In 2022, around 38 percent of foreign workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council had completed secondary school or higher education. This figure was considerably higher than the 20.4 percent of local citizens in the GCC. By contrast, nearly the same share of foreign workers had less than a secondary school education as those who had at least a secondary school diploma or above, while the same was true for only 3.8 percent of local citizen workers in the GCC.
Distribution of workforce in the Gulf Cooperation Council in 2022, by education level
Note: United Arab Emirates figures not included due to unavailability of employment numbers based on education level.
Figures for Bahrain are based on 2021 numbers.
Data of workers whose education level is unknown has been excluded.
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