Kuwait: Population employed in the government sector by nationality (Kuwaiti/non-Kuwaiti) and sex (Q4 2014-Q1 2025)

	Government Sector
	Kuwaitis			Non-Kuwaitis			Total
	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
2014 Q4	116,399	147,466	263,865	41,388	36,615	78,003	157,787	184,081	341,868
2015 Q1	127,871	149,426	277,297	52,688	38,760	91,448	180,559	188,186	368,745
2015 Q2	118,191	148,918	267,109	56,923	38,984	95,907	175,114	187,902	363,016
2015 Q3	118,181	150,220	268,401	55,570	39,936	95,506	173,751	190,156	363,907
2015 Q4	120,196	154,187	274,383	57,506	41,015	98,521	177,702	195,202	372,904
2016 Q1	120,877	156,618	277,495	57,422	40,983	98,405	178,299	197,601	375,900
2016 Q2	120,936	156,999	277,935	58,571	41,209	99,780	179,507	198,208	377,715
2016 Q3	120,857	158,780	279,637	58,571	41,983	100,554	179,428	200,763	380,191
2016 Q4	122,217	161,329	283,546	59,067	42,421	101,488	181,284	203,750	385,034
2017 Q1	122,045	161,307	283,352	59,928	42,971	102,899	181,973	204,278	386,251
2017 Q2	122,919	164,317	287,236	59,673	42,761	102,434	182,592	207,078	389,670
2017 Q3	124,104	165,779	289,883	59,376	42,907	102,283	183,480	208,686	392,166
2017 Q4	124,620	169,702	294,322	59,085	42,858	101,943	183,705	212,560	396,265
2018 Q1	124,944	172,174	297,118	58,799	42,967	101,766	183,743	215,141	398,884
2018 Q2	126,333	175,381	301,714	57,404	41,939	99,343	183,737	217,320	401,057
2018 Q3	127,132	176,905	304,037	56,573	41,583	98,156	183,705	218,488	402,193
2018 Q4	128,426	179,266	307,692	56,493	41,638	98,131	184,919	220,904	405,823
2019 Q1	129,093	181,871	310,964	56,461	41,729	98,190	185,554	223,600	409,154
2019 Q2	129,688	185,228	314,916	56,314	41,404	97,718	186,002	226,632	412,634
2019 Q3	129,770	186,614	316,384	55,672	41,085	96,757	185,442	227,699	413,141
2019 Q4	131,475	190,128	321,603	56,415	41,239	97,654	187,890	231,367	419,257
2020 Q1	132,062	191,199	323,261	56,596	41,366	97,962	188,658	232,565	421,223
2020 Q2	132,161	191,197	323,358	56,287	41,228	97,515	188,448	232,425	420,873
2020 Q3	132,062	191,199	323,261	56,596	41,366	97,962	188,658	232,565	421,223
2020 Q4	135,901	197,793	333,694	52,561	39,800	92,361	188,462	237,593	426,055
2021 Q1	137,701	200,839	338,540	52,796	39,679	92,475	190,497	240,518	431,015
2021 Q2	140,487	206,082	346,569	51,417	39,117	90,534	191,904	245,199	437,103
2021 Q3	142,334	209,298	351,632	50,440	38,550	88,990	192,774	247,848	440,622
2021 Q4	145,221	212,685	357,906	50,855	38,875	89,730	196,076	251,560	447,636
2022 Q1	146,508	215,625	362,133	50,686	39,141	89,827	197,194	254,766	451,960
2022 Q2	148,158	218,080	366,238	50,829	40,082	90,911	198,987	258,162	457,149
2022 Q3	148,112	218,863	366,975	50,801	40,261	91,062	198,913	259,124	458,037
2022 Q4	149,782	221,032	370,814	52,561	41,231	93,792	202,343	262,263	464,606
2023 Q1	150,374	222,730	373,104	53,253	41,971	95,224	203,627	264,701	468,328
2023 Q2	151,240	224,418	375,658	52,990	41,272	94,262	204,230	265,690	469,920
2023 Q3	151,807	225,596	377,403	53,048	41,022	94,070	204,855	266,618	471,473
2023 Q4	153,484	227,724	381,208	53,584	41,249	94,833	207,068	268,973	476,041
2024 Q1	154,611	229,382	383,993	54,298	42,201	96,499	208,909	271,583	480,492
2024 Q2	149,895	227,559	377,454	54,385	42,256	96,641	204,280	269,815	474,095
2024 Q3	149,811	226,055	375,866	54,579	42,446	97,025	204,390	268,501	472,891
2024 Q4	150,712	225,135	375,847	55,245	43,049	98,294	205,957	268,184	474,141
2025 Q1	151,820	225,412	377,232	55,587	44,164	99,751	207,407	269,576	476,983

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).
The employed persons are defined as individuals aged 15 years and over who:
a. Work for a company, the government, or any other person outside the family during the past seven days.
b. Worked for their own projects or for family projects in the last seven days.
c. Did not work in the last seven days, but they were absent from their usual work.

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. 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, National Labour, Foreign Labour, Employment, Female Employment, Labour Market, National & Foreign Labour, Domestic Workers