Saudis			Non-Saudis			Total
	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
1970	—	—	97,002	—	—	20,276	—	—	117,278
1971	—	—	110,453	—	—	23,629	—	—	134,082
1972	—	—	120,765	—	—	28,288	—	—	149,053
1973	—	—	127,658	—	—	31,106	—	—	158,764
1974	—	—	131,667	—	—	34,748	—	—	166,415
1975	—	—	142,341	—	—	42,400	—	—	184,741
1976	—	—	140,807	—	—	47,055	—	—	187,862
1977	—	—	148,062	—	—	50,976	—	—	199,038
1978	—	—	154,789	—	—	57,252	—	—	212,041
1979	—	—	165,056	—	—	64,182	—	—	229,238
1980	—	—	183,501	—	—	69,397	—	—	252,898
1981	—	—	195,604	—	—	72,867	—	—	268,471
1982	—	—	247,978	—	—	86,243	—	—	334,221
1983	—	—	258,124	—	—	106,124	—	—	364,248
1984	—	—	274,459	—	—	121,331	—	—	395,790
1985	—	—	299,738	—	—	129,281	—	—	429,019
1986	—	—	316,629	—	—	140,494	—	—	457,123
1987	—	—	336,456	—	—	144,523	—	—	480,979
1988	—	—	356,307	—	—	147,552	—	—	503,859
1989	—	—	369,093	—	—	150,116	—	—	519,209
1990	—	—	386,760	—	—	147,938	—	—	534,698
1991	—	—	396,891	—	—	151,658	—	—	548,549
1992	—	—	420,653	—	—	159,612	—	—	580,265
1993	—	—	444,364	—	—	144,934	—	—	589,298
1994	—	—	460,845	—	—	133,014	—	—	593,859
1995	—	—	480,313	—	—	128,698	—	—	609,011
1996	—	—	506,577	—	—	109,714	—	—	616,291
1997	379,025	181,653	560,678	51,827	44,151	95,978	430,852	225,804	656,656
1998	383,996	195,419	579,415	49,736	39,272	89,008	433,732	234,691	668,423
1999	387,779	203,879	591,658	46,956	35,940	82,896	434,735	239,819	674,554
2000	408,640	204,682	613,322	45,776	35,672	81,448	454,416	240,354	694,770
2001	416,803	214,221	631,024	45,644	34,191	79,835	462,447	248,412	710,859
2002	438,023	214,912	652,935	43,400	31,653	75,053	481,423	246,565	727,988
2003	452,555	224,965	677,520	41,698	27,748	69,446	494,253	252,713	746,966
2004	463,487	231,007	694,494	41,342	27,429	68,771	504,829	258,436	763,265
2005	472,727	240,108	712,835	41,436	29,005	70,441	514,163	269,113	783,276
2006	490,109	243,757	733,866	39,779	30,018	69,797	529,888	273,775	803,663
2007	508,006	252,989	760,995	36,851	32,139	68,990	544,857	285,128	829,985
2008	552,718	275,128	827,846	35,807	36,058	71,865	588,525	311,186	899,711
2009	583,989	282,785	866,774	36,202	38,924	75,126	620,191	321,709	941,900
2010	589,627	295,088	884,715	33,677	41,441	75,118	623,304	336,529	959,833
2011	616,748	302,360	919,108	37,128	41,902	79,030	653,876	344,262	998,138
2012	643,212	369,840	1,013,052	36,663	39,786	76,449	679,875	409,626	1,089,501
2013	718,383	432,445	1,150,828	36,203	37,790	73,993	754,586	470,235	1,224,821
2014	717,629	450,957	1,168,586	36,125	36,037	72,162	753,754	486,994	1,240,748
2015	709,256	468,777	1,178,033	35,064	34,961	70,025	744,320	503,738	1,248,058
2016	703,671	474,153	1,177,824	33,895	33,092	66,987	737,566	507,245	1,244,811
2017	697,123	476,347	1,173,470	29,618	30,768	60,386	726,741	507,115	1,233,856

source: Ministry of Civil Service
 
ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

The statistics include men and women working under the following salary scales:
Scales of general public employment,  health professions, education and teaching, lecturers and teaching assistants, judges,
investigation staff and public prosecutors, and other wage-earners.

Data do not include employees in the security and military sectors.

2. Institution which provides data 

Ministry of Civil Service.

3. Data availability 

The Ministry of Civil Service publishes Annual Yearbooks, available online since 2010 (in Arabic, PDF format):
https://www.mcs.gov.sa/Ministry/Statistics/Pages/books.aspx
The present 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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