Employed population (aged 15 and above) by nationality (Saudi/ non-Saudi), sex and sector of economic activity (2012)

	Saudis			Non-Saudis			TOTAL
	males	females	total	males	females	total	males	females	total
Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing	158.539	1.626	160.165	280.737	1.443	282.180	439.276	3.069	442.345
Mining and quarrying	85.936	2.705	88.641	14.639	291	14.930	100.575	2.996	103.571
Manufacturing	127.820	6.199	134.019	572.738	4.022	576.760	700.558	10.221	710.779
Electricity, gas and water supply	57.711	0	57.711	38.161	149	38.310	95.872	149	96.021
Construction	112.218	483	112.701	1.354.610	3.234	1.357.844	1.466.828	3.717	1.470.545
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles,	282.848	10.999	293.847	1.394.703	9.213	1.403.916	1.677.551	20.212	1.697.763
motorcycles and personal and household goods
Hotels and restaurants	21.586	2.030	23.616	268.405	4.992	273.397	289.991	7.022	297.013
Transport, storage and communications	192.554	3.164	195.718	236.851	1.154	238.005	429.405	4.318	433.723
Financial intermediation	66.202	7.821	74.023	26.224	788	27.012	92.426	8.609	101.035
Real estate, renting and business activities	133.442	4.066	137.508	209.751	875	210.626	343.193	4.941	348.134
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	1.568.555	34.253	1.602.808	39.322	673	39.995	1.607.877	34.926	1.642.803
Education	579.923	469.651	1.049.574	107.336	25.001	132.337	687.259	494.652	1.181.911
Health and social work	190.403	71.820	262.223	156.091	66.531	222.622	346.494	138.351	484.845
Other community, social and personal service activities	51.356	3.826	55.182	97.210	9.811	107.021	148.566	13.637	162.203
Activities of private households as employers and undifferentiated …	2.087	188	2.275	382.078	569.263	951.341	384.165	569.451	953.616
Extraterritorial organizations and bodies	963	749	1.712	7.749	625	8.374	8.712	1.374	10.086
Total	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: Manpower Survey, 2012 (Round 1).

 

ANNEXED NOTE

 

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

 

Sampling frame of LFS 2012 Round 1: Population Census 2010.

Sample size: 29 000 households

Reference period: 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 economic activity is ISIC 3.1

 

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.