Wednesday, July 5, 2023
Wholesale, Retail trade and Vehicle repair sector has over 1.65 million workers
By the end of the first quarter of the Year 2023, there were around 1.653 million workers in the commercial sector of Saudi Arabia, it includes the wholesale and retail trade as well as vehicle repair. Trending : Saudi Arabia's population crosses 32 million
The workers in the sector are subject to Social Insurance regulations. According to local media reports, 4,451 Saudi men and women joined the workforce in the last three months.
- Saudi citizens made up 424,734 of the commercial sector's employees, or 25.7% of the total, while expatriates made up 1,228,816, or 74.3% of the workforce.
- The overall number of women working in this sector was at 213,000, or 17.4% of all women workers. Most Viewed : More than 1.85 million pilgrims attended Hajj this year
- Around 199,000 Saudi women made up 93.5% of the total female labor in the sector, while 13,961 expat women were employed.
- At 40.3% or 605,853 workers, the Riyadh region has the biggest proportion of all sector workers, followed by Makkah with 442,166 workers and the Eastern region (Al-Sharqiyah) with 246,860 people. Read : Ministry of Hajj and Umrah is now issuing electronic visas for Umrah
