SAUDIS

house keeping

student/ in training

retired/ elderly

does not want to work

disability/ health reasons

Others

Total

	m.	0	0	72,852	910	30,123	5,729	109,614
Illiterate	f.	557,454	48	18,184	79	33,279	516	609,560
	total	557,454	48	91,036	989	63,402	6,245	719,174
	m.	0	5,723	100,957	1,390	15,698	4,897	128,665
Read and write	f.	605,493	4,184	11,321	274	6,479	411	628,162
	total	605,493	9,907	112,278	1,664	22,177	5,308	756,827
	m.	0	179,200	135,966	2,998	15,186	11,230	344,580
Primary	f.	619,556	157,772	2,272	491	4,925	3,981	788,997
	total	619,556	336,972	138,238	3,489	20,111	15,211	1,133,577
	m	0	681,018	102,139	3,931	18,601	17,321	823,010
Intermediate	f.	652,181	592,722	434	355	2,167	5,049	1,254,908
	total	652,181	1,273,740	102,573	4,286	20,768	22,370	2,077,918
	m	0	695,914	85,161	4,863	12,817	30,766	829,521
secondary or equivalent	f.	1,034,040	677,982	6,833	4,119	1,898	24,266	1,749,138
	total	1,034,040	1,373,896	91,994	8,982	14,715	55,032	2,578,659
	m	0	11,124	19,083	98	788	5,568	36,661
Diploma	f.	35,705	3,905	5,636	345	118	5,221	50,930
	total	35,705	15,029	24,719	443	906	10,789	87,591
	m	0	21,457	39,076	648	1,889	8,524	71,594
Bachelor Degree	f.	255,818	24,782	14,801	3,134	2,315	37,070	337,920
	total	255,818	46,239	53,877	3,782	4,204	45,594	409,514
	m	0	1,498	5,237	0	0	0	6,735
Higher Diploma/ Master	f.	1,455	2,791	597	0	0	410	5,253
	total	1,455	4,289	5,834	0	0	410	11,988
	m	0	0	2,083	0	0	0	2,083
Doctorate	f.	0	0	807	0	0	0	807
	total	0	0	2,890	0	0	0	2,890
	m	0	1,595,934	562,554	14,838	95,102	84,035	2,352,463
total	f	3,761,702	1,464,186	60,885	8,797	51,181	76,924	5,425,675
	total	3,761,702	3,060,120	623,439	23,635	148,283	160,959	7,778,138

NON-SAUDIS

	m.	0	0	6,110	911	4,155	1,190	12,366
Illiterate	f.	56,429	0	658	0	2,185	169	59,441
	total	56,429	0	6,768	911	6,340	1,359	71,807
	m.	0	1,130	9,662	870	6,648	1,882	20,192
Read and write	f.	128,703	721	1,816	0	1,068	155	132,463
	total	128,703	1,851	11,478	870	7,716	2,037	152,655
	m.	0	36,559	4,057	1,567	3,229	2,244	47,656
Primary	f.	117,073	22,302	0	471	1,200	408	141,454
	total	117,073	58,861	4,057	2,038	4,429	2,652	189,110
	m	0	134,835	2,144	2,183	1,569	2,826	143,557
Intermediary	f.	189,627	105,706	15	6,199	2,651	0	304,198
	total	189,627	240,541	2,159	8,382	4,220	2,826	447,755
	m	0	74,510	3,786	2,495	2,693	7,259	90,743
Secondary or equivalent	f.	301,553	59,084	303	1,191	363	3,341	365,835
	total	301,553	133,594	4,089	3,686	3,056	10,600	456,578
	m	0	850	885	0	1,287	1,274	4,296
Diploma	f.	46,699	129	326	0	0	738	47,892
	total	46,699	979	1,211	0	1,287	2,012	52,188
	m	0	5,677	3,868	380	1,233	6,186	17,344
Bachelor Degree	f.	275,282	3,240	0	1,433	0	2,557	282,512
	total	275,282	8,917	3,868	1,813	1,233	8,743	299,856
	m	0	147	0	0	333	866	1,346
Higher Diploma/ Master	f.	7,825	158	0	0	0	911	8,894
	total	7,825	305	0	0	333	1,777	10,240
	m	0	0	706	0	0	1,113	1,819
Doctorate	f.	1,926	0	0	0	0	0	1,926
	total	1,926	0	706	0	0	1,113	3,745
	m	0	253,708	31,218	8,406	21,147	24,840	339,319
total	f	1,125,117	191,340	3,118	9,294	7,467	8,279	1,344,615
	total	1,125,117	445,048	34,336	11,501	26,614	33,119	1,675,735

