Q2 2015	Q2 2016	Q2 2017	Q2 2018	Q2 2019	Q2 2020	Q2 2021	Q2 2022	Q4 2022
India	455,228	519,466	553,781	574,978	587,682	559,438	465,070	446,978	497,087
Egypt	419,088	453,071	463,804	481,674	511,032	516,120	464,874	454,810	483,183
Kuwait	342,417	348,792	358,854	374,804	388,753	396,661	419,584	438,559	442,647
Bangladesh	138,111	148,545	163,680	176,304	181,160	183,019	163,517	156,507	161,927
Pakistan	92,136	91,251	89,082	81,360	79,753	77,482	71,444	68,679	68,843
Philippines	72,396	77,728	78,610	76,888	78,624	76,036	67,658	63,584	66,914
Syria	63,875	64,441	64,408	62,440	62,738	63,156	63,128	63,621	63,897
Nepal	39,322	43,519	45,713	52,644	57,235	54,595	42,087	47,734	62,930
Jordan			25,119	25,130	25,736	26,246	25,232	26,407	27,395
Sri Lanka	24,375	25,149							21,121
Lebanon								19,803
Iran	26,941	26,590	25,922	22,814	22,630	22,156	20,651
Other countries	131,618	139691	140,098	142,620	146,251	144,102	126,658	129,183	141,046
Total	1,805,507	1,938,243	2,009,071	2,071,656	2,141,594	2,119,011	1,929,903	1,915,865	2,036,990

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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