Employed population by nationality (Saudi/ non-Saudi) and sector of economic activity (2007;2012)

	Saudis		Non-Saudis		TOTAL
Economic activity	2007	2012	2007	2012	2007	2012
Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing	110,641	160,165	253,540	282,180	364,181	442,345
Mining and quarrying	90,727	88,641	12,079	14,930	102,806	103,571
Manufacturing	125,522	134,019	440,250	576,760	565,772	710,779
Electricity, gas and water supply	50,554	57,711	23,828	38,310	74,382	96,021
Construction	77,375	112,701	716,213	1,357,844	793,588	1,470,545
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles,	255,505	293,847	994,766	1,403,916	1,250,271	1,697,763
motorcycles and personal and household goods
Hotels and restaurants	21,402	23,616	227,299	273,397	248,701	297,013
Transport, storage and communications	208,116	195,718	135,434	238,005	343,550	433,723
Financial intermediation	68,333	74,023	15,454	27,012	83,787	101,035
Real estate, renting and business activities	111,305	137,508	138,941	210,626	250,246	348,134
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	1,364,456	1,602,808	35,638	39,995	1,400,094	1,642,803
Education	830,799	1,049,574	98,399	132,337	929,198	1,181,911
Health and social work	200,240	262,223	135,678	222,622	335,918	484,845
Other community, social and personal service activities	60,497	55,182	115,380	107,021	175,877	162,203
Activities of private households as employers and undifferentiated …	8,088	2,275	830,039	951,341	838,127	953,616
Extraterritorial organizations and bodies	1,191	1,712	8,659	8,374	9,850	10,086
Total	3,584,751	4,251,723	4,181,597	5,884,670	7,766,348	10,136,393

Source: Manpower Surveys 2007 and 2012 (Rounds 1).

ANNEXED NOTE

 

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

 

Sampling frame of LFS 2007 and 2012 (Rounds 1): Population Census 2004 and 2010.

Sample size: 23 000 and 29 000 households respectively

Reference period: February 19th-March 20th, 2007 and 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.

Date of access: May 2013.

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.