2015		2016		2017		2018		2019		Q2 2020		Q2 2021		Q2 2022			Q4 2022
	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males		Females
India	418,275	36,953	479,773	39,693	512,227	41,554	531,444	43,534	542,735	44,947	514,461	44,977	423,328	41,742	405,738	41,240	452,893		44,194
Egypt	390,636	28,452	422,920	30,151	432,844	30,960	450,138	31,536	478,971	32,061	483,435	32,685	433,982	30,892	423,497	31,313	450,990		32,193
Kuwait	154,276	188,141	155,671	193,121	158,099	200,755	162,395	212,409	166,301	222,452	168,489	228,172	176,995	242,589	185,155	253,404	186,845		255,802
Bangladesh	134,173	3,938	144,657	3,888	159,889	3,791	172,434	3,870	177,125	4,035	178,700	4,319	159,633	3,884	152,788	3,719	157,961		3,966
Pakistan	90,783	1,353	89,773	1,478	87,583	1,499	79,832	1,528	78,241	1,512	75,929	1,553	69,904	1,540	66,200	2,479	65,840		3,003
Philippines	35,207	37,189	38,239	39,489	38,273	40,337	37,670	39,218	37,740	40,884	35,432	40,604	30,261	37,397	27,712	35,872	28,855		38,059
Syria	58,743	5,132	59,026	5,415	58,791	5,617	56,612	5,828	56,664	6,074	56,803	6,353	56,582	6,546	56,469	7,152	56,508		7,389
Nepal	37,135	2,187	41,098	2,421	42,970	2,743	48,835	3,809	52,519	4,716	49,161	5,434	37,078	5,009	41,433	6,301	52,728		10,202
Jordan					18,798	6,321	18,517	6,613	18,867	6,869	19,023	7,223	18,031	7,201	18,573	7,834	19,217		8,178
Sri Lanka	18,324	6,051	19,060	6,089													16,029		5,092
Lebanon															13,616	6,187
Iran	25,097	1,844	24,688	1,902	23,986	1,936	20,834	1,980	20,554	2,076	20,026	2,130	18,503	2,148
Other countries	102,703	28,915	108,508	31,183	108,199	31,899	110,047	32,573	112,234	34,017	108,718	35,384	93,889	32,769	98,336	30,847	105,630		35,416
Total	1,465,352	340,155	1,583,413	354,830	1,641,659	367,412	1,688,758	382,898	1,741,951	399,643	1,710,177	408,834	1,518,186	411,717	1,489,517	426,348	1,593,496		443,494

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; Q4 2022.

 

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: June 2023.

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, Foreign Labour, National & Foreign Labour, Employment, Labour Market, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Philippines, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Iran

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