Hajj attendance falls to 30-year low excluding Covid-19 pandemic period

Muslim pilgrims gather (Amr Nabil/AP)

This year’s Hajj in Saudi Arabia attracted the lowest number of pilgrims for 30 years, excluding the Covid-19 pandemic period, according to figures released on Thursday.

The annual Islamic pilgrimage attracted just 1,673,230 Muslims, the majority of them from outside Saudi Arabia, according to a post from the country’s Hajj Ministry on the social platform X.