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	Kuwaitis			Non-Kuwaitis			Total
	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
Legislators, Senior officials and Managers	66,359	19,330	85,689	90,957	10,660	101,617	157,316	29,990	187,306
Professionals	44,208	87,448	131,656	90,255	34,216	124,471	134,463	121,664	256,127
Technicians and Associate Professionals	60,300	55,099	115,399	284,028	50,768	334,796	344,328	105,867	450,195
Clerical Support Workers	29,119	47,783	76,902	60,559	17,919	78,478	89,678	65,702	155,380
Service and Sales Workers	3,973	4,651	8,624	221,830	40,432	262,262	225,803	45,083	270,886
Skilled Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Workers	195	1	196	14,027	1	14,028	14,222	2	14,224
Craft and Related Trades Workers	4,930	3,764	8,694	142,237	3,570	145,807	147,167	7,334	154,501
Plant and Machine Operators and Assemblers	3,026	505	3,531	417,056	535	417,591	420,082	1,040	421,122
Elementary Occupations	20	20	40	268,878	331,904	600,782	268,898	331,924	600,822
Not Stated	7,656	6,387	14,043	16,671	4,822	21,493	24,327	11,209	35,536
Total	219,786	224,988	444,774	1,606,498	494,827	2,101,325	1,826,284	719,815	2,546,099

Source: Central Statistics Bureau (CSB)/The Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI)                                                                                            

                                                                                               

ANNEXED NOTE                                                                                               

                                                                                               

1. Characteristics of data and definitions

 

The 2021 Kuwait census is the eleventh census conducted in the country, and the first to be based on administrative records. The Ministry of State for Communications and Information Technology has implemented the records-based population, establishments and building census through cooperation with the Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) and the Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI).

The census data was selected from the recommended data basket guide for the Unified Population and Housing Register-based Census 2020 for the countries of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf issued by the Gulf Statistics Center for the year 2019, and from the data basket of the general census of the State of Kuwait 2011.

 

Definition of employment:

Individuals aged 15 and over and are engaged in any economic activity during the census reference period, including:

1. Employer: An employed individual (aged 15 and over) who works in or owns part of an enterprise and under the supervision of at least one employee with a monetary wage (shareholders in shareholding companies are not considered employers even if they are employed).
2. Self-Employed: An employed individual (aged 15 years and over) who works in or owns a part of an enterprise and not a monetary-paid employee, including street vendors who do not do business for others.

iii. Paid Worker: Employed person (aged 15 and over) who works for another individual or for his\her enterprise under his\her supervision and receives for his\her employment a lump-sum monetary wage (for the hour, day, week, month or year) this monetary remuneration may be calculated on the basis of production and may be in the form of commission, brokerage or any other way. Workers working in the ministries of the State and its various entities, as well as those working on monetary remuneration in the participating companies, are considered to be in this category.

1. Unpaid Worker: An employed individual (aged 15 and over) who works for another relative, has no connection or works in an enterprise, is not paid for his\her work and does not have a lump-sum share of profits. Under this definition, individuals who learn a particular trade even if they are paid a lump sum in cash.

 

Definitions and concepts used:

https://census.csb.gov.kw/CensusData_EN

 

Classification of occupations used: ISCO-08

https://ilostat.ilo.org/resources/concepts-and-definitions/classification-occupation/

2. Institution which provides data

 

The Central Statistical Bureau (CSB)

https://www.csb.gov.kw/

https://www.csb.gov.kw/default_en

 

3. Data availability

 

Kuwait Census 2021 page (Population, Housing and Establishments census):

https://census.csb.gov.kw/index_EN

 

Population census:

https://census.csb.gov.kw/CensusData_EN?id=1

 

Last date of access: 15 September 2023.

 

GLMM and GRC cannot guarantee that the link to access the source will not change; that the information will not be removed from the website it was obtained from; that no geo-blockages will be imposed; or that the information will not be available for any another reason.                                                                                             

Keywords: Kuwait, Labour Market, Employment, Foreign Labour, National Labour, Female Employment

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