Sector of employment	Country and reference period	Bahrain	Kuwait	Oman	Qatar*	Saudi Arabia	UAE
		mid-2018	Dec. 2018	2017	2017	mid-2018
Government	Nationals	53,932	335,253	195,680	84,348	1,391,163	n.a.
	Non-nationals	9,730	123,014	36383	123,064	78,011	n.a.
Private	Nationals	104,882	63,104	238,688	10,210	1,718,824	n.a.
	Non-nationals	499,275	1,616,312	1,502,808	1,596,340	7,128,654	n.a.
Mixed	Nationals				8,798		n.a.
	Non-nationals				49,865		n.a.
Domestic	Nationals	0	0	0	0	0	n.a.
	Non-nationals	91,852	648,346	292,881	172,406	2,371,390	n.a.
Other	Nationals				588		n.a.
	Non-nationals				8,883		n.a.
Total	Nationals	158,814	398,357	434,368	103,944	3,109,987	n.a.
	Non-nationals	600,857	2,387,672	1,832,072	1,950,558	9,578,055	n.a.

Sources: GCC National Statistical Organisations

“Mixed” sector refers to establishments in which the government shares capital with another party,
whether national, regional or foreign.
“Other”: includes the “Diplomatic”,” International”, “Foreign” and “Regional” sectors of employment,
as well as the “NGOs-non-profit” sector.
The two sectors only exist in Qatar and the UAE.

The “Government” sector may not include employees in the security and military sectors.
Administrative records usually do not include self-employed persons.

Characteristics of data, definitions, data sources and availability, please see:
Bahrain: https://gulfmigration.grc.net/bahrain-estimated-total-employed-population-by-nationality-bahraini-non-bahraini-and-sector-public-private-domestic-quarterly-q1-2014-q2-2018/
Kuwait: https://gulfmigration.grc.net/kuwait-employed-population-aged-15-and-above-by-nationality-group-sex-and-activity-sector-2018/
Oman: https://gulfmigration.grc.net/oman-employed-population-by-nationality-omani-expatriate-and-sector-of-employment-public-private-domestic-2005-2017/
Qatar:
*: labour force (employed+unemployed). Persons seeking work for the first time are not included.
“Government” sector refers to Government departments, as well as governmental companies
and corporations.
Source: MDPS. Labour Force Survey 2017, Annual Bulletin.
https://www.mdps.gov.qa/en/statistics/Statistical%20Releases/Social/LaborForce/2017/Annual_Bulletin_Labour_force_2017_AE.pdf
https://www.mdps.gov.qa/en/statistics/Statistical%20Releases/Social/LaborForce/2017/Annual_Bulletin_Labour_force_2017_AE.xls
Saudi Arabia: https://gulfmigration.grc.net/saudi-arabia-total-employed-population-aged-15-and-above-by-nationality-saudi-non-saudi-sex-and-sector-of-employment-governmental-private-domestic-labour-q3-2018/.
UAE: no raw numbers and totals available.

Last date of access: 31 March 2019.

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