Education Status			Saudi			Non-Saudi			Total
	year	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
	2.006	4.370	143	4.513	869	0	869	5.239	143	5.382
Illiterate	2.009	850	141	991	145	262	407	995	403	1.398
	2.012	288	702	990	457	0	457	745	702	1.447
	2.006	8.658	90	8.748	4.571	337	4.908	13.229	427	13.656
Read and Write	2.009	3.235	0	3.235	1.041	0	1.041	4.276	0	4.276
	2.012	3.051	606	3.657	847	343	1.190	3.898	949	4.847
	2.006	56.306	1.538	57.844	3.581	374	3.955	59.887	1.912	61.799
Primary	2.009	29.107	348	29.455	800	157	957	29.907	505	30.412
	2.012	25.290	1.864	27.154	3.883	0	3.883	29.173	1.864	31.037
	2.006	67.782	2.858	70.640	5.908	354	6.262	73.690	3.212	76.902
Intermediate	2.009	42.875	1.613	44.488	2.010	314	2.324	44.885	1.927	46.812
	2.012	41.030	5.577	46.607	3.270	605	3.875	44.300	6.182	50.482
Secondary or	2.006	98.544	34.121	132.665	6.750	3.825	10.575	105.294	37.946	143.240
Equivalent	2.009	99.019	16.292	115.311	4.289	1.773	6.062	103.308	18.065	121.373
	2.012	122.943	55.496	178.439	5.749	1.442	7.191	128.692	56.938	185.630
	2.006	23.740	21.233	44.973	834	450	1.284	24.574	21.683	46.257
Diploma	2.009	31.168	24.707	55.875	977	0	977	32.145	24.707	56.852
	2.012	43.536	25.783	69.319	1.150	584	1.734	44.686	26.367	71.053
	2.006	33.505	115.504	149.009	3.642	1.391	5.033	37.147	116.895	154.042
Bachelor Degree	2.009	41.563	156.826	198.389	1.118	1.576	2.694	42.681	158.402	201.083
	2.012	32.803	227.264	260.067	4.979	3.199	8.178	37.782	230.463	268.245
	2.006	0	623	623	0	0	0	0	623	623
Master Degree	2.009	345	458	803	0	0	0	345	458	803
	2.012	734	1.464	2.198	0	0	0	734	1.464	2.198
	2.006	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Doctorate	2.009	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2.012	0	0	0	310	0	310	310	0	310
	2.006	292.905	176.110	469.015	26.155	6.731	32.886	319.060	182.841	501.901
Total	2.009	248.162	200.385	448.547	10.380	4.082	14.462	258.542	204.467	463.009
	2.012	269.675	318.756	588.431	20.645	6.173	26.818	290.320	324.929	615.249

Source: Labour Force Surveys, 2006; 2009; 2012 (Round 1).

 

 

ANNEXED NOTE

 

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

ManpowerSurveys	Sampling frame	Sample size(households)
			Reference period
2006	Census2004	23.000	May  2006
2009		23.000	July 24th-August 22nd, 2009
2012  R1	Census 2010	29.000	January 25th-February 17th, 2012

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) Unemployed person: A person aged 15 years and over who did not work during the reference week, was able and ready to work and had been actively looking for work during the last four weeks, but did not find any.

Unemployment refers to people who during the reference period: Are without work, available to work and actively seeking work

Reference period for seeking work: The latest full calendar month preceding the period of data collection

Reference period for availability for work: The seven days preceding the period of data collection

 

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.

Since 2007, Statistical Yearbooks have introduced a section on “Labour Statistics”, which presents a selection of tables from Manpower Surveys.

https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/46

Date of access: May 2013.

 

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