Muscat - Their numbers stood at 1,763,710, compared to 1,747,097 in March, according to the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).
Their numbers stood at 1,763,710, compared to 1,747,097 in March, according to the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).
Its report said that the workers - 1,564,532 men and 199,178 women - are distributed across three sectors: government, private and family. Expat worker numbers in the private sector were 1,430,965 (1,398,553 men and 32,412 women), reflecting an increase of one per cent over March 2016. Expatriates working in the family sector increased by 0.9 per cent compared to March, totalling 271,250 by April. These included 126,341 men and 144,909 women.
The number of expat workers in the government sector reached 61,495, reflecting an increase of 0.1 per cent (39,638 men and 21,857 women), compared to March. The construction sector employed the most number of expatriates (652,439), followed by wholesale and retail trade, automobile sector, personal and family goods totalling 221,307, while the manufacturing sector had 199,725 workers.
A total of 649,380 expatriate workers have intermediate certificates, (580,558 men and 68,822 women), while 475,427 (421,067 men and 54,360 women) can read and write. The percentage of the expatriate workers with primary school certificates was 160,020 (140,362 men and 19,658 women), while illiterate workers were 25,140 (22,180 men and 2,960 women). There were 245,105 men and 17,563 women with secondary school certificates. Those with diplomas stood at 53,527 of which 44,325 were men.
Expat workers who are university graduates numbered 94,494 - 77,372 men and 17,122 women. There was a one per cent increase in the number of those with higher diplomas to reach 4,907. There were 5,839 with a Master's degree, a rise of 0.1 per cent over March, whereas PhD holders decreased 0.1 per cent to stand at 2,823.
A majority of expatriates were Indians - 687,592 (649,200 men and 38,392 woman). This number registered a one per cent rise over March. There were 630,433 Bangladeshis, a rise of 3.5 per cent. These included 597,600 men and 32,833 woman. Pakistani worker numbers also rose 1.1 per cent to 225,112 (223,885 men and 1,227 women).
The number of Ethiopian workers decreased 5.6 per cent to reach 21,221. Of these, only 208 were men. Women's was the bigger number when it came to Indonesian workers - 27,681 out of the total 28,323. The number of expatriate workers coming from the Philippines reached 36,570 including 24,403 women and 12,167 men.
Egyptian worker numbers fell 0.9 per cent to 24,937. These included 5,776 women and 19,161 men. Nepali worker numbers reached 14,000 including 4,176 women while the number of Sri Lankan workers reached 16,885 of which 9,830 were women. Their numbers rose 3.3 per cent. The number of workers from other nationalities reached 78,637 with a growth rate of 3.9 per cent.
© Muscat Daily 2016
