Kuwaitis			non-Kuwaitis			Total
	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
In the labour force	218,234	207,090	425,324	1,920,306	477,757	2,398,063	2,138,540	684,847	2,823,387
Out of the labour force	183,615	229,730	413,345	83,027	238,692	321,719	266,642	468,422	735,064
N.A.	35,162	39,321	74,483	45,911	54,517	100,428	81,073	93,838	174,911
Total	437,011	476,141	913,152	2,049,244	770,966	2,820,210	2,486,255	1,247,107	3,733,362

Source: PACI
 

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Characteristics of data and definitions

The source of data used here is the Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI), an independant government body in charge of :
1- centralising all population and labour force data in order to manage a fully computerised population register
2- issuing mandatory civil identification cards to every resident of the country, regardless of age and nationality.

(a) Kuwaiti: the Kuwaiti nationality rests upon a document of Kuwaiti nationality or a certificate proving Kuwaiti nationality issued by the Ministry of Interior of Kuwait.

(b) Non-Kuwaiti: his/ her nationality is determined by the name of the State which issued the passport. The foreign national also entered Kuwait legally and has a stamp of residence.
This category includes the Bidoon, a category of stateless persons living in the Emirate.

(c) Nationality group: collected according to the nationality of the head of the household.
Nationalities are grouped according to specific features common to certain population subgroups: language,  geographic origin, etc.
or according to internationally recognized categories such as: (Arab / non-Arab Asian countries / non-Arab African countries; European countries … etc.).

(d) Population in the labour force: population aged 15 years and over, either employed in the government, private or domestic sector, working as a street vendor, or unemployed.
(e) Population out of the labour force:  population aged 15 years and above, not active on the labour market (includes the students, the housewives or alike, or retired persons having income).

2. Institution which provides data 

The Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI)

3. Period of data coverage: 31 December

The database is updated three times a year and the website presents only the most recent data.

4. Data availability 

Data can be downloaded from the “statistics” section of PACI’s website (http://www.paci.gov.kw/en/ (English); http://www.paci.gov.kw/ (Arabic))
section “Statistical reports”
Analytical tables and data crosstabulations are available for download in PDF, html, .png and Excel (.csv) formats.
A selection of tables is available in the sections “General Stats” (https://www.paci.gov.kw/stat/GeneralStat.aspx) and “Analytic Statistics”  https://www.paci.gov.kw/stat/SubCategory.aspx?ID=7

Date of access: January 2019.

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