Kuwait: Article 18 (Non-Governmental labour) residence permits granted by nationality group and sex of holder (2010-2013)
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | |||||||||
| Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | |
| Arab countries | 344,316 | 21,905 | 366,221 | 354,411 | 22,876 | 377,287 | 366,187 | 23,818 | 390,005 | 392,758 | 26,370 | 419,128 |
| Non-Arab Asian countries | 549,264 | 50,063 | 599,327 | 568,235 | 53,481 | 621,716 | 600,257 | 60,039 | 660,296 | 643,489 | 66,162 | 709,651 |
| Non-Arab African countries | 2,135 | 990 | 3,125 | 2,547 | 1,335 | 3,882 | 3,240 | 1,706 | 4,946 | 3,910 | 2,049 | 5,959 |
| Europe | 3,215 | 1,256 | 4,471 | 3,420 | 1,281 | 4,701 | 3,476 | 1,364 | 4,840 | 3,605 | 1,532 | 5,137 |
| North America | 7,861 | 1,942 | 9,803 | 7,679 | 1,985 | 9,664 | 7,379 | 2,142 | 9,521 | 6,415 | 1,940 | 8,355 |
| Central and South America | 349 | 75 | 424 | 344 | 71 | 415 | 342 | 79 | 421 | 328 | 85 | 413 |
| Australia and Oceania | 453 | 133 | 586 | 413 | 123 | 536 | 403 | 115 | 518 | 426 | 112 | 538 |
| Other | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 907,594 | 76,364 | 983,958 | 937,050 | 81,152 | 1,018,202 | 981,285 | 89,263 | 1,070,548 | 1,050,932 | 98,250 | 1,149,182 |
Source: Ministry of Interior
ANNEXED NOTE
1. Definitions
Residency procedures do not apply to GCC nationals.
The bidoun, a stateless population, are not included in the residency documents holders.
Data presented in the table are stock data: all the non-national residents holding a residence permit on December 31st, the given year. The table excludes the Bedoon, the non-Kuwaiti GCC citizens and those in irregular situation.
Permits 17, 18, 19 and 20 are only granted after Ministry of Labour issues a work permit.
Totals for the year 2012 presented here differ slightly from totals in other tables pertaining to this year published in the database.
2. Institution which provides data
Central Statistical Bureau (CSB), Ministry of Planning.
3. Period of data coverage
December 31st, given years.
4. Data availability
The present data is taken from the report “Migration Statistics 2013”, published by the CSB.
The report processes Ministry of Interior’s (Directorate of Migration’s) raw figures of permits granted to foreign residents by type/ purpose of permit, sex and regional origin of holder, for the years 2010 to 2013.
The report (in Arabic, PDF format with Excel tables) is available on CSB’s website (Population Statistics, then Migration Statistics)
http://www.csb.gov.kw/Socan_Statistic.aspx?ID=56
Date of access: May 2015.