Kuwait: Population employed in the domestic work sector, by country of citizenship (top-10 countries, Q2 2015-Q1 2025)

Q2 2015 Q2 2016 Q2 2017 Q2 2018 Q2 2019 Q2 2020 Q2 2021 Q2 2022 Q2 2023 Q2 2024 Q1 2025
India 269,102 301,032 292,525 309,647 337,081 324,081 302,372 302,686 350,859 345,532 311,502
Philippines 115,767 155,165 164,092 140,440 148,780 147,909 137,934 162,041 201,404 165,163 132,100
Bangladesh 53,627 52,566 75,508 93,085 88,851 78,258 79,845 77,721 81,652 87,582 86,569
Sri Lanka 78,009 74,940 68,332 72,188 81,000 76,253 73,585 72,770 102,128 122,793 132,121
Ethiopia 46,823 30,210 20,808 18,094 22,381 17,850 14,395 9,914 7,932 6,866 5,535
Nepal 21,770 22,091 24,431 25,351 19,834 15,048 13,537 13,683 26,195 39,085 55,157
Indonesia 8,906 4,296 3,727 3,246 2,915 2,383 2,543 2,241 1,984 1,831 1,665
Ghana 4,633 8,060 5,102 2,339
Madagascar 1,976 1,787 5,449 4,367 2,584 1,714
Pakistan 1,998 1,979 1,827 1,628 1,539 1,529 1,475
Ivory Coast 2,250 4,101 4,032 2,354 1,389
Benin 2,281 1,873 2,836 4,822 6,219 9,408
Sudan 1,489 1,360
Mali 1,921 2,405 3,377
Other countries 7,325 10,036 13,039 15,726 15,147 12,131 9,959 7,844 7,730 7,389 6,352
Total 609,936 662,162 675,263 688,584 724,432 680,262 639,060 654,764 788,156 786,340 745,146

Source: Central Statistical Bureau (CSB), Labour Market Information System (LMIS), Integrated Database

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Characteristics of data and definitions

Kuwait’s Labour Market Information System (KLMIS) was developed by the Central Statistical Bureau (CSB),
in collaboration with relevant other government agencies.
https://lmis.csb.gov.kw/ar/Default.aspx;
https://lmis.csb.gov.kw/En/Docs/KLMI%20Report%20English%20-%20Final%20Version.pdf.

KLMIS’s Integrated database, updated on a quarterly basis,
tabulates basic data on nationals’ and foreign migrants’ employment,
the Civil Service Commission (CSC) (public sector’s statistics);
the Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI) (public entities which are not included in the Civil Service Commission records);
the Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) (statistics on workers in the private sector);
Ministry of Interior (MoI) (domestic workers).

Information on LMIS’s data sources is taken from:
Al Daas, M. Labor Statistics for evidence-based policies,
https://www.iaos-isi.org/images/IAOS2017-19/2016Conference/P5C/Mona_Al_daas_paper.pdf, p. 3.

2. Institution which provides data

The Central Statistical Bureau (CSB)
https://www.csb.gov.kw/
https://www.csb.gov.kw/default_en

3. Period of data coverage

30/06, given year, unless stated otherwise

4. Data availability

Kuwait: Central Statistical Bureau. Integrated Database – LMIS

https://lmis.csb.gov.kw/
https://lmis.csb.gov.kw/default_En

Data are avalaible in Arabic and English, by quarter, for every year since 2014.
https://lmis.csb.gov.kw/IntegratedDataView_En

Last date of access: September 2025.

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, Domestic Workers, Foreign Labour, Employment, Labour Market, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Philippines, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Ivory Coast, Benin, Sudan