GCC: Labour Force Participation Rates by sex in GCC countries (%) (2013-2017)

			2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Bahrain	nationals	males	64.0	64.1	63.4	63.2	63.2
	nationals	females	32.2	32.3	32.3	32.2	32.2
	non-nationals	males	98.1	97.6	97.9	97.8	97.8
	non-nationals	females	58.7	57.2	58.2	58.2	58.2
Kuwait	nationals	males	56.3	54.2	52.6	47.7	47.7
	nationals	females	40.3	37.6	39.3	30.8	30.8
	non-nationals	males	84.8	94.2	95.3	95.5	95.5
	non-nationals	females	58.6	61.3	65.8	65.5	65.5
Oman	nationals	males	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
	nationals	females	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
	non-nationals	males	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
	non-nationals	females	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Qatar	nationals	males	70.0	68.9	68.6	68.5	68.2
	nationals	females	34.7	35.0	36.1	36.9	36.7
	non-nationals	males	97.9	97.8	97.8	98.0	97.6
	non-nationals	females	59.0	59.4	64.9	64.6	64.5
Saudi Arabia	nationals	males	64.6	64.9	63.3	64.6	63.4
	nationals	females	16.4	17.6	17.4	19.0	19.4
	non-nationals	males	94.2	93.4	93.7	93.3	94.2
	non-nationals	females	31.2	28.7	33.1	22.8	24.2
UAE	nationals	males	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	64.1	62.9
	nationals	females	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	30.9	32.4
	non-nationals	males	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	95.0	94.6
	non-nationals	females	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	54.3	55.9

Sources: national institutes of statistics.

1- Definitions and remarks:
Labour Force Participation Rates refer to the percentage of active (employed or unemployed) population aged 15 and above in the category (sex and nationality).
Ex.: 22.8% of foreign women in Saudi Arabia are economically active in 2016 (i.e.: employed or unemployed).

Oman: data not available.

2- Sources of data:
Data is taken from:
GCC Stat. Labour Statistics in GCC Countries 2017, Issue n°5, April 2019.
https://gccstat.org/en/statistic/publications/labor-statistics

Last accessed: December 2019.