Employed population (aged 15 and above) by nationality (Saudi/ Non-Saudi), sex and age group, 2012 (Round 1)

		Saudis			Non-Saudis			TOTAL
	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
19-15	14.894	1.488	16.382	21.946	5.048	26.994	36.840	6.536	43.376
24-20	281.771	35.867	317.638	178.347	38.932	217.279	460.118	74.799	534.917
29-25	649.314	122.239	771.553	517.004	93.258	610.262	1.166.318	215.497	1.381.815
34-30	672.524	148.530	821.054	1.047.817	188.694	1.236.511	1.720.341	337.224	2.057.565
39-35	595.580	144.694	740.274	1.143.157	203.722	1.346.879	1.738.737	348.416	2.087.153
44-40	500.886	90.652	591.538	903.965	108.829	1.012.794	1.404.851	199.481	1.604.332
49-45	384.031	42.264	426.295	642.481	31.963	674.444	1.026.512	74.227	1.100.739
54-50	245.434	20.881	266.315	395.464	15.799	411.263	640.898	36.680	677.578
59-55	146.464	9.956	156.420	214.514	6.740	221.254	360.978	16.696	377.674
64-60	59.047	1.493	60.540	86.161	2.927	89.088	145.208	4.420	149.628
65+	82.198	1.516	83.714	35.749	2.153	37.902	117.947	3.669	121.616
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: Labour Force 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.

 

 

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.