Education Status		Saudis			Non-Saudis			Total
	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
Illiterate	169	0	169	0	0	0	169	0	169
Read and Write	2,122	697	2,819	518	0	518	2,640	697	3,337
Primary	14,713	3,698	18,411	423	0	423	15,136	3,698	18,834
Intermediate	27,533	7,091	34,624	1,921	0	1,921	29,454	7,091	36,545
Secondary or Equivalent	145,339	74,260	219,599	5,112	1,920	7,032	150,451	76,180	226,631
Diploma	40,119	19,555	59,674	915	1,187	2,102	41,034	20,742	61,776
Bachelor Degree	34,256	256,668	290,924	3,296	7,645	10,941	37,552	264,313	301,865
Master Degree	1,174	1,650	2,824	0	30	30	1,174	1,680	2,854
Doctorate	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	265,425	363,619	629,044	12,185	10,782	22,967	277,610	374,401	652,011

Source: Labour Force Survey 2013 (Round 1).

 

ANNEXED NOTE

 

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

 

Sampling frame of LFS 2013 Round 1: Population Census 2010.

Sample size: 33500 households

Reference period: January 13th-February 5th, 2013

Population of reference: all individuals (nationals and non-nationals) residing in the Kingdom during the period of reference.

The ultimate sampling unit is the household.

 

(a) Household and household members: A person or group of persons, related or not related, who share housing and food.

Servants, drivers and similar categories are considered to be part of the household if they live in the same housing unit.

 

(b) Unemployed person: A person aged 15 years and over who did not work during the reference week, was able and ready to work and had been actively looking for work during the last four weeks, but did not find any.

Unemployment refers to people who during the reference period: Are without work, available to work and actively seeking work

Reference period for seeking work: The latest full calendar month preceding the period of data collection

Reference period for availability for work: The seven days preceding the period of data collection

 

Classification used for education statuses is ISCED.

 

2. Institution which provides data

 

Central Department of Statistics and Information (CDSI), Ministry and Economy and Planning

 

3. Data availability

 

Surveys conducted since 1999 are available on the website of the CDSI (http://www.cdsi.gov.sa/), in published form in PDF format. A selection of tables is also available in PDF or Excel format.

https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/814 (website English version) or https://www.stats.gov.sa/ar/814 (website Arabic version). The technical notes and tables of contents are in Arabic and the tables are in both languages.

Date of access: September 2013.

Since 2007, Statistical Yearbooks have introduced a section on “Labour Statistics”, which presents a selection of tables from Manpower Surveys.

https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/46

Date of access: May 2013.

 

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