Media ININ Economy We Trust
Media In / Riyadh 5 July 2018
On the official website www.stats.gov.sa, the General Statistics Authority (GaStats) published the Labor Market Bulletin for the first quarter of 2018 according to the estimates of the labor force survey conducted by the Authority on a quarterly basis, and labor market data from the administrative records of the concerned authorities Relationship (Ministry of Labor and Social Development, Ministry of Civil Service, General Organization for Social Insurance, Human Resources Development Fund, National Information Center). The results of the bulletin for the first quarter of 2018 indicated that the total number of employees from the administrative records in the Kingdom for the first quarter of 2018 amounted to (13,333,513) individuals compared to (13,581,141) in the fourth quarter 2017 and the first quarter of 2018 decreased the number of non-Saudis The administrative records in the Kingdom increased by 234.191 compared to the fourth quarter of 2017, reaching 10.183.104 individuals compared to 10,417,295 in the previous quarter. The total number of Saudi employees reached 3,150,409. The economic participation rate of the total population (15 years and over) was estimated by the strength survey for the first quarter of 2018 (55.5%) compared to (55.6%) for the fourth quarter 2017. In contrast, the economic participation rate of the total Saudis increased by 41.89% The rate of economic participation of Saudi males (15 years and over) increased to 19.5% compared to 19.4% in the preceding quarter. ) For the previous quarter. The unemployment rate for the total population (15 years and above) reached (6.1%) in the first quarter of 2018 compared to (6.0%) in the fourth quarter of 2017. The unemployment rate for the total Saudis (15 years and over) The unemployment rate in Saudi Arabia was 30.9% compared to 31.0% in the fourth quarter of 2017. In contrast, the unemployment rate of Saudi males increased by 7.6% ) Compared to (7.5%) in the previous quarter.
