The 2025 annual report of the Friends of God Service Program reveals the size of Saudi Arabia’s efforts to serve Hajj and Umrah pilgrims beneath Saudi Imaginative and prescient 2030.
From welcoming greater than 19.5 million overseas pilgrims and bettering satisfaction charges to growing historic locations, increasing volunteer participation and growing digital visa companies, the Kingdom has continued to put money into the whole pilgrim journey.
The report emphasised that these achievements show the readiness of Saudi Arabia’s Hajj and Umrah service system and the effectivity of the companies offered to the Friends of God.
Key 2025 Hajj and Umrah Statistics
➤ Complete overseas pilgrims: Greater than 19.5 million
➤ Umrah pilgrims: 18.03 million
➤ Hajj pilgrims: 1.5 million
➤ Improve in Umrah pilgrims since 2022: 114 p.c
➤ Hajj satisfaction: 91 p.c
➤ Umrah satisfaction: 94 p.c
➤ Rawdah Al-Sharif guests: Greater than 16 million
➤ Rawdah customer satisfaction: 88 p.c
➤ Pilgrims initiatives: 87
➤ Implementing entities: Greater than 60
➤ Initiative execution compliance: one hundred pc
➤ Historic and cultural locations: 87
➤ Visits to historic and cultural websites: Greater than 55 million
➤ Volunteers serving pilgrims: Greater than 184,000
➤ Complete visas issued: 15.03 million
➤ Share of Umrah visas: 83 p.c
➤ Prime nations for Umrah visas: Pakistan, Indonesia and Egypt
➤ Makkah international customer rating: Fifth
➤ Madinah tourism efficiency rating: Seventh
These outcomes present that Saudi Arabia continues to do its greatest to enhance companies for Hajj and Umrah, promote spiritual tourism, and provides pilgrims and guests a greater expertise as a part of Saudi Imaginative and prescient 2030. Most Considered: Saudi Arabia units new costs for LPG gasoline cylinders
