Activity status		In the labour force			Out of the labour force			Total
	Saudis	non-Saudis	Total	Saudis	non-Saudis	Total	Saudis	non-Saudis	Total
Riyadh	1,323,901	1,832,642	3,156,543	1,778,830	536,220	2,315,050	3,102,731	2,368,862	5,471,593
Makkah	1,244,975	1,678,611	2,923,586	1,814,823	809,148	2,623,971	3,059,798	2,487,759	5,547,557
Madinah	341,736	324,036	665,772	521,390	150,101	671,491	863,126	474,137	1,337,263
Qassim	278,417	264,906	543,323	382,319	35,786	418,105	660,736	300,692	961,428
Easte. Prov.	859,779	998,109	1,857,888	1,248,489	217,567	1,466,056	2,108,268	1,215,676	3,323,944
Asir	429,553	307,715	737,268	706,150	29,166	735,316	1,135,703	336,881	1,472,584
Tabuk	189,617	117,093	306,710	247,208	16,917	264,125	436,825	134,010	570,835
Hail	144,885	104,037	248,922	207,013	11,403	218,416	351,898	115,440	467,338
North.Bord.	79,484	50,531	130,015	110,580	4,750	115,330	190,064	55,281	245,345
Jazan	301,508	158,421	459,929	480,805	71,108	551,913	782,313	229,529	1,011,842
Najran	126,194	79,026	205,220	167,143	20,275	187,418	293,337	99,301	392,638
AL – Baha	118,628	59,188	177,816	147,104	7,643	154,747	265,732	66,831	332,563
AL – Jouf	107,084	80,348	187,432	139,922	15,041	154,963	247,006	95,389	342,395
Total	5,545,761	6,054,663	11,600,424	7,951,776	1,925,125	9,876,901	13,497,537	7,979,788	21,477,325

source: Labour Force Survey 2014 (Round 1).
ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

Sampling frame of LFS 2014 Round 1: Population Census 2010.
Sample size: 33500 households
Reference period: January 2014.
Population of reference: all individuals (nationals and non-nationals) residing in the Kingdom during the period of reference.
The ultimate sampling unit is the household.

(a) Person in the labour force: a person aged 15 years and over, employed or unemployed.

(b) Person out of the labour force: A person aged 15 years and over who is not included in the labour force, among which: the persons staying home for domestics activities, the students, the retired, the self sufficients,
the ones unable to enrol in labour, who are not working and do not look for employment for any other reason.

2. Institution which provides data

Central Department of Statistics and Information (CDSI), Ministry and Economy and Planning

3. Data availability

Surveys conducted since 1999 are available on the website of the CDSI (http://www.cdsi.gov.sa/), in PDF format. Tables are also sometimes available in Excel format.
https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/814 (website English version)
https://www.stats.gov.sa/ar/814
The technical notes and tables of contents are displayed in the PDF version, in Arabic only. The tables are in both languages.
Since 2007, Statistical Yearbooks have introduced a section on “Labour Statistics”, which presents a selection of tables from Manpower Surveys.
https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/46

Date of access: October 2014.

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