Friday 1 June 2012

Pilgrim numbers doubling?


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
 

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%)



3 comments:

  1. 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.

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  2. John - 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!

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  3. And 2 from Tineo on the Primitivo Johnnie (??) That is how we were 'read out'.
    Greetings from a very wet Devon

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