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

  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.

 

  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