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		Employed nationals		Employed non-nationals		Total employed population
Country	sex	numbers	men per 100 women	numbers	men per 100 women	numbers	men per 100 women
Bahrain	males	139,925	218	468,223	481	608,148	377
	females	64,187		97,284		161,471
Kuwait	males	198,143	132	1,567,243	309	1,765,386	269
	females	150,237		506,436		656,673
Oman	males	273,508	210	1,502,686	771	1,776,194	546
	females	130,077		194,985		325,062
Qatar	males	64,101	187	1,628,620	719	1,692,721	649
	females	34,322		226,395		260,717
Saudi Arabia	males	4,159,744	510	5,735,735	742	9,895,479	623
	females	816,361		772,816		1,589,177
United Arab Emirates	males	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
	females	NA		NA		NA

Sources: national institutes of statistics, in GCC Stat. Labour Statistics in GCC Countries 2015, Issue n°3, March 2017.
 
1- Definitions and remarks:
Non-nationals are:
1- persons bearing nationality of a foreign State other than the GCC State of residence, or bearing no proof of nationality from any given state
(stateless persons and holders of refugee status and travel document in a third country) ;
2- Holders of residence permit residing in the given GCC country at date of census, as per definition of residence used in each of the countries.

Employment refers to: all persons of working age (15 and above), who during a reference period worked to produce goods or provide services for pay (cash or kind)
or worked for profit from their own (or partially owned) business or worked without pay in the family business or with other individuals.
It also includes those who have a temporary absence from a job during the reference period due to vacation or illness or any other reason.

Bahrain: Employment data had been estimated based on 2010 Census.
Oman: Employment data only includes civil sector, and does not include those employed in the Defense, Armed Forces, and Police (Military).
UAE: No data available.

2- Sources of data:
Data is taken from:
GCC Stat. Labour Statistics in GCC Countries 2015, Issue n°3, March 2017.
https://gccstat.org/images/gccstat/docman/publications/171-labour-statistics-bulletin-2015_3.pdf

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