Kuwait: Population employed in the domestic work sector, by country of citizenship (top-10 countries, Q2 2015-Q2-2022)

 

Q2 2015

Q2 2016

Q2 2017

Q2 2018

Q2 2019

Q2 2020

Q2 2021

Q2 2022

India

269,102

301,032

292,525

309,647

337,081

324,081

302,372

302,686

Philippines

115,767

155,165

164,092

140,440

148,780

147,909

137,934

162,041

Bangladesh

53,627

52,566

75,508

93,085

88,851

78,258

79,845

77,721

Sri Lanka

78,009

74,940

68,332

72,188

81,000

76,253

73,585

72,770

Ethiopia

46,823

30,210

20,808

18,094

22,381

17,850

14,395

9,914

Nepal

21,770

22,091

24,431

25,351

19,834

15,048

13,537

13,683

Indonesia

8,906

4,296

3,727

3,246

2,915

2,383

2,543

2,241

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

Ivory Coast  

2,250

4,101

4,032

2,354

1,389

 
Benin    

2,281

1,873

2,836

Sudan      

1,489

Other countries

7,325

10,036

13,039

15,726

15,147

12,131

9,959

7,844

Total

609,936

662,162

675,263

688,584

724,432

680,262

639,060

654,764

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, taken from four administrative sources:

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 years.

4. Data availability

Kuwait: Central Statistical Bureau. Integrated Database – LMIS

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

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

Data are available in Arabic and English, by quarter, for every year since 2014.

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

Last date of access: December 2022.

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