Saudi Arabia: Non-Saudi domestic workers by sex and main group of household occupations (Q2, 2022)

	Males	Females	Total
Housekeepers	1,331	1,194	2,525
Drivers	1,741,062	117	1,741,179
Servants and house cleaners	687,185	866,303	1,553,488
Cooks and food providers	53,053	2,959	56,012
House guards	23,977	12	23,989
Gardeners/farmers	2,113	1	2,114
Private tailors	530	699	1,229
Nurses and health professionals at homes	565	1,238	1,803
Private teachers and nannies at homes	26	4,704	4,730
Total	2,509,842	877,227	3,387,069

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.

The present data is taken from administrative records.

GAStat Labour Market Statistics: administrative records

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), Ministry of Interior:

Supplies data on domestic workers.

2. Institution which provides data

General Authority for Statistics (GAStat) https://www.stats.gov.sa/en

3. Data availability

Data on foreign labourers employed in the domestic sector have been published quarterly since Q2, 2016 in GAStat’s Labour Force Surveys.

https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/813

The present data is taken from Labour Force Survey 2022 (Q2) (Excel format).

Last date of access: March 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: Domestic Workers, Saudi Arabia, Foreign Labour