Country	Reference period	Number of domestic labourers			% females
		Males	Females	Non-nationals
Bahrain	mid-2018	22,478	69,374	91,852	76
Kuwait	Dec. 2018	349,570	298,776	648,346	46
Oman	Dec. 2017	137,355	155,526	292,881	53
Qatar	2017	63,464	108,942	172,406	63
Saudi Arabia	Sept. 2018	1,659,729	711,661	2,371,390	30
UAE	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.

Sources: GCC National Statistical Organisations
 
 
Definition:
 
Domestic sector’s employees: Live-in labourers who provide a household with services for a salary
(ex.: domestic helpers, drivers, gardeners, nannies and private teachers, nurses, cooks, building guards, ..).

Sources and data characteristics:
Bahrain: Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA), Kingdom of Bahrain, based on data from Bahrain
Labour Market Indicators website:
http://blmi.lmra.bh/2018/06/mi_data.xml.
Kuwait: statistics section of PACI’s website (“Statistical Reports”):
http://stat.paci.gov.kw/englishreports/ (English);
http://stat.paci.gov.kw/arabicreports/ (Arabic).
Oman: National Center for Statistics and Information (NCSI). Statistical Yearbook 2018
(chapter “Employment”):
https://www.ncsi.gov.om/Elibrary/LibraryContentDoc/bar_Statistical%20Year%20Book%202018_a8b32d59-cdc9-4987-ba29-1e7ce78d5cca.pdf
Qatar: Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics (MDPS). Labour Force Survey 2017, Annual Bulletin:
https://www.mdps.gov.qa/en/statistics/Statistical%20Releases/Social/LaborForce/2017/Annual_Bulletin_Labour_force_2017_AE.pdf
https://www.mdps.gov.qa/en/statistics/Statistical%20Releases/Social/LaborForce/2017/Annual_Bulletin_Labour_force_2017_AE.xls
Saudi Arabia: General Authority for Statistics (GAStat). Labour Force Survey 2018 (Q3):
https://www.stats.gov.sa/sites/all/modules/pubdlcnt/pubdlcnt.php?file=https://www.stats.gov.sa/sites/default/files/labour_market_3rd_q_2018_1.xlsx&nid=48417
UAE: no raw numbers and totals available.

Last date of access: 31 March 2019.

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