Workers in government sector
Saudi Arabia	1,166,099
Algeria	235
Bahrain	5
Egypt	11,408
Iraq	9
Jordan	1,495
Kuwait	6
Lebanon	45
Libya	4
Mauritania	19
Morocco	74
Oman	1
Palestine	100
Sudan	8,562
Syria	1,708
Tunisia	1,516
UAE	1
Yemen	583
Arab countries	25,771
Afghanistan	7
Azerbaidjan	4
Bangladesh	364
Brunei	1
China	17
India	7,319
Indonesia	170
Japan	2
Kazakhstan	2
Malaysia	99
Nepal	2
Pakistan	2,748
Philippines	5,162
Singapore	2
South Korea	8
Sri Lanka	9
Thailand	1
Turkey	29
Uzbekistan	5
Asian countries	15,951
Botswana	132
Cameroon	3
Chad	2
Comoros	2
Djibouti	3
Eritrea	1
Ethiopia	6
Ghana	6
Guinea	1
Ivory Coast	3
Kenya	4
Mali	1
Nigeria	262
Senegal	1
Sierra Leone	3
Somalia	21
South Africa	23
Tanzania	2
Togo	1
Uganda	1
SS African countries	478
Belgium	4
Bosnia	3
Czech Republic	1
Denmark	5
Finland	1
France	36
Germany	29
Greece	19
Hungary	1
Ireland	13
Italy	6
Netherlands	7
Norway	2
Poland	1
Romania	8
Russia	32
Spain	3
Sweden	7
UK	185
Ukraine	2
Europe	365
Argentina	3
Canada	176
Colombia	1
Cuba	193
USA	151
Venezuela	1
Americas	525
Australia	42
New Zealand	5
Oceania	47
Unspecified	43
Total foreign workers	43,180
Total workers	1,209,279

Source: Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD)

 

ANNEXED NOTE

 

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

 

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

 

No metadata available. The administrative records used as a source of data is unmentioned.

 

The original dataset’s title (“Manpower in the Public sector during year 2020”), likely refers to Civil Service’s employees.

When compared to the results of GAStat Labour Force Survey (LFS) for Q4 of 2022, the totals of foreign workers in the “public” sector (43,027 in 2022, see table) were closer to the LFS’s figures of foreign workers in the Civil Service (44,065), than to the figures of foreign workers in the government sector (158,000). It is thus likely that MHRSD’s figures of workers in the “Public” sector are referring to Civil service workers.

Saudi and non-Saudi workers subscribing to the Social Insurance (GOSI) and working for the public sector (non-civil servants) are thus not included in the figures of workers in the government sector.

 

2. Institution which provides data

 

Saudi Arabia: Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD)

 

3. Data availability

 

Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD).

Datasets: “Workforce in the Government sector during year 2022” parts 1; 2; and 3, by administrative region.

https://od.data.gov.sa/Data/en/dataset/the-workforce-in-the-government-sector-during-the-year-2022

Datasets present data at the level of individuals, and indicate the worker’s gender, country of citizenship, age in single years, education level, educational speciality, the type of staff to which the employee belongs (education; health; employee; contract worker and others), location of the post (cities) and administrative region.

 

The dataset is only available in the Saudi government Open Data Portal – DATA.GOV.SA , Labor data.

 

Datasets are in Arabic only.

 

Last date of access: May 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.

 

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