Inactive population (aged 15 and above) by nationality (Saudi/ non-Saudi), sex, inactivity status and marital status (2013)

SAUDIS

marital status		house keeping	student/ in training	retired/ elderly	does not want to work	disability/ health reasons	Others	Total
	m.	0	1,575,205	4,487	8,249	51,597	66,866	1,706,404
never married	f.	351,979	1,371,033	1,205	4,163	25,255	37,846	1,791,481
	total	351,979	2,946,238	5,692	12,412	76,852	104,712	3,497,885
	m.	0	20,103	529,938	5,570	37,450	16,547	609,608
married	f.	2,971,677	87,662	32,386	3,439	8,019	34,120	3,137,303
	total	2,971,677	107,765	562,324	9,009	45,469	50,667	3,746,911
	m.	0	600	5,365	405	2,848	622	9,840
divorced	f.	79,292	5,348	3,245	409	2,558	4,551	95,403
	total	79,292	5,948	8,610	814	5,406	5,173	105,243
	m	0	26	22,764	614	3,207	0	26,611
widower	f.	358,754	143	24,049	786	17,349	407	401,488
	total	358,754	169	46,813	1,400	20,556	407	428,099
	m	0	1,595,934	562,554	14,838	95,102	84,035	2,352,463
total	f	3,761,702	1,464,186	60,885	8,797	53,181	76,924	5,425,675
	total	3,761,702	3,060,120	623,439	23,635	148,283	160,959	7,778,138

NON-SAUDIS

	m.	0	250,671	0	2,262	3,012	10,804	266,749
never married	f.	67,774	186,477	0	684	3,153	3,218	261,306
	total	67,774	437,148	0	2,946	6,165	14,022	528,055
	m.	0	3,037	28,506	6,144	15,563	14,036	67,286
married	f.	1,005,473	4,863	21	2,174	331	4,250	1,017,112
	total	1,005,473	7,900	28,527	8,318	15,894	18,286	1,084,398
	m.	0	0	0	0	894	0	894
divorced	f.	10,529	0	326	237	0	577	11,669
	total	10,529	0	326	237	894	577	12,563
	m	0	0	2,712	0	1,678	0	4,390
widower	f.	41,341	0	2,771	0	1,983	234	46,329
	total	41,341	0	5,483	0	3,661	234	50,719
	m	0	253,708	31,218	8,406	21,147	24,840	339,319
total	f.	1,125,117	191,340	3,118	3,095	5,467	8,279	1,336,416
	total	1,125,117	445,048	34,336	11,501	26,614	33,119	1,675,735

TOTAL

	m.	0	1,825,876	4,487	10,511	54,609	77,670	1,973,153
never married	f.	419,753	1,557,510	1,205	4,847	28,408	41,064	2,052,787
	total	419,753	3,383,386	5,692	15,358	83,017	118,734	4,025,940
	m.	0	23,140	558,444	11,714	53,013	30,583	676,894
married	f.	3,977,150	92,525	32,407	5,613	8,350	38,370	4,154,415
	total	3,977,150	115,665	590,851	17,327	61,363	68,953	4,831,309
	m.	0	600	5,365	405	3,742	622	10,734
divorced	f.	89,821	5,348	3,571	646	2,558	5,128	107,072
	total	89,821	5,948	8,936	1,051	6,300	5,750	117,806
	m	0	26	25,476	614	4,885	0	31,001
widower	f.	400,095	143	26,820	786	19,332	641	447,817
	total	400,095	169	52,296	1,400	24,217	641	478,818
	m	0	1,849,642	593,772	23,244	116,249	108,875	2,691,782
total	f.	4,886,819	1,655,526	64,003	11,892	58,648	85,203	6,762,091
	total	4,886,819	3,505,168	657,775	35,136	174,897	194,078	9,453,873

source: Labour Force Survey 2013 (Round 1).

 

ANNEXED NOTE

 

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

 

Sampling frame of LFS 2013 Round 1: Population Census 2010.

Sample size: 33500 households

Reference period: January 13th-February 5th, 2013

Population of reference: all individuals (nationals and non-nationals) residing in the Kingdom during the period of reference.

The ultimate sampling unit is the household.

 

(a) Household and household members: A person or group of persons, related or not related, who share housing and food.

Servants, drivers and similar categories are considered to be part of the household if they live in the same housing unit.

 

(b) Person out of the labour force: A person aged 15 years and over who is not included in the labour force, among which: the persons staying home for domestics activities, the students, the retired, the self sufficients,

the ones unable to enrol in labour, who are not working and do not look for employment for any other reason.

 

 

2. Institution which provides data

 

Central Department of Statistics and Information (CDSI), Ministry and Economy and Planning

 

3. Data availability

 

Surveys conducted since 1999 are available on the website of the CDSI (https://www.stats.gov.sa/en), in published form in PDF format. A selection of tables is also available in PDF or Excel format.

https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/814 (website English version) or https://www.stats.gov.sa/ar/814 (website Arabic version). The technical notes and tables of contents are in Arabic and the tables are in both languages.

Date of access:September 2013.