Saudi Arabia: Employed population (aged 15 and above) by nationality (Saudi/ non-Saudi), sex and occupation category (Q4, 2022)

 

Saudis

Non-Saudis

Total

 

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

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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