Saudi Arabia: Population (aged 15 and above) by nationality (Saudi/ non-Saudi), sex and education level (August 2016)

	Saudis			Non-Saudis			Total
	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
Illiterate	98,846	352,870	451,716	85,087	48,138	133,225	183,933	401,008	584,941
Read & Write	233,657	637,215	870,872	745,172	369,270	1,114,442	978,829	1,006,485	1,985,314
Primary	582,248	687,350	1,269,598	1,238,525	405,801	1,644,326	1,820,773	1,093,151	2,913,924
Intermediate	1,302,119	1,258,266	2,560,385	2,064,411	722,718	2,787,129	3,366,530	1,980,984	5,347,514
Secondary or Equivalent	2,982,586	2,321,605	5,304,191	1,574,424	778,323	2,352,747	4,557,010	3,099,928	7,656,938
Diploma	434,094	195,699	629,793	387,645	101,544	489,189	821,739	297,243	1,118,982
Bachelor Degree	1,157,165	1,247,805	2,404,970	1,025,418	447,624	1,473,042	2,182,583	1,695,429	3,878,012
Higher Diploma / Master Degree	67,079	24,128	91,207	71,693	25,948	97,641	138,772	50,076	188,848
Doctorate	19,166	4,097	23,263	38,283	16,096	54,379	57,449	20,193	77,642
Total	6,876,960	6,729,035	13,605,995	7,230,658	2,915,462	10,146,120	14,107,618	9,644,497	23,752,115

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.

Classification used for education level: ISCED.

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.