Indians and Egyptian tops the list of workers leaving Kuwait

Kuwait: A government report issued by the labor market system revealed that the Indian tops the highest percentage of those leaving the kuwait labour market in the first quarter of 2021, as the total of 67,809 private sector workers from various nationalities left the country, including 17,398 domestic workers.

The report, of which Al-Qabas obtained a copy, showed a high rate of departures of Indian, with a total of 21,341 Indians left the country in the first quarter of 2021, followed by Egyptians, with 11,135 departures and than Bangladeshis with 6,136 workers, in the private sector only.

As for the family sector (domestic workers and the like), India also topped the highest percentage of the total number of departures with (17,398 residents), as the number of Indians leaving this sector reached 10,169, while the Filipinos came second with 2543 departures.

The total number of workers in the kuwait labour market, until the end of last march, reached 1,536,033, compared to 411,464 citizens, distributed between the private and government sectors.

As for the domestic labor sector, the total employment until last march amounted to 651,265 domestic workers, a decrease of 17,398 compared to the labour market statistics recorded at the end of last year.

Number of departures from the private sector by nationality:

India – 21341, Egypt – 11135, Bangladesh – 6136, Pakistan – 1250, Philippines – 1953, Syria – 253, Nepal – 4185, Jordan – 236, Iran – 210, Other nationalities – 4268

Number of domestic workers leaving the country:

India – 10169, Philippines – 2543, Bangladesh – 773, Ethiopia – 177, Nepal – 664, Indonesia – 22, Bennin – 253, Ivory Coast – 249, Pakistan – 17, Other nationalities – 431