UAE: Foreign labourers employed in the private sector and registered with the Ministry of Labour by sex and major occupation group (2005-2007)

	2005			2006			2007
Occupation group	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
Managers	53,222	4,090	57,312	54,395	4,714	59,109	58,167	6,167	64,334
Specialists	119,941	12,707	132,648	125,677	14,923	140,600	143,262	20,458	163,720
Technicians	76,547	26,506	103,053	69,854	16,577	86,431	66,100	20,574	86,674
Clerical workers	91,764	19,580	111,344	108,702	36,638	145,340	132,686	49,348	182,034
Sales workers	229,973	22,575	252,548	250,404	28,480	278,884	283,453	37,258	320,711
Services workers	204,568	20,795	225,363	232,075	24,984	257,059	285,093	31,298	316,391
Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fishing	11,881	16	11,897	13,392	20	13,412	16,857	17	16,874
Industrial, Chemical and Food Industries	130,692	7,083	137,775	143,141	6,283	149,424	161,186	5,941	167,127
Engineering Support	876,485	517	877,002	1,039,755	621	1,040,376	1,307,475	770	1,308,245
Regular Workers	330,043	701	330,744	395,196	811	396,007	495,379	1,007	496,386
Partner/ Investor	1,678	87	1,765	5	2	7	4	1	5
Not stated	875	50	925	667	33	700	499	22	521
Total	2,127,659	114,717	2,242,376	2,433,263	134,086	2,567,349	2,940,161	172,861	3,113,022

Source: Statistical Yearbook 2008, Ministry of Labour, UAE.

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Characteristics of data, definitions

Classification used is adapted from ISCO 1988 and the population taken into account is the private sector employees.

2. Institution which provides data

Ministry of Labour, UAE

3. Data availability

Last date of access: March 3, 2015.