Percentage of nationals and non-nationals in employed population in GCC countries (national statistics, latest year or period available)
| Employed | % in employed population | |||
| Country | date/ period | population | Nationals | Non-nationals |
| Bahrain (1) | April 2010 | 703.207 | 25,2 | 74,8 |
| Kuwait (2) | December 2013 | 2.328.581 | 17,1 | 82,9 |
| Oman (3) | December 2012 | 1.682.248 | 20,1 | 79,9 |
| Qatar (4) | Q4 2013 | 1.541.754 | 6,1 | 93,9 |
| Saudi Arabia (5) | June 2013 | 10.729.123 | 44,0 | 56,0 |
| United Arab Emirates (6) | May 2009 | 3.137.000 | 7,1 | 92,9 |
| Total* | 20.121.913 | 29,6 | 70,4 | |
Sources: national institutes of statistics, latest year or period available as of April 2014.
* Total provides the sum of population numbers at different dates between May 2009 and December 2013. It is not exactly the total population at any of these dates.
1- Definition:
Non-nationals are:
1- persons bearing nationality of a foreign State other than the GCC State of residence, or bearing no proof of nationality from any given state (stateless persons and holders of refugee status and travel document in a third country) ;
2- Holders of residence permit residing in the given GCC country at date of census, as per definition of residence used in each of the countries.
Employment refers to a person aged 15 years and above who during the reference period:
– worked for one hour or more for wage or salary, in cash or in kind
– worked for one hour or more for profit or family gain, in cash or in kind
2- Sources of data:
(1) Bahrain Central Informatics Organisation (CIO), Census 2010;
(2) Kuwait Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI), Dec. 2012
(3) National Centre for Statistical Information (NCSI), Statistical Yearbook 2013 (Data does not include nationals and non-nationals in the “Public administration and defense, compulsory social security”.)
(4) Qatar Statistics Authority (QSA), Quarterly Labor Force Survey 2013 (Q4, September-December 2013).
(5) Saudi Arabia Central Department for Statistics and Information (CDSI), Labor Force Survey 2013, Round 2
(6) UAE National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Labor Force Survey 2009.