24% Of Kuwait's Workforce Are Indians, With 437,100 Total Without Domestic Workers

Kuwait's labor market received about 212,250 citizens and residents during the first nine months of 2022, according to official data. This includes 85,900 expatriates in the public and private sectors, and 8,675 male and female citizens. This brings the total workforce in the two sectors to 1.97 million male and female workers by the end of September 2022, as compared to 1.88 million by the end of December 2021, reports Al-Anba daily. With the entry of about 117,700 new male and female domestic workers, the total number of workers in the family sector increased to 711,340 workers as of the end of September. This increases the total number of expatriates to 203,600. Data from the labor market as of September 2022 shows that India has risen to the top of the list of the highest number of workers in Kuwait, after Egypt dropped to second.

According to the Kuwaiti labor distribution chart according to nationality, the Indian community accounted for about 24 percent of the workforce with 476,300 men and women as of the end of September, with 39,219 workers entering the local labor market in the last nine months alone. Their number at the end of December 2021 was 437,100 without counting domestic workers. The Egyptian community retreated to second place in the labor market, as their number reached about 467,070 male and female workers, constituting 23.6 percent of the workforce in Kuwait.

The number of male and female workers entering the labor market increased by about 16,000 in nine months. Their number was about 451,050 workers at the end of December 2021. In Kuwait, the number of male and female workers remained at 438,800, representing 22.2% of the total workforce after increasing by about 8,675 from 430,120 at the end of December 2021.

After a slight increase to 158,900 males and females at the end of September 2022, the Bangladeshi community ranked fourth, up from 158,700 at the end of December 2021. In fifth place is the Filipino workforce, whose numbers increased to 65,260 from 64,300 at the end of December 2021. In sixth place is the Syrian labor force, whose numbers increased to 63,680 compared to 63,360 at the end of December 2021. The increase in the number of Nepalese workers was noticeable. By September 2022, their number had increased by about 18,500 male and female workers, bringing the total to about 56,500, compared to 37,900 in December 2021. The number of Jordanians increased to 26,850 male and female workers, compared to 25,500 at the end of December 2021.

The number of Iranians in Kuwait's labor market has dropped from the top 10 nationalities after Lebanon took the tenth spot with 20,270 people, including 13,900 men and 6,300 women. Iran was ranked tenth at the end of 2021 after it recorded about 19,940 male and female workers.

In a related context, the number of domestic workers in Kuwait increased by nearly 20 percent in the first nine months of 2022. Their numbers reached about 711,340 at the end of September 2022, compared to 593,640 at the end of December 2021.

As compared to 279,500 by the end of 2021, Indians lead the list with the largest number of domestic workers, reaching 323,800 by the end of September after their numbers increased by 44,200 male and female domestic workers.

Domestic workers of Filipino nationality increased by 49,500 by September 2022, reaching 184,960 from 135,430 at the end of December 2021.

The number of Sri Lankan domestic workers increased by 15,900 between September and December, from 64,600 to 80,590. Domestic workers in Nepal increased by 6,099 as of September 2022, bringing their number to 17,550, up from 11,451 in December 2021.
KD 1,519 was the average salary of Kuwaiti citizens during the first nine months of 2022, compared to KD 1,491 at the end of 2021. The average salary of citizens in the government sector was KD 1,563 at the end of September 2022 as compared to KD 1,539 at the end of December 2021. The average salary of Kuwaitis in the private sector increased to KD 1,294 compared to KD 1,255 at the end of 2021.
In the first nine months of 2022, expatriates' average salary increased from KD 338 at the end of 2021 to KD 340. The average salary of an expatriate in the government sector was about KD 744 at the end of September 2022, as compared to KD 738 at the end of December 2021. By the end of December 2021, expatriate salaries in the private sector had increased to KD 319 from KD 317.

 

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