The labor market, government and the private sectors, employed 14,617 citizens within one year, bringing the total national employment in the two sectors to 438,803, as of September 30 of 2022, compared to 424,186 a year ago, which places national employment in third place in terms of labor force, after the Indians and Egyptians.
The figures in the latest statistics of the central administration, including the two sectors of work without the family sector (servants and the like), showed a significant progress in the number of workers from Nepal, as it increased from 40,102 to 56,489, an estimated rate of about 40 percent, which is the nationality that is relatively higher compared to the rest of the nationalities.
Indian labor topped the labor market, rising from 451,381 on September 30, 2021 to 476,335 on September 30, 2022, to occupy the first place before Egyptian labor, which ranked second after it was in the first place despite its increase by about 10 thousand (from 456,646 to 467,074).
After India, Egypt and Kuwait, Bangladesh comes in fourth place (decreased from 161,154 to 158,911), then Pakistan (decreased from 70,386 to 68,755), then the Philippines (increased from 63,279 to 65,260), followed by Syria, Nepal, Jordan and Lebanon.
According to the statistics, the number of Syrian workers decreased from 65,925 to 63,680, which means that 2,245 Syrian workers left the market. Also, 29 Lebanese exited the market, reducing the number of Lebanese workers from 20,300 on September 30, 2021 to 20,271 on September 30, 2022.
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