Saudi Arabia: Employed population (aged 15 and above) by nationality (Saudi/ non-Saudi), sex and occupation category (Q4, 2022)
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|
Saudis |
Non-Saudis |
Total |
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Males |
Females |
Total |
Males |
Females |
Total |
Males |
Females |
Total |
|
Managers |
154,360 |
70,265 |
224,625 |
69,627 |
2,763 |
72,390 |
223,987 |
73,028 |
297,015 |
|
Professionals |
369,906 |
329,562 |
699,468 |
371,757 |
104,915 |
476,672 |
741,663 |
434,477 |
1,176,140 |
|
Technicians and associate professionals |
278,324 |
141,622 |
419,946 |
445,045 |
21,231 |
466,276 |
723,369 |
162,853 |
886,222 |
|
Clerical support workers |
270,798 |
261,296 |
532,094 |
35,967 |
5,117 |
41,084 |
306,765 |
266,413 |
573,178 |
|
Service and sales workers |
230,306 |
108,721 |
339,027 |
363,920 |
13,303 |
377,223 |
594,226 |
122,024 |
716,250 |
|
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers |
1,461 |
189 |
1,650 |
24,641 |
14 |
24,655 |
26,102 |
203 |
26,305 |
|
Craft and related trades workers |
42,654 |
5,299 |
47,953 |
921,889 |
3,745 |
925,634 |
964,543 |
9,044 |
973,587 |
|
Plant and machine operators, and assemblers |
74,226 |
3,953 |
78,179 |
735,476 |
743 |
736,219 |
809,702 |
4,696 |
814,398 |
|
Elementary occupations |
102,238 |
34,081 |
136,319 |
4,005,827 |
169,615 |
4,175,442 |
4,108,065 |
203,696 |
4,311,761 |
|
Other Occuption |
86,812 |
15,342 |
102,154 |
45,610 |
418 |
46,028 |
132,422 |
15,760 |
148,182 |
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Total |
1,611,085 |
970,330 |
2,581,415 |
7,019,759 |
321,864 |
7,341,623 |
8,630,844 |
1,292,194 |
9,923,038 |
Source: Register-based Labour Market Statistics, General Authority for Statistics (GAStat)
1. Data collection methodology
LFS were first conducted in 2001 and became bi-annual after 2006. Data were collected through nationally representative household sample surveys, which sampling was based on most recent censuses.
Since 2016, Labour Force Surveys have been conducted and published on a quarterly basis, based on a
household telephone survey conducted by GAStat. Employment data extracted from administrative records were also introduced as a complement to the results of Labour Force Surveys in Labour Market Statistics’ publications, starting on Q1 2017.
Population of reference: workers subject to the rules and regulations of the General Organization of Social Insurance (GOSI):
a. contributors on the job who are subject to social insurance laws and regulations in the private
and government sector (outside the Civil service);
b. workers who terminated their contribution to social insurance during the quarter.
The present data is taken from administrative records.
GAStat Labour Market Statistics
Estimates of figures and characteristics of employment in Saudi Arabia are taken from administrative records from the following institutions:
– Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD)
(formerly Ministry of Labour and Social Development):
Supplies data on Government sector’s workers.
– General Organization of Social Insurance (GOSI):
Supplies data on:
a. contributors on the job who are subject to social insurance laws and regulations in the private
and government sector;
b. workers who terminated their contribution to social insurance during the quarter.
– National Information Center (NIC):
Supplies data on domestic workers (data owner: MHRSD).
Figures of workers in Labor Market statistics which were derived from administrative records do not include the following category:
1-Workers in the military and security sectors
2- Workers who are not registered in the civil service and social insurance records, which include:
– Saudis working for their own businesses and are not subjected to the labor regulations, also, not registered in social insurance, such as those who work in delivery through electronic apps
– Saudi employers who work in establishments and not registered in the social insurance
– Non-Saudi staff working in foreign international, political or military missions
3- Non-Saudi employees who come to the Kingdom for work that normally takes less than three months to be completed.
Saudi classification of occupations: based on ISCO-08.
Definitions and categories used by GAStat in Labour Markets Statistics (employment; unemployment;
occupation and activity sectors, etc.) are based on international standards:
For LFS methodology and definitions, see: https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/node/9787.
2. Institution which provides data
General Authority for Statistics (GAStat)
3. Data availability
Since 2021, GAStat has been publishing separately the employment data taken from administrative records, and unemployment/inactivity data as well as general indicators, calculated from the results of the field interviews conducted by GAStat (Labour Force Survey).
The present time-series was taken from the Register-based Labour Market Statistics- Q4, 2022 (English and Arabic versions)
https://www.stats.gov.sa/sites/default/files/LMS_2022_Q4_EN_1.xlsx
https://www.stats.gov.sa/sites/default/files/LMS_2022_Q4_AR_1.xlsx
and from relevant quarterly Register-based Labour Market Statistics reports for 2023, accessible from:
https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/814
https://www.stats.gov.sa/ar/814
Date of access: 20 March 2024.
Keywords: Employment, Female Employment, Saudi Arabia, National & Foreign Labour, Highly-Skilled Labour, Low-Skilled Labour
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