TOTAL

	m.	0	0	78,962	1,821	34,278	6,919	121,980
Illiterate	f.	613,883	48	18,842	79	35,464	685	669,001
	total	613,883	48	97,804	1,900	69,742	7,604	790,981
	m.	0	6,853	110,619	2,260	22,346	6,779	148,857
Read and write	f.	734,196	4,905	13,137	274	7,547	566	760,625
	total	734,196	11,758	123,756	2,534	29,893	7,345	909,482
	m.	0	215,759	140,023	4,565	18,415	13,474	392,236
Primary	f.	736,629	180,074	2,272	962	6,125	4,389	930,451
	total	736,629	395,833	142,295	5,527	24,540	17,863	1,322,687
	m	0	815,853	104,283	6,114	20,170	20,147	966,567
Intermediate	f.	841,808	698,428	449	6,554	4,818	5,049	1,550,907
	total	841,808	1,514,281	104,732	12,668	24,988	25,196	2,517,474
	m	0	770,424	88,947	7,358	15,510	38,025	920,264
Secondary or equivalent	f.	1,335,593	737,066	7,136	5,310	2,261	27,607	2,114,973
	total	1,335,593	1,507,490	96,083	12,668	17,771	65,632	3,035,237
	m	0	11,974	19,968	98	2,075	6,842	40,957
Diploma	f.	82,404	4,034	5,962	345	118	5,959	98,822
	total	82,404	16,008	25,930	443	2,193	12,801	139,779
	m	0	27,134	42,944	1,028	3,122	14,710	88,938
Bachelor Degree	f.	531,100	28,022	14,801	4,567	2,315	39,627	620,432
	total	531,100	55,156	57,745	5,595	5,437	54,337	709,370
	m	0	1,645	5,237	0	333	866	8,081
Higher Diploma/ Master	f.	9,280	2,949	597	0	0	1,321	14,147
	total	9,280	4,594	5,834	0	333	2,187	22,228
	m	0	0	2,789	0	0	1,113	3,902
Doctorate	f.	1,926	0	807	0	0	0	2,733
	total	1,926	0	3,596	0	0	1,113	6,635
	m	0	1,849,642	593,772	23,244	116,249	108,875	2,691,782
total	f	4,886,819	1,655,526	64,003	18,091	58,648	85,203	6,762,091
	total	4,886,819	3,505,168	657,775	35,136	174,897	194,078	9,453,873

source: Labour Force Survey 2013 (Round 1).

 

ANNEXED NOTE

 

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

 

Sampling frame of LFS 2013 Round 1: Population Census 2010.

Sample size: 33500 households

Reference period: January 13th-February 5th, 2013

Population of reference: all individuals (nationals and non-nationals) residing in the Kingdom during the period of reference.

The ultimate sampling unit is the household.

 

(a) Household and household members: A person or group of persons, related or not related, who share housing and food.

Servants, drivers and similar categories are considered to be part of the household if they live in the same housing unit.

 

(b) Person out of the labour force: A person aged 15 years and over who is not included in the labour force, among which: the persons staying home for domestics activities, the students, the retired, the self sufficients,

the ones unable to enrol in labour, who are not working and do not look for employment for any other reason.

 

Classification used for education statuses is ISCED.

 

2. Institution which provides data

 

Central Department of Statistics and Information (CDSI), Ministry and Economy and Planning

 

3. Data availability

 

Surveys conducted since 1999 are available on the website of the CDSI (http://www.cdsi.gov.sa/), in published form in PDF format. A selection of tables is also available in PDF or Excel format.

https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/814 (website English version) or https://www.stats.gov.sa/ar/814 (website Arabic version). The technical notes and tables of contents are in Arabic and the tables are in both languages.

Date of access:September 2013.

 

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