In 2022, around 86 percent of foreign workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council worked in the private sector, compared to roughly 14 percent of local citizens. Along with 2021, this was the highest level of local GCC citizens working in the private sector during the period between 2017 and 2022. 2017 and 2019, both had the same proportion of foreign and local workers in the private sector at roughly 88 and 12 percent, respectively.
Distribution of workforce in the private sector in the Gulf Cooperation Council from 2017 to 2022, by nationality
Note: Figures for the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait not included due to unavailability of employment data based on nationality.
Figures for Bahrain are based on 2021 numbers.
Figures in the description have been rounded for better understanding.
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GCC-Stat. (November 30, 2023). Distribution of workforce in the private sector in the Gulf Cooperation Council from 2017 to 2022, by nationality [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1428321/gcc-distribution-private-sector-workforce-by-nationality/
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