Kuwait: Population employed in the private and government sectors, by country of citizenship and sex (top-10 countries, Q2 2015-Q4-2022)

  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.

 

  1. Institution which provides data

 

The Central Statistical Bureau (CSB)

https://www.csb.gov.kw/

https://www.csb.gov.kw/default_en

 

  1. Period of data coverage

 

30/06, given years; Q4 2022.

 

  1. 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