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Education Status			Saudis			Non-Saudis			Total
	year	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
	2.006	164.316	19.233	183.549	372.188	33.636	405.824	536.504	52.869	589.373
Illiterate	2.009	137.675	10.609	148.284	292.873	35.409	328.282	430.548	46.018	476.566
	2.012	106.333	8.016	114.349	260.266	29.760	290.026	366.599	37.776	404.375
	2.006	130.914	5.495	136.409	888.176	271.520	1.159.696	1.019.090	277.015	1.296.105
Read and Write	2.009	107.377	3.728	111.105	611.386	186.619	798.005	718.763	190.347	909.110
	2.012	105.516	6.271	111.787	735.782	157.645	893.427	841.298	163.916	1.005.214
	2.006	475.582	5.684	481.266	516.636	79.366	596.002	992.218	85.050	1.077.268
Primary	2.009	407.884	7.945	415.829	659.435	152.710	812.145	1.067.319	160.655	1.227.974
	2.012	360.246	12.801	373.047	912.244	181.815	1.094.059	1.272.490	194.616	1.467.106
	2.006	596.652	11.027	607.679	669.582	79.831	749.413	1.266.234	90.858	1.357.092
Intermediate	2.009	667.227	16.846	684.073	883.136	118.471	1.001.607	1.550.363	135.317	1.685.680
	2.012	565.814	13.549	579.363	1.216.075	179.792	1.395.867	1.781.889	193.341	1.975.230
	2.006	728.586	63.348	791.934	432.114	31.656	463.770	1.160.700	95.004	1.255.704
Secondary or	2.009	1.060.649	52.573	1.113.222	593.319	38.318	631.637	1.653.968	90.891	1.744.859
Equivalent	2.012	1.261.843	61.437	1.323.280	830.792	56.229	887.021	2.092.635	117.666	2.210.301
	2.006	215.861	92.423	308.284	181.819	27.747	209.566	397.680	120.170	517.850
Diploma	2.009	263.143	87.128	350.271	159.382	15.550	174.932	422.525	102.678	525.203
	2.012	316.272	104.187	420.459	281.503	16.046	297.549	597.775	120.233	718.008
	2.006	564.366	286.095	850.461	404.301	35.896	440.197	968.667	321.991	1.290.658
Bachelor Degree	2.009	632.556	316.735	949.291	483.439	23.099	506.538	1.115.995	339.834	1.455.829
	2.012	849.773	400.196	1.249.969	831.998	64.695	896.693	1.681.771	464.891	2.146.662
	2.006	42.472	7.252	49.724	36.406	4.905	41.311	78.878	12.157	91.035
Master Degree	2.009	39.499	7.027	46.526	42.530	2.182	44.712	82.029	9.209	91.238
	2.012	46.799	7.980	54.779	71.392	5.312	76.704	118.191	13.292	131.483
	2.006	18.547	3.721	22.268	22.972	2.660	25.632	41.519	6.381	47.900
Doctorate	2.009	16.618	2.749	19.367	11.310	856	12.166	27.928	3.605	31.533
	2.012	19.547	5.143	24.690	46.553	6.771	53.324	66.100	11.914	78.014
	2.006	2.937.296	494.278	3.431.574	3.524.194	567.217	4.091.411	6.461.490	1.061.495	7.522.985
Total	2.009	3.332.628	505.340	3.837.968	3.736.810	573.214	4.310.024	7.069.438	1.078.554	8.147.992
	2.012	3.632.143	619.580	4.251.723	5.186.605	698.065	5.884.670	8.818.748	1.317.645	10.136.393

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

 

 

ANNEXED NOTE

 

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

 

Manpower	Sampling	Sample size
Surveys	frame	(households)	Reference period
2006	Census	23.000	May  2006
2009	2004	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) Employed person: A person aged 15 years and above who worked during the reference week for at least one hour for pay or profit, or who had a job but were temporarily absent from work.

Employment refers to people who during the reference period:

– worked for one hour or more for wage or salary, in cash or in kind

– worked for one hour or more for profit or family gain, in cash or in kind

– worked for at least 15 hours without pay on a family business or farm

– did volunteer work

Reference period for employment: The seven days preceding the interview date.

 

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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