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

  2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Sudan                       1,485 4
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
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

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