from Gaza, Palestine

19 000 from Yemen

12 000 from Qatar

155 200 from Indonesia

14 500 from China

19 000 from the UK

5424 from Ghana

5000 from Libya

16 000 from Russia

360 from Crimea

6785 from Algeria

2000 from South Africa

72 000+ from Turkey

1400 from Bosnia

7200 from Guinea

24 000 from Afghanistan

5000 from Kenya

760 from Uganda

680 from Singapore

450 Nigerian army officers on Hajj

1.8 million Hujaaj in total

HEALTH

97 medics, including 18 doctors monitor contagious diseases at Saudi points of entry

158 sickbays along the pilgrimage routes. 25 hospitals and 5,000 hospital beds available

177 ambulances deployed to the places of Hajj

MONEY MATTERS

78 firms offering foreign exchange services in Makkah, Madinah and Jeddah

63 different currencies traded by pilgrims

SR500 million – worth of money exchange market during Hajj

SR20 million worth of currency exchanges traded daily during Hajj season

3200 money exchange stores in Saudi Arabia

20 billion riyals ($5.3 billion) – amount of money spent by non Saudi Hujaaj during Hajj 2015

COST

$ 2,600 from Kyrgyzstan

FCfa 2.06 million from Cameroon

AZN 3500 – 4500 from Azerbaijan

RM220000 for luxury Haj package from Malaysia

$3500 or its equivalent of GHc11 900 from Ghana

SR4500 – what some have been charging for performing Hajj badal

$4,470 from Guinea

SERVICES

20000 Makkah municipality staff deployed to serve pilgrims

15,000 cleaners are positioned to clean the holy sites

2000 Haj seasonal shops

3250 support staff for Indonesian pilgrims

300 Tabung Hajji support staff from Malaysia

200 000 security personnel on the ground

17000 emergency services personnel deployed

FOOD

120 000 tons of fruit and vegetables imported from Turkey

1000 tons of fruit and vegetables provided to the Holy Cities daily

250 tons of oranges consumed daily

200-250 tons of apples consumed daily

200 tons of tomatoes consumed daily

1.5 million containers of Zam Zam to be distributed

30 000+ restaurants and service shops have been accredited to operate

TRANSPORT

18 000 buses, of which 1,696 are new