Charts & Numbers

al-Shall Economic Consultants have just released a report, based on figures from the Public Authority for Civil Information, stating that the population in Kuwait rose by 6.8% to 3.4 million.  Here are the facts:

• Kuwait’s population is 3.4 ml (increase of 6.8%)
• Native population is 1.055 ml (increase of 3.1%)
• Native population is 31% of the total
• Foreigners population is 2.345 ml (increase of 8.5%)
• Foreigners population is 69% of the total

Most highly skilled native Kuwaiti’s have been recruited to work in other areas in booming Asia slightly dropping the population. The number of Kuwaitis in the workforce has dropped due in large part to retirement. The majority of native Kuwaitis are very dependent on the Government for employment. Here are more facts on Labor in Kuwait:

• Kuwait labor force is 2.092 ml (increase of 6.7%)
• Foreigners represent 84.5% of the labor force
• Kuwaiti work force is 324,000 (decrease of 5%)
• Kuwaiti work force employed by the government is 255,000 (or 79%) 
• Total work force private sector 1.8 ml (3.9% are Kuwaiti)

Kuwaitization The Kuwaiti Government had enlisted a plan for the Kuwaitization of private companies. The plan was to increase the number of Kuwaitis in the private sector to reduce dependency on the Government for employment. They had forced all companies (by sector) to keep a fixed percentage of their employees as locals. To reduce the private businesses costs the Government also paid a fixed amount of the salary to the Employee.

** Link to original research by al-Shall Consulting