Domestic worker for every 10 citizens according to 2019 statistics and total of 3.7 million
The number of domestic workers in Saudi Arabia at the end of 2019 reached 3.69 million workers, compared to 2.45 million workers at the end of 2018, an increase of 1.24 million, or 50.4%, according to the labor market bulletin for the fourth quarter of 2019 issued by the General Authority for Statistics.
By distributing the number of domestic workers in Saudi Arabia to the population, it becomes clear that for every 10 individuals in Saudi Arabia, there is one domestic worker, and according to the latest data issued by the General Authority for Statistics, the population of Saudi Arabia is estimated at 34.33 million individuals; of whom 13.10 million are non-Saudi individuals, making up about 38.3% of the total population. In Saudi Arabia.
According to the data, males constituted the largest proportion of the number of domestic workers in Saudi Arabia, as they numbered 2.52 million male workers, who constitute about 68.3% of the total domestic labor by the end of 2019.
A large percentage of male domestic workers is concentrated in the “driver” profession, as they numbered 1.92 million male drivers, who constitute about 75.9% of the total male household employment by the end of 2019.
As for the “female” domestic employment, they numbered 1.17 million domestic workers, representing 31.7% of the total domestic workforce in Saudi Arabia by the end of 2019.
The largest percentage of them are “cleaning and domestic workers”, with about 1.03 million workers, who accounted for about 88.2% of all domestic workers in Saudi Arabia by the end of 2019.
It is striking in the data that there are about 104.34 domestic workers whose profession is “driver” by the end of 2019, compared to 181 drivers at the end of 2018, an increase of 575 times, or 57548%.
Issa Al-Harbi
Already
2020-04-19
The number of domestic workers in Saudi Arabia at the end of 2019 reached 3.69 million workers, compared to 2.45 million workers at the end of 2018, an increase of 1.24 million, or 50.4%, according to the labor market bulletin for the fourth quarter of 2019 issued by the General Authority for Statistics.
By distributing the number of domestic workers in Saudi Arabia to the population, it becomes clear that for every 10 individuals in Saudi Arabia, there is one domestic worker, and according to the latest data issued by the General Authority for Statistics, the population of Saudi Arabia is estimated at 34.33 million individuals; of whom 13.10 million are non-Saudi individuals, making up about 38.3% of the total population. In Saudi Arabia.
According to the data, males constituted the largest proportion of the number of domestic workers in Saudi Arabia, as they numbered 2.52 million male workers, who constitute about 68.3% of the total domestic labor by the end of 2019.
A large percentage of male domestic workers is concentrated in the “driver” profession, as they numbered 1.92 million male drivers, who constitute about 75.9% of the total male household employment by the end of 2019.
As for the “female” domestic employment, they numbered 1.17 million domestic workers, representing 31.7% of the total domestic workforce in Saudi Arabia by the end of 2019.
The largest percentage of them are “cleaning and domestic workers”, with about 1.03 million workers, who accounted for about 88.2% of all domestic workers in Saudi Arabia by the end of 2019.
It is striking in the data that there are about 104.34 domestic workers whose profession is “driver” by the end of 2019, compared to 181 drivers at the end of 2018, an increase of 575 times, or 57548%.
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Domestic worker for every 10 citizens according to 2019 statistics and total of 3.7 million

The number of domestic workers in Saudi Arabia at the end of 2019 reached 3.69 million workers, compared to 2.45 million workers at the end of 2018, an increase of 1.24 million, or 50.4%, according to the labor market bulletin for the fourth quarter of 2019 issued by the General Authority for Statistics.
By distributing the number of domestic workers in Saudi Arabia to the population, it becomes clear that for every 10 individuals in Saudi Arabia, there is one domestic worker, and according to the latest data issued by the General Authority for Statistics, the population of Saudi Arabia is estimated at 34.33 million individuals; of whom 13.10 million are non-Saudi individuals, making up about 38.3% of the total population. In Saudi Arabia.
According to the data, males constituted the largest proportion of the number of domestic workers in Saudi Arabia, as they numbered 2.52 million male workers, who constitute about 68.3% of the total domestic labor by the end of 2019.
A large percentage of male domestic workers is concentrated in the “driver” profession, as they numbered 1.92 million male drivers, who constitute about 75.9% of the total male household employment by the end of 2019.
As for the “female” domestic employment, they numbered 1.17 million domestic workers, representing 31.7% of the total domestic workforce in Saudi Arabia by the end of 2019.
The largest percentage of them are “cleaning and domestic workers”, with about 1.03 million workers, who accounted for about 88.2% of all domestic workers in Saudi Arabia by the end of 2019.
It is striking in the data that there are about 104.34 domestic workers whose profession is “driver” by the end of 2019, compared to 181 drivers at the end of 2018, an increase of 575 times, or 57548%.
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