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	Males		Females		Total employed population
	nationals	non-nationals	nationals	non-nationals	nationals	non-nationals
Bahrain	63.2	97.8	32.2	58.2	47.8	87.9
Kuwait	52.9	95.3	39.3	65.8	46.0	85.7
Oman	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Qatar	68.5	98.0	36.9	65.6	52.4	92.5
Saudi Arabia	64.6	93.3	19.0	22.8	42.0	73.1
United Arab Emirates	64.1	95.0	30.9	54.3	47.5	83.5

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 (i.e.: employed or unemployed).

Kuwait: 2015 data.
Oman: data not available.

2- Sources of data:
Data is taken from:
GCC Stat. Labour Statistics in GCC Countries 2016, Issue n°4, March 2018.
https://gccstat.org/images/gccstat/docman/indicators/vital_employed_analysis_2016.xlsx

Last accessed: October 2018.

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