8,318 MALE AND FEMALE CITIZENS ARE UNEMPLOYED IN KUWAIT

  • 19/07/2022

Kuwait City: Official government data revealed that there are about 8,318 male and female citizens unemployed in Kuwait until the end of last June, and that the duration of unemployment for many of them exceeds 12 months, although they are registered with the Civil Service Commission and are looking for an opportunity, and the vast majority of the unemployed youths.


The data showed that the vast majority of unemployed Kuwaitis are females, at 59% of the total unemployed, with a rate of 4,909 women. It is also noted that the vast majority of unemployed women are from the married category, with 2,255 women. This comes in addition to the decrease in the number of Kuwaiti unemployed people with minimum qualifications (without qualifications). - Intermediate - secondary), where their percentage reached about 17.77% of the total unemployed.

The data showed that about 15.79% of the total Kuwaiti unemployed people do not have sufficient professional qualification, due to their failure to engage in training courses that qualify them to obtain a suitable job opportunity. 84.21%.

In detail, a government report on the number of Kuwaiti unemployed registered with the Civil Service Bureau on the situation on June 30, 2022 revealed that the number of Kuwaiti unemployed people, according to the Bureau's data, reached 3,818, of whom 3,409 are males, or 41%, and 4,909 are females, or 59%.

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