"Competitiveness and Statistics": Half of the unemployed citizens in the age group between 15 and 29 years old

71% of Emiratis outside the workforce are students, housewives, and retirees

"Competitiveness and Statistics": 32.6% of citizens outside the workforce are secondary school graduates.

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The Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority revealed that 71% of Emiratis outside the workforce are full-time students, full-time houseworkers, and retirees.

The authority stated in a recent report that Emirates Today obtained a copy of, that more than 50% of citizens are outside the workforce in the age group between 15 and 29 years.

It is noteworthy that, according to Competitiveness and Statistics, the classification of “outside the workforce” applies, according to international standards, to individuals aged 15 years and over who are neither working nor looking for work, for various reasons.

In detail, the Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority reported that 37.2% of Emiratis outside the workforce are male and female full-time students, indicating at the same time that 23.9% of citizens outside the workforce are full-time home workers, and all of them are females.

According to a recent report issued by the authority, 9.9% of the citizens outside the workforce are retirees, while 5.9% of them outside the workforce are unable to work because of disability, illness or something else, while 5.1% of the elderly (65 years) or more, And 4.9% are unwilling to work, while 3% did not find a suitable job, 3.3% are outside the labor force for their own social circumstances, 1.6% have an income or income, and 3.4% are for various reasons, while The remaining percentage (1.8%) is classified under the heading "not shown".

Competitiveness and Statistics showed, in the report that Emirates Today obtained a copy of, that 32.6% of Emiratis outside the workforce are graduates of the second stage of secondary education, 28.4% of them are secondary school graduates, and 11.6% % Of them are illiterate, 9.3% hold a primary certificate, 8.8% hold a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent, 3.7% read and write, 2.3% of them are non-higher post-secondary education graduates, and 1.7% are graduates Higher education is short-term, and 0.5% hold a master's degree or its equivalent, and 0.5% of them hold a higher diploma after university, 0.1% of them hold a doctorate or its equivalent, and the remaining percentage is "not shown".

The authority stated that 29.5% of Emirati citizens are outside the workforce in the age group between 15 and 19 years, and 14.3% of them are in the age group between 20 and 24 years, 6.3% of them are between 25 and 29 years old, and 5.2% of them are in the age group. Between 30 and 34 years old, 5.9% of them are between 40 and 44 years old, 5.3% of them are between 45 and 49 years old, 6.3% of them are between 50 and 54 years old, 5.8% of them are between 55 and 59 years old, and 5.6% of them Between 60 and 64 years old, 9.7% of them are 65 years or older, and the rest is "not indicated."

Social status

The Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority stated that 47.9% of citizens outside the workforce have never married, 43.6% of them are married, 6.1% of them are widows, and 2% of them are divorced, while the rest were classified under the item "not shown".

- Classification “outside the workforce” applies to adults aged 15 years and over who are not working.

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