0.28% Percentage of citizens working in the hotel sector

The divorce rate in Fujairah increased by 44% last year

302 thousand and 418 people, the population of the Emirate of Fujairah until the middle of last year.

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The Fujairah Statistics Center revealed in the Statistical Yearbook for the past year, that 26% of the workforce of the citizens of the Emirate of Fujairah work in the local government and 53% of them in the federal government, indicating that 43% of the national workforce in the emirate works in the financial services sector, and 4% In private education, 19% in Fujairah Petroleum Industries, but their percentage in the hotel sector was only 0.28%.

And he indicated that the percentage of workers in the local and federal government, citizens and residents, increased last year compared to the previous year, reaching 16,607, including 7,061 citizens, while the previous year recorded 15,784 workers, including 6,830 citizens.

The statistical book touched on the high rate of divorce among citizens during the past year by 44%, after the Fujairah and Dibba Al-Fujairah courts recorded 160 divorce certificates between an Emirati married to an Emirati woman, out of the total number of divorce cases, which amounted to 221 cases. In contrast, the number of divorce certificates between Emirati and Emirati the previous year 111 divorce cases, out of a total of 159 divorce cases.

The center explained that the health sector in the Emirate of Fujairah witnessed a remarkable growth in the number of doctors and the workforce, as the number of workers in government hospitals and health centers, until the end of last year, reached 363 male and female doctors in the specialization of consultants, specialists and general practitioners, while the number of dentists reached 49 doctors, and 26 technicians. dentists, and the number of nurses was 849.

While the percentage of marriage between a male and female citizen decreased during the past year by 18%, reaching 602 marriage contracts in the Fujairah and Dibba Al-Fujairah courts, out of a total of 753 contracts, after the two courts registered during the previous year 734 marriage contracts between Emirati and Emirati women out of a total of 859 marriage contracts.

For his part, the Director of the Fujairah Statistics Center, Dr. Ibrahim Saad, stated that the 25th edition of the Statistical Yearbook 2021 included 15 chapters, which are the population and vital statistics section, the construction section, the employment section, the education section, the culture and social statistics section, the health section, the judiciary section, security statistics and the agriculture and wealth section. Animals, industry and energy, commerce, transport and communications, tourism, financial and economic statistics, consumer price index numbers, and environment.

He stated that the population of the emirate until the middle of last year amounted to 302,418 people, 197,463 males and 104,955 females.

He explained that the total number of public and private schools has reached 68, while the number of universities and higher colleges has reached eight institutions, indicating that the number of students in the emirate's public and private schools has increased to 43,635 male and female students, compared to 43,594 male and female students last year. The number of universities and higher colleges operating in the emirate has reached eight institutions, with a total of 4220 students.

• 18% decrease in marriage between a male and female citizen during the past year.

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