2015		2016		2017		2018		2019		2020		2021		2022		2023		2024		Q1 2025
	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females
India	184,719	84,383	217,191	83,841	221,905	70,620	230,313	79,334	238,582	98,499	225,555	98,526	210,135	92,237	213,081	89,605	249,719	101,140	245,318	100,214	212,980	98,522
Philippines	858	114,909	999	154,166	959	163,133	859	139,581	851	147,929	819	147,090	779	137,155	937	161,104	1,104	200,300	945	164,218	740	131,360
Bangladesh	52,289	1,338	18,618	1,026	74,429	1,079	91,880	1,205	87,746	1,105	77,355	903	78,913	932	76,900	821	80,820	832	86,723	859	85,682	887
Sri Lanka	17,330	60,679	51,540	56,322	16,815	51,517	15,936	56,252	16,266	64,734	15,635	60,618	15,473	58,112	15,456	57,314	20,335	81,793	21,786	101,007	21,182	110,939
Ethiopia	3,159	43,664	1,557	28,653	1,288	19,520	1,230	16,864	1,204	21,177	1,077	16,773	998	13,397	888	9,026	860	7,072	843	6,023	643	4,892
Nepal	2,567	19,203	1,981	20,110	1,716	22,715	1,479	23,872	1,186	18,648	995	14,053	940	12,597	929	12,754	1,098	25,097	1,169	37,916	1,237	53,920
Indonesia	33	8,873	24	4,272	19	3,708	14	3,232	12	2,903	12	2,371	10	2,533	9	2,232	9	1,975	8	1,823	8	1,657
Ghana	296	4,337	483	7,577	320	4,782	205	2,134
Madagascar	6	1,970	3	1,784	12	5,437	11	4,356	6	2,578	3	1,711
Pakistan	1,972	26	1,953	26					1,815	12			1,619	9	1,533	6	1,523	6	1,470	5
Ivory Coast					231	2,019	285	3,816	246	3,786	179	2,175	159	1,230
Benin											100	2,181	96	1,777	149	2,687	217	4,605	241	5,978	284	9,124
Sudan															1,485	4					1,353	7
Mali																	1,366	555	1,690	715	2,007	1,370
Other countries	4,350	2,975	5,035	5,001	7,137	5,902	7,616	8,110	6,357	8,790	7,262	4,869	5,410	4,549	4,178	3,666	4,894	2,836	4,924	2,465	3,975	2,377
Total	267,579	342,357	299,384	362,778	324,831	350,432	349,828	338,756	354,271	370,161	328,992	351,270	314,532	324,528	315,545	339,219	361,945	426,211	365,117	421,223	330,091	415,055

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 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

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