Over 230,000 expats exit labor market in Q1

05/07/2018 Argaam Special

 

About 234,000 expatriates exited the Saudi labor market in Q1 2018, of which 210,300 were men while 23,900 were women, according to the latest statistics from General Authority for Statistics (GAS).

 

The number of expatriates working in Saudi Arabia reached 10.18 million employees in Q1 2018, down from 10.42 million in the previous quarter.

 

Expats Working in Saudi Arabia (Q1 2018)

 

Q4 2017

Q1 2018

Variation

Male

9,442,163

9,231,869

(210,294)

Female

975,132

951,235

(23,897)

Total

10,417,295

10,183,104

(234,191)

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