Saudis			Non-Saudis			Total
	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	251,145	3,050	254,195	305,440	384	305,824	556,585	3,434	560,019
Mining and quarrying	132,896	2,242	135,138	36,341	0	36,341	169,237	2,242	171,479
Manufacturing	175,299	16,804	192,103	859,285	10,338	869,623	1,034,584	27,142	1,061,726
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	54,538	401	54,939	27,026	273	27,299	81,564	674	82,238
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	25,554	475	26,029	23,232	0	23,232	48,786	475	49,261
Construction	123,247	6,212	129,459	1,881,745	841	1,882,586	2,004,992	7,053	2,012,045
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	235,581	31,290	266,871	1,506,501	7,168	1,513,669	1,742,082	38,458	1,780,540
Transportation and storage	158,548	2,605	161,153	273,454	740	274,194	432,002	3,345	435,347
Accommodation and food service activities	31,612	3,340	34,952	345,977	1,416	347,393	377,589	4,756	382,345
Information and communication	49,233	1,266	50,499	83,102	1,392	84,494	132,335	2,658	134,993
Financial and insurance activities	81,536	7,228	88,764	54,141	369	54,510	135,677	7,597	143,274
Real estate activities	67,085	2,018	69,103	38,548	0	38,548	105,633	2,018	107,651
Professional, scientific and technical activities	34,089	4,762	38,851	159,377	886	160,263	193,466	5,648	199,114
Administrative and support service activities	100,104	6,958	107,062	216,983	1,153	218,136	317,087	8,111	325,198
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	1,776,133	41,924	1,818,057	55,424	308	55,732	1,831,557	42,232	1,873,789
Education	595,908	583,952	1,179,860	70,935	21,453	92,388	666,843	605,405	1,272,248
Human health and social work activities	234,661	111,554	346,215	128,699	77,889	206,588	363,360	189,443	552,803
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3,558	1,159	4,717	21,367	453	21,820	24,925	1,612	26,537
Other service activities	52,369	5,104	57,473	152,200	13,427	165,627	204,569	18,531	223,100
Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of households for own use	1,443	2,971	4,414	462,112	507,747	969,859	463,555	510,718	974,273
Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies	1,314	411	1,725	6,673	321	6,994	7,987	732	8,719
Total	4,185,853	835,726	5,021,579	6,708,562	646,558	7,355,120	10,894,415	1,482,284	12,376,699

source: GLMM calculations, based on the published results of Labour Force Survey 2016 (Q3).

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

Sampling frame of LFS 2016 Q3: Population Census 2010.
Sample size: 33,325 households
Reference period: August 2016
Population of reference: All the members of the households selected in the sample, including domestic helpers and the like who
live in one house; Saudi and non-Saudi population,living in the Kingdom at the time of the survey.

Employed population: People (15+ years old) who did one of the following jobs during the reference period:
1. People who have been working for at least one hour for a salary or a wage (in cash or in kind)
2. People who provided unpaid assistance for others for at least one hour in any type of business or farm owned by one member of the household;
3. People who have been working for at least one hour for others without a wage or a profit (in cash or in kind) as volunteers;
4. People who were temporarily absent from work throughout the week on leave for illness or for any other reason but they were scheduled to resume work.
Workers include the students, job seekers, retirees, housewives, etc., who worked during the week preceding the visit for at least one hour, provided that this does not include household work.
Reference period for employment: The seven days preceding the interview date.

Classification used for occupations is adapted from ISIC Rev. 4.

2. Institution which provides data

General Authority for Statistics (GAStat)

3. Data availability

Labour Force Surveys conducted since 1999 are available on the website of GAStat, in Excel and PDF formats.
https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/814

Last date of access: July 2017.

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