GCC: Percentage distribution of employed national and non-national populations, by sector of employment (2017-2018)
Country and reference period | Bahrain | Kuwait | Oman | Qatar* | Saudi Arabia | UAE** | |
Sector of employment | mid-2018 | Dec. 2018 | 2017 | 2017 | mid-2018 | 2017 | |
Government | Nationals | 34.0 | 84.2 | 45.0 | 81.1 | 44.7 | 83.2 |
Non-nationals | 1.6 | 5.2 | 2.0 | 6.3 | 0.8 | 7.2 | |
Private | Nationals | 66.0 | 15.8 | 55.0 | 9.8 | 55.3 | 8.2 |
Non-nationals | 83.1 | 67.7 | 82.0 | 81.8 | 74.4 | 75.0 | |
Mixed | Nationals | 8.5 | 7.4 | ||||
Non-nationals | 2.6 | 4.5 | |||||
Domestic | Nationals | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Non-nationals | 15.3 | 27.2 | 16.0 | 8.8 | 24.8 | 11.8 | |
Other | Nationals | 0.6 | 1.1 | ||||
Non-nationals | 0.5 | 1.5 | |||||
Total | Nationals | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Non-nationals | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Sources: GCC National Statistical Organisations
“Mixed” sector refers to establishments in which the government shares capital with another party,
whether national, regional or foreign.
“Other”: includes the “Diplomatic”,” International”, “Foreign” and “Regional” sectors of employment,
as well as the “NGOs-non-profit” sector.
The two sectors only exist in Qatar and the UAE.
The “Government” sector may not include employees in the security and military sectors.
Administrative records usually do not include self-employed persons.
Except for the UAE, percentages were calculated on the basis of figures of nationals and non-nationals in
each employment sector, from the sources listed below.
Characteristics of data, definitions, data sources and availability, please see:
Bahrain: https://gulfmigration.grc.net/bahrain-estimated-total-employed-population-by-nationality-bahraini-non-bahraini-and-sector-public-private-domestic-quarterly-q1-2014-q2-2018/
Kuwait: https://gulfmigration.grc.net/kuwait-employed-population-aged-15-and-above-by-nationality-group-sex-and-activity-sector-2018/
Oman: https://gulfmigration.grc.net/oman-employed-population-by-nationality-omani-expatriate-and-sector-of-employment-public-private-domestic-2005-2017/
Saudi Arabia: https://gulfmigration.grc.net/saudi-arabia-total-employed-population-aged-15-and-above-by-nationality-saudi-non-saudi-sex-and-sector-of-employment-governmental-private-domestic-labour-q3-2018/.
Qatar:
*: labour force (employed+unemployed). Persons seeking work for the first time are not included.
“Government” sector refers to Government departments, as well as governmental companies
and corporations.
Source: 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
UAE:
**”Government” sector refers to Federal and Local government departments.
Source: FCSA. Labour Force Survey 2017.
http://fcsa.gov.ae/en-us/Pages/Statistics/Statistics-by-Subject.aspx#/%3Fsubject=Population%20and%20social&folder=Population%20and%20social/Labor%20Force
Data is presented as percentage distribution.
Last date of access: 31 March 2019.
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