Saudi women occupy about 38.5 percent of government and private sector jobs in Riyadh, according statistics released by the Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI).

The RCCI report, quoted by Al-Watan newspaper, said about 72 percent of the government jobs in the Saudi capital are filled with Saudi men and women while non-Saudis occupy 72 percent of jobs in the city’s private sector. It said expatriates occupy about 2.6 percent of government jobs and 0.6 percent of jobs in the non-governmental organizations in Riyadh.

The report said Riyadh provides 31 percent of the government and private jobs in the Kingdom. Riyadh has about 8.3 percent of the Saudi workforce all over the Kingdom while women are estimated to be about 38.5 percent of the manpower. The chamber said the population of Riyadh has increased from 106,000 in 1953 to about 2.7 million in 1979 and to 6.5 million in 2018.

It said the Saudi citizens in Riyadh constituted about 64.2 percent of the entire population while the non-Saudis were 35.8 percent. The chamber said the male population in Riyadh were about 52.5 percent male and 47.5 percent female.

SOURCE : SAUDIGAZETTE