Kuwaitis			Non-Kuwaitis			Total
	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
15-19	23	9	32	0	0	0	23	9	32
20-24	1,107	268	1,375	0	0	0	1,107	268	1,375
25-29	2,282	1,247	3,529	4	6	10	2,286	1,253	3,539
30-34	1,799	1,583	3,382	53	38	91	1,852	1,621	3,473
35-39	1,315	1,548	2,863	151	102	253	1,466	1,650	3,116
40-44	1,015	1,320	2,335	199	98	297	1,214	1,418	2,632
45-49	1,029	1,217	2,246	234	57	291	1,263	1,274	2,537
50-54	821	1,011	1,832	321	26	347	1,142	1,037	2,179
55-59	650	782	1,432	726	28	754	1,376	810	2,186
60-64	233	70	303	538	22	560	771	92	863
65+	559	524	1,083	936	41	977	1,495	565	2,060
Total	10,833	9,579	20,412	3,162	418	3,580	13,995	9,997	23,992

Source: Central Statistics Bureau (CSB)/The Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI)

 

ANNEXED NOTE

 

1. Characteristics of data and definitions

 

The 2021 Kuwait census is the eleventh census conducted in the country, and the first to be based on administrative records.

The Ministry of State for Communications and Information Technology has implemented the records-based population, establishments and building  census through cooperation with the Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) and the Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI).

The census data was selected from the recommended data basket guide for the Unified Population and Housing Register-based Census 2020 for the countries of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf issued by the Gulf Statistics Center for the year 2019, and from the data basket of the general census of the State of Kuwait 2011.

 

Definition of unemployment:

Unemployed who has previously been employed: An individual (15-64 years) who has previously been engaged in work in Kuwait for the purpose of earning, but who is not associated with any work during the period of time assignment or searching for a job. His\her working hours in the week of time assignment were not less than 15 hours.

Newly unemployed: Any individual (15-64 years) who has never been associated with any fruitful work in the State of Kuwait despite having the motivation to work and searching for a job during the period of time attribution but does not find it.

 

Definitions and concepts used:

https://census.csb.gov.kw/CensusData_EN

 

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 Census 2021 page (Population, Housing and Establishments census):

https://census.csb.gov.kw/index_EN

 

Population census:

https://census.csb.gov.kw/CensusData_EN?id=1

 

Last date of access: 25 September 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, Labour Market, Unemployment, Foreign Labour, National Labour

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