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

	Private Sector
	Kuwaitis			Non-Kuwaitis			Total
	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
2014 Q4	34,436	39,996	74,432	1,236,328	119,407	1,355,735	1,270,764	159,403	1,430,167
2015 Q1	36,420	40,121	76,541	1,257,704	113,076	1,370,780	1,294,124	153,197	1,447,321
2015 Q2	36,085	39,223	75,308	1,254,153	113,030	1,367,183	1,290,238	152,253	1,442,491
2015 Q3	34,618	36,284	70,902	1,228,980	111,784	1,340,764	1,263,598	148,068	1,411,666
2015 Q4	34,219	36,020	70,239	1,294,088	115,922	1,410,010	1,328,307	151,942	1,480,249
2016 Q1	35,022	36,527	71,549	1,336,300	118,652	1,454,952	1,371,322	155,179	1,526,501
2016 Q2	34,735	36,122	70,857	1,369,171	120,500	1,489,671	1,403,906	156,622	1,560,528
2016 Q3	35,337	36,701	72,038	1,404,511	122,657	1,527,168	1,439,848	159,358	1,599,206
2016 Q4	35,032	36,228	71,260	1,387,950	121,137	1,509,087	1,422,982	157,365	1,580,347
2017 Q1	34,512	35,740	70,252	1,377,178	121,798	1,498,976	1,411,690	157,538	1,569,228
2017 Q2	35,180	36,438	71,618	1,423,887	123,896	1,547,783	1,459,067	160,334	1,619,401
2017 Q3	35,286	36,367	71,653	1,451,537	125,609	1,577,146	1,486,823	161,976	1,648,799
2017 Q4	35,185	36,053	71,238	1,440,153	126,629	1,566,782	1,475,338	162,682	1,638,020
2018 Q1	35,541	36,516	72,057	1,464,423	128,529	1,592,952	1,499,964	165,045	1,665,009
2018 Q2	36,062	37,028	73,090	1,468,959	128,550	1,597,509	1,505,021	165,578	1,670,599
2018 Q3	36,655	37,636	74,291	1,478,639	129,314	1,607,953	1,515,294	166,950	1,682,244
2018 Q4	36,011	36,949	72,960	1,493,772	131,817	1,625,589	1,529,783	168,766	1,698,549
2019 Q1	36,409	37,225	73,634	1,503,999	133,857	1,637,856	1,540,408	171,082	1,711,490
2019 Q2	36,613	37,224	73,837	1,519,336	135,787	1,655,123	1,555,949	173,011	1,728,960
2019 Q3	36,468	37,046	73,514	1,498,578	135,317	1,633,895	1,535,046	172,363	1,707,409
2019 Q4	36,341	36,892	73,233	1,501,843	138,987	1,640,830	1,538,184	175,879	1,714,063
2020 Q1	36,783	37,382	74,165	1,510,075	140,700	1,650,775	1,546,858	178,082	1,724,940
2020 Q2	36,328	36,975	73,303	1,485,401	139,434	1,624,835	1,521,729	176,409	1,698,138
2020 Q3	36,110	36,673	72,783	1,404,357	134,998	1,539,355	1,440,467	171,671	1,612,138
2020 Q4	36,352	36,629	72,981	1,361,740	132,393	1,494,133	1,398,092	169,022	1,567,114
2021 Q1	36,343	36,581	72,924	1,313,376	130,182	1,443,558	1,349,719	166,763	1,516,482
2021 Q2	36,508	36,507	73,015	1,289,774	130,011	1,419,785	1,326,282	166,518	1,492,800
2021 Q3	36,502	36,052	72,554	1,261,341	129,214	1,390,555	1,297,843	165,266	1,463,109
2021 Q4	36,597	35,625	72,222	1,233,774	128,828	1,362,602	1,270,371	164,453	1,434,824
2022 Q1	37,036	35,656	72,692	1,230,458	129,782	1,360,240	1,267,494	165,438	1,432,932
2022 Q2	36,997	35,324	72,321	1,253,533	132,862	1,386,395	1,290,530	168,186	1,458,716
2022 Q3	36,841	34,987	71,828	1,307,830	139,324	1,447,154	1,344,671	174,311	1,518,982
2022 Q4	37,063	34,770	71,833	1,354,090	146,461	1,500,551	1,391,153	181,231	1,572,384
2023 Q1	37,073	34,645	71,718	1,380,914	152,151	1,533,065	1,417,987	186,796	1,604,783
2023 Q2	36,964	34,442	71,406	1,392,176	155,436	1,547,612	1,429,140	189,878	1,619,018
2023 Q3	37,120	34,305	71,425	1,405,003	159,586	1,564,589	1,442,123	193,891	1,636,014
2023 Q4	37,751	35,079	72,830	1,418,668	165,457	1,584,125	1,456,419	200,536	1,656,955
2024 Q1	38,101	35,473	73,574	1,424,636	168,724	1,593,360	1,462,737	204,197	1,666,934
2024 Q2	38,537	35,604	74,141	1,422,623	170,161	1,592,784	1,461,160	205,765	1,666,925
2024 Q3	39,203	36,335	75,538	1,463,413	177,618	1,641,031	1,502,616	213,953	1,716,569
2024 Q4	38,705	35,036	73,741	1,482,606	183,388	1,665,994	1,521,311	218,424	1,739,735
2025 Q1	38,999	34,002	73,001	1,475,920	185,925	1,661,845	1,514,919	219,927	1,734,846

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