Latest statistics issued by CSC reveal that 7,500 citizens joined the public sector since January 2018, majority of who are women, such that there are 6,000 women (47 percent) and 1,500 men (30 percent).
At the same time, the statistics show the number of Gulf and expatriate employees has dropped by 2,800 during the same period.
The number of Arab and Asian employees in the public sector is 78,000, constituting 22.24 percent as of October 1, 2018. Their number in the beginning of this year was 81,184. This indicates a noticeable drop in the non-Gulf Arab and Asian labor of about 2,800 employees in the last ten months.