Hola,
As you
know I’m tracking the increase in the number of pilgrims arriving in Santiago
from English speaking countries. See below for the comparative figure for the
last four years. The growth is significant. In fact nearly double for some
countries compared to the same period 12 months ago. “The Way” effect? A
consequence of the global economic crisis when people look for new ways? A sign, in countries like Ireland which heads
the list, of people seeking ways other than the traditional church of exploring
faith and spirituality? Perhaps all of the above.
I have now updated the statistics for the
period 1 January 2012 – 31 May 2012. The full analysis of the numbers for the
year to date follows:
Pilgrims arriving from English speaking countries in the first 5 months of 2012
Pilgrims arriving from English speaking countries in the first 5 months of 2012
Country
|
2009
|
2010
|
2011
|
2012
|
Australia
|
265
|
289
|
302
|
462
|
Canada
|
503
|
463
|
502
|
685
|
Ireland
|
493
|
710
|
639
|
1220
|
South Africa
|
44
|
74
|
118
|
178
|
United Kingdom
|
435
|
529
|
542
|
907
|
United States
|
607
|
693
|
837
|
1489
|
New Zealand
|
43
|
51
|
45
|
72
|
Total number of pilgrims who arrived in the period
1
January – 31 May 2012
Total
– 41,935
Countries Number of pilgrims
Spain 17309
(41,28%)
Germany 4640 (11,06%)
Portugal 3259 (7,77%)
France 2094
(4,99%)
Italy 1944
(4,64%)
United Stated 1489 (3,55%)
Ireland 1220
(2,91%)
United Kingdom 907
(2,16%)
Holand 854
(2,04%)
Canada
685 (1,63%)
Korea 642
(1,53%)
Brasil 624
(1,49%)
Austria 567
(1,35%)
Belgium 465 (1,11%)
Australia 462
(1,10%)
Switzerland 417
(0,99%)
Denmark 409
(0,98%)
Sweden 402 (0,96%)
Poland 358 (0,85%)
Norway 292 (0,70%)
Finland 287 (0,68%)
México 262 (0,62%)
Japan
248 (0,59%)
Argentina 207 (0,49%)
South Africa 178 (0,42%)
Czek Repúblic 157 (0,37%)
Russia 149 (0,36%)
Hungry 140 (0,33%)
Venezuela 121
(0,29%)
Colombia 106
(0,25%)
Slovenia 99
(0,24%)
Slovaquia 93
(0,22%)
New Zealand 72
(0,17%)
Chile 68
(0,16%)
China 50
(0,12%)
Romania 47
(0,11%)
Uruguay 40 (0,10%)
Ecuador 39 (0,09%)
Perú 37 (0,09%)
Bulgaria 29 (0,07%)
Puerto Rico 28 (0,07%)
Malta 27
(0,06%)
Estonia 27
(0,06%)
Lituania 26
(0,06%)
Israel 24 (0,06%)
Andorra 24
(0,06%)
Filipinas 22
(0,05%)
Grecia 20
(0,05%)
Ucrania 20
(0,05%)
Luxemburgo 19
(0,05%)
Gender
Gender Number of pilgrims
Men 23996 (57,22%)
Womer 17939
(42,78%)
Method of
transport
Method Number
of pilgrims
On foot 36208
(86,34%)
Bicycle 5571 (13,28%)
Horse 150 (0,36%)
Wheelchair 6
(0,01%)
Motives for making
the pilgrimage
Motive Number of pilgrims
Religious and other 22326
(53,24%)
Religious 17296 (41,24%)
Not religious 2313
(5,52%)
Starting point
Starting point Number
of pilgrims
Sarria 9491
(22,63%)
S. Jean P.
Port 4389 (10,47%)
Oporto 2480 (5,91%)
León 2234 (5,33%)
Cebreiro 2101
(5,01%)
Roncesvalles 1834
(4,37%)
Tui 1580 (3,77%)
Ponferrada 1476
(3,52%)
Astorga 1015
(2,42%)
Pamplona 1007
(2,40%)
Valença 996
(2,38%)
Sevilla 899
(2,14%)
Burgos 881 (2,10%)
Le Puy 844
(2,01%)
Rest Portugal 788
(1,88%)
Ferrol 759
(1,81%)
Oviedo - C.P. 755
(1,80%)
Ourense 600
(1,43%)
Vilafranca 496
(1,18%)
Francia 435 (1,04%)
Irún 421 (1,00%)
Triacastela 406
(0,97%)
Samos 373 (0,89%)
Lugo - C.P. 311
(0,74%)
Lisboa 282 (0,67%)
Ponte de Lima 258
(0,62%)
Resto C. León 207
(0,49%)
Logroño 204
(0,49%)
Holanda 157
(0,37%)
Santander 150
(0,36%)
Alemania 147
(0,35%)
Resto Asturias 139
(0,33%)
Somport 138
(0,33%)
Bilbao 136 (0,32%)
Baamonde 135
(0,32%)
Salamanca 129
(0,31%)
Madrid - C.F. 124
(0,30%)
Zamora 122
(0,29%)
Ribadeo 109
(0,26%)
Oviedo 104
(0,25%)
Sahagún 101
(0,24%)
Gijón 90 (0,21%)
Avilés 85 (0,20%)
Jaca 71
(0,17%)
Braga 69 (0,16%)
Suiza 56
(0,13%)
Muxia 54 (0,13%)
Bélgica 52 (0,12%)
Vezelay 45
(0,11%)
Montserrat 44
(0,10%)
Lourdes 43
(0,10%)
Arles 41
(0,10%)
Employment status
Status Number of pilgirms
Employed 9894
(23,59%)
Retired 6334 (15,10%)
Students 5933
(14,15%)
Technicians 5900
(14,07%)
Self employed 4514
(10,76%)
Teachers 2421
(5,77%)
Civil servants 1914
(4,56%)
Labourer 1492 (3,56%)
Unemployed 1255
(2,99%)
Housewife 1077
(2,57%)
Directors 417
(0,99%)
Artists 306 (0,73%)
Priests 164 (0,39%)
Farm Workers 147
(0,35%)
Religious 82
(0,20%)
Sailors 44 (0,10%)
Sports 39 (0,09%)
Oikoten 2
(0,00%)
Ages
Age Number of
pilgrims
30 - 60 23985
(57,20%)
< 30 9895
(23,60%)
> 60 8055
(19,21%)
Routes followed
Route Number of
pilgrims
Camino Frances 28973
(69,09%)
Camino Portugues 6648
(15,85%)
Via de la Plata 2374 (5,66%)
Camino del Norte 1763
(4,20%)
Camino Primitivo 1226
(2,92%)
Camino Ingles 775 (1,85%)
Other routes 97 (0,23%)
Muxia-Finisterre 79
(0,19%)
Lovely to see two people from Oikoten Belgium made it. The project will be closed down by flemish government due to budget problems. Bad news for all those troubled youngsters and ex prisoners and all the volunteers from Oikoten.
ReplyDeleteJohn - I see that the numbers from South Africa have gone us 4-fold. The number of South African hospitaleros went from 0 a few years ago to 8 this year!
ReplyDeleteAnd 2 from Tineo on the Primitivo Johnnie (??) That is how we were 'read out'.
ReplyDeleteGreetings from a very wet Devon