Saudi Arabia: Estimates of the net number of departures of foreign labourers from the Saudi private sector (Q1 2017-Q3 2019)
| Net departures | ||
| 2017 | Q1 | 66,000 |
| Q2 | 120,000 | |
| Q3 | 140,000 | |
| Q4 | 275,000 | |
| Total | 600,000 | |
| 2018 | Q1 | 221,000 |
| Q2 | 312,000 | |
| Q3 | 265,000 | |
| Q4 | 200,000 | |
| Total | 1,000,000 | |
| 2019 | Q1 | 185,000 |
| Q2 | 132,000 | |
| Q3 | 56,000 | |
Source: Jadwa Investment Labour Market Reports
1. Definitions
Jadwa Investment is a Saudi Closed Joint Stock Company with headquarters in Riyadh.
Using official data such as GAStat’s data, Ministry of Labour’s employment figures and other sources
(among which General Organisation for Social Insurance (GOSI)), Jadwa Investment has been publishing yearly
analyses of the Saudi labour market, which became quarterly since 2017.
2. Institution which provides data
Jadwa Investment (http://www.jadwa.com/en; http://www.jadwa.com/ar)
3. Data availability
Estimates are quoted in the various issues of the Saudi Labour Market Reports and Updates
published by Jadwa.
http://www.jadwa.com/en/researchsection/research/economic-research/labor-market-reports
Last date of access: December 2019.
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