Saudis			Non-Saudis			Total
	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
2005	590,000	30,000	620,000	4,660,000	80,000	4,740,000	5,300,000	100,000	5,400,000
2006	673,830	39,921	713,751	4,782,034	84,955	4,866,989	5,455,864	124,876	5,580,740
2007	714,565	51,056	765,621	4,964,241	96,994	5,061,235	5,678,806	148,050	5,826,856
2008	777,606	51,451	829,057	5,301,290	91,600	5,392,890	6,078,896	143,051	6,221,947
2009*	633,075	48,406	681,481	6,125,028	89,039	6,214,067	6,758,103	137,445	6,895,548
2010	669,037	55,618	724,655	6,178,130	88,415	6,266,545	6,847,167	144,033	6,991,200
2011	744,990	99,486	844,476	6,823,554	113,466	6,937,020	7,568,544	212,952	7,781,496
2012	918,793	215,840	1,134,633	7,244,206	108,694	7,352,900	8,162,999	324,534	8,487,533
2013	1,068,315	398,538	1,466,853	8,051,394	161,388	8,212,782	9,119,709	559,926	9,679,635
2014	1,136,897	413,071	1,549,968	8,300,627	169,512	8,470,139	9,437,524	582,583	10,020,107
2015	1,239,463	499,611	1,739,074	8,698,869	179,247	8,878,116	9,938,332	678,858	10,617,190
2016	1,261,538	547,777	1,809,315	8,826,453	208,817	9,035,270	10,087,991	756,594	10,844,585
2017	1,293,072	605,855	1,898,927	8,091,976	220,298	8,312,274	9,385,048	826,153	10,211,201

Source: Ministry of Labour and Social Development, Data section
 
 
ANNEXED NOTE
 

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

* Workers double-counted and with incomplete or incorrect information were excluded.

2. Institution which provides data 

Ministry of Labour and Social Development (MLSD).
https://mlsd.gov.sa/en/
https://mlsd.gov.sa/

3. Data availability 

Ministry of Labour’s records of employees and job-seekers in the private sector are published in chapter “Labour and Social Security” of GAStat’s Annual Yearbooks (in Arabic and English, Excel format):
https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/940
The present time-series data is taken from the Saudi Arabial Monetary Authority (SAMA) Annual Statistics (“miscellaneous statistics” section) (Excel format)
http://www.sama.gov.sa/en-US/EconomicReports/Pages/YearlyStatistics.aspx

Last date of access: July 2018.

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