Domestic Sector
	Kuwaitis			Non-Kuwaitis			Total
	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
2014 Q4	0	0	0	251,687	341,341	593,028	251,687	341,341	593,028
2015 Q1	0	0	0	278,705	376,684	655,389	278,705	376,684	655,389
2015 Q2	0	0	0	267,579	342,357	609,936	267,579	342,357	609,936
2015 Q3	0	0	0	289,126	378,043	667,169	289,126	378,043	667,169
2015 Q4	0	0	0	294,233	370,409	664,642	294,233	370,409	664,642
2016 Q1	0	0	0	299,339	362,775	662,114	299,339	362,775	662,114
2016 Q2	0	0	0	299,384	362,778	662,162	299,384	362,778	662,162
2016 Q3	0	0	0	306,121	363,341	669,462	306,121	363,341	669,462
2016 Q4	0	0	0	314,686	358,413	673,099	314,686	358,413	673,099
2017 Q1	0	0	0	320,073	352,561	672,634	320,073	352,561	672,634
2017 Q2	0	0	0	324,831	350,432	675,263	324,831	350,432	675,263
2017 Q3	0	0	0	331,901	345,721	677,622	331,901	345,721	677,622
2017 Q4	0	0	0	337,090	340,849	677,939	337,090	340,849	677,939
2018 Q1	0	0	0	342,707	340,808	683,515	342,707	340,808	683,515
2018 Q2	0	0	0	349,828	338,756	688,584	349,828	338,756	688,584
2018 Q3	0	0	0	349,988	338,967	688,955	349,988	338,967	688,955
2018 Q4	0	0	0	351,973	354,613	706,586	351,973	354,613	706,586
2019 Q1	0	0	0	353,572	361,797	715,369	353,572	361,797	715,369
2019 Q2	0	0	0	354,271	370,161	724,432	354,271	370,161	724,432
2019 Q3	0	0	0	353,801	373,990	727,791	353,801	373,990	727,791
2019 Q4	0	0	0	353,882	377,702	731,584	353,882	377,702	731,584
2020 Q1	0	0	0	347,923	370,141	718,064	347,923	370,141	718,064
2020 Q2	0	0	0	328,992	351,270	680,262	328,992	351,270	680,262
2020 Q3	0	0	0	329,374	343,885	673,259	329,374	343,885	673,259
2020 Q4	0	0	0	328,250	340,365	668,615	328,250	340,365	668,615
2021 Q1	0	0	0	320,313	330,954	651,267	320,313	330,954	651,267
2021 Q2	0	0	0	314,532	324,528	639,060	314,532	324,528	639,060
2021 Q3	0	0	0	301,105	307,125	608,230	301,105	307,125	608,230
2021 Q4	0	0	0	295,645	298,003	593,648	295,645	298,003	593,648
2022 Q1	0	0	0	305,860	307,320	613,180	305,860	307,320	613,180
2022 Q2	0	0	0	315,545	339,219	654,764	315,545	339,219	654,764
2022 Q3	0	0	0	333,995	377,349	711,344	333,995	377,349	711,344
2022 Q4	0	0	0	347,515	405,782	753,297	347,515	405,782	753,297
2023 Q1	0	0	0	357,121	423,062	780,183	357,121	423,062	780,183
2023 Q2	0	0	0	361,945	426,211	788,156	361,945	426,211	788,156
2023 Q3	0	0	0	363,839	425,931	789,770	363,839	425,931	789,770
2023 Q4	0	0	0	363,438	422,793	786,231	363,438	422,793	786,231
2024 Q1	0	0	0	365,562	423,471	789,033	365,562	423,471	789,033
2024 Q2	0	0	0	365,117	421,223	786,340	365,117	421,223	786,340
2024 Q3	0	0	0	328,589	411,261	739,850	328,589	411,261	739,850
2024 Q4	0	0	0	325,650	410,015	735,665	325,650	410,015	735,665
2025 Q1	0	0	0	330,091	415,055	745,146	330,091	415,055	745,146

Source: Central Statistical Bureau (CSB), Labour Market Information System (LMIS), Integrated Database

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Characteristics of data and definitions

Kuwait’s Labour Market Information System (KLMIS) was developed by the Central Statistical Bureau (CSB), in collaboration with relevant other government agencies.

https://lmis.csb.gov.kw/ar/Default.aspx;
https://lmis.csb.gov.kw/En/Docs/KLMI%20Report%20English%20-%20Final%20Version.pdf.

KLMIS’s Integrated database, updated on a quarterly basis,
tabulates basic data on nationals’ and foreign migrants’ employment,
taken from four administrative sources:
the Civil Service Commission (CSC) (public sector’s statistics);
the Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI) (public entities which are not included in the Civil Service Commission records);
the Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) (statistics on workers in the private sector);
Ministry of Interior (MoI) (domestic workers).

2015 Q4: no data. The estimate is the average of Q3 2015 and Q1 2016 values.

The employed persons are defined as individuals aged 15 years and over who:
a. Work for a company, the government, or any other person outside the family during the past seven days.
b. Worked for their own projects or for family projects in the last seven days.
c. Did not work in the last seven days, but they were absent from their usual work.

Information on LMIS’s data sources is taken from:
Al Daas, M. Labor Statistics for evidence-based policies,
https://www.iaos-isi.org/images/IAOS2017-19/2016Conference/P5C/Mona_Al_daas_paper.pdf, p. 3.

2. Institution which provides data

The Central Statistical Bureau (CSB)
https://www.csb.gov.kw/
https://www.csb.gov.kw/default_en

3. Data availability 

Kuwait: Central Statistical Bureau. Integrated Database – LMIS
https://lmis.csb.gov.kw/
https://lmis.csb.gov.kw/default_En

Data are avalaible in Arabic and English, by quarter, for every year since 2014.

https://lmis.csb.gov.kw/IntegratedDataView_En

Last date of access: September 2025.

GLMM and GRC cannot guarantee that the link to access the source will not change;
that the information will not be removed from the website it was obtained from;
that no geo-blockages will be imposed; or that the information will not be available for any another reason.

Keywords: Kuwait, National Labour, Foreign Labour, Employment, Female Employment, Labour Market, National & Foreign Labour, Domestic Workers

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