Kuwait .. Statistics revealing the size of nationalities in the labor market and the decline of Egyptian residents

A recent statistic issued by the Central Administration of Statistics in Kuwait showed that 27.2 thousand expatriate workers left the local labor market in just three months, indicating that the number of foreign workers in the market reached 1,479,545 workers, while their number reached 1,452,344 last December.

Despite the decrease in the number, residents of Egyptian nationality maintained the top spot in the local labor market (excluding the family sector), according to “Statistical” data on the labor market in December 2021, with a total of about 451,000, followed by workers from India, with a total of 437,000, Then the Bangladeshi workers with 158 thousand and 700, then Pakistan with 69.5 thousand workers, the Philippines with 64.3 thousand workers, Syria with 63.3 thousand, Nepal with 38 thousand, Jordan with 25.5 thousand, and Iran with 20 thousand.

The statistics showed that national cadres are the third largest workforce in the local labor market, and their number in December 2021 was about 430 thousand and 128 male and female citizens, recording an increase of about 6 thousand within 3 months, all of them working in the government sector.

The number of citizen employees in the “government” during the mentioned period reached about 357.9 thousand, recording an increase of about 6,270 male and female citizens, while their number in the “private” decreased during 3 months by about 330 male and female citizens to reach 72,222 male and female citizens last December.

Number of some foreigners in the labor market (except for the family sector):

• 451 thousand Egyptians

• 437,000 Indians

• 158.7 thousand Bangladeshis

• 69.5 thousand Pakistanis

• 64.3 thousand Filipinos

• 63.3 thousand Syrians

• 38 thousand Nepalese

• 25.5 thousand Jordanians

• 20 thousand Iranians 

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