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Paci Revealed That One Eighth Of The Country Population Are Domestic Workers
Public Authority for Civil Information Announced that one eighth (574,000) of the country’s population of 4.3 million are domestic workers. The statistics issued last June stated “the number of male domestic workers reached 279,174 while the females totalled 295,818.
Majority of these workers are Asians – a total of 526,074 including 273,621 males and 252,453 females. The number of domestic workers from Africa stands at 45,354; among them are 2,438 men and 42,916 females, whereas the number of Arab nationals working as domestic workers is 3,543 and 3,103 of them are men while 440 are women.
The statistics did not indicate domestic workers from Australia, although, the number from Europe was low, with 14 Europeans working as domestic workers, eight of them are men, while the remaining six are females.
From North America, there are only four people; two males and two females, whereas from South America, there are two males and a female only.
SOURCE : IIK
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