United Arab Emirates	GCC Countries	Other Arab Countries	Asian Countries (Non Arab)	African Countries (Non Arab)	European Countries	North American Countries	Central American and Caribbean Countries	South American Countries	Oceania	Not Stated	Total
Agriculture, Hunting and Forestry	10	9	771	5,138	209	4	0	0	0	0	0	6,141
Mining and Quarrying	3,956	123	7,758	44,377	325	1,887	367	22	60	45	139	59,059
Manufacturing	2,805	748	30,392	364,057	740	2,010	385	64	14	140	532	401,887
Electricity, Gas and Water Supply	1,576	78	2,240	8,178	13	119	56	0	1	13	2	12,276
Construction	3,219	149	65,194	925,565	3,220	4,834	428	341	10	377	25	1,003,362
Wholesale and Retail Trade, Repair of Vehicles, Motorcycles and Personal and Household Goods	6,035	188	67,082	435,490	3,284	6,015	1,391	67	52	922	860	521,386
Hotels and Restaurants	668	109	26,040	126,374	3,474	2,659	511	16	54	210	6	160,121
Transport, Storage and Communications	12,066	625	20,749	244,434	2,642	3,703	628	86	37	373	71	285,414
Financial Intermediation	10,856	317	12,141	34,827	276	1,551	679	34	12	339	34	61,066
Real Estate, Renting and Business Activities	4,234	443	33,428	174,579	1,822	6,061	1,012	3	158	596	29	222,365
Public Administration, Defence and Compulsory Social Security	70,171	3,019	40,623	52,532	406	1,483	439	3	66	222	927	169,891
Education	453	146	17,723	29,491	456	1,091	670	12	18	214	23	50,297
Health and Social Work	215	40	4,842	18,812	238	541	168	3	12	30	16	24,917
Other Community, Social and Personal Service Activities	758	57	8,808	43,938	266	335	62	0	13	38	48	54,323
Total	117,022	6,051	337,791	2,507,792	17,371	32,293	6,796	651	507	3,519	2,712	3,032,505

Source: Employment, Wages, and Hours of Work Survey ( October 2008 ).
ANNEXED NOTE

1. Characteristics of data, definitions

The Employment, Wages and Hours of Work Survey 2008 was conducted on a representative sample of all the establishments employing one worker or more in every Emirate,
excluding the establishments linked to the Armed forces, to the Security sector as well as international and regional corporations.
Sample of survey: all governmental and joint sector establishments; 6,215 non-governmental establishments.
Period of reference: October 2008.

2. Institution which provides data

National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

3. Data availability

The results and metadata of the Survey are available (in English and in Arabic) in the following PDF publication:
http://www.uaestatistics.gov.ae/ReportPDF/P_DSS_SS_%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%A9%20%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AD%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B8%D9%81%20%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%20%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AA%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84_160912.pdf

A selection of tables appear in Excel format on NBS’s website:
http://www.uaestatistics.gov.ae/EnglishHome/ReportDetailsEnglish/tabid/121/Default.aspx?ItemId=1901&PTID=104&MenuId=1

Last date of access: March 3, 2015.

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