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Sheet: 2.2

Table 2.2: Employment, by economic activity, country, nationality, sex and year (percent)
Country | Survey / Census | year | Economic activity | Nationals |  |  | Non-Nationals |  |  | Total
 |  |  |  | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total
Bahrain
 | Survey | 2005 | Agriculture |  |  | 1.909090909090909 |  |  | 0.6578947368421052 |  |  | 1.501225490196078
 |  |  | Industry |  |  | 9.818181818181818 |  |  | 29.22932330827068 |  |  | 10.60049019607843
 |  |  | Construction |  |  | 3.5 |  |  | 7.048872180451128 |  |  | 4.65686274509804
 |  |  | Services |  |  | 63.77272727272727 |  |  | 61.93609022556391 |  |  | 68.71936274509804
 |  |  | Not adequately defined |  |  | 21 |  |  | 1.12781954887218 |  |  | 14.52205882352941
 | Census | 2010 | Agriculture
 |  |  | Industry
 |  |  | Construction
 |  |  | Services
 |  |  | Not adequately defined |  |  |  | … | … | …
Egypt
 | Survey | 2005 | Agriculture | 28 | 46.8 | 31.6 |  |  |  | 27.1 | 46.5 | 30.9
 |  |  | Industry | 14.7 | 4.5 | 12.8 |  |  |  | 15 | 4.6 | 13
 |  |  | Construction | 10.3 | 0.4 | 8.4 |  |  |  | 10.5 | 0.4 | 8.5
 |  |  | Services | 47 | 48.3 | 47.6 |  |  |  | 47.4 | 48.5 | 47.6
 |  |  | Not adequately defined | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |  |  | 0 | 0 | 0
 | Survey | 2010 | Agriculture | 24.9 | 42.9 | 28.4 |  |  |  | 24.7 | 42.8 | 28.2
 |  |  | Industry | 15.9 | 5.5 | 13.8 |  |  |  | 16.1 | 5.6 | 14.1
 |  |  | Construction | 14 | 0.3 | 11.3 |  |  |  | 14 | 0.4 | 11.3
 |  |  | Services | 45.1 | 51.2 | 46.3 |  |  |  | 45.2 | 51.2 | 46.4
 |  |  | Not adequately defined | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 |  |  |  | 0 | 0 | 0
 | Survey | 2012 | Agriculture | 24.7 | 37.6 | 27.2
 |  |  | Industry | 14.8 | 5.1 | 12.8
 |  |  | Construction | 14.7 | 0.4 | 11.8
 |  |  | Services | 45.9 | 56.9 | 48.1
 |  |  | Not adequately defined | 0 | 0 | 0
Iraq
 | Survey | 2005 | Agriculture | 3.6 | 2 | 3.4
 |  |  | Industry | 15.1 | 10.2 | 14.4
 |  |  | Construction | 7.1 | 1.1 | 6.3
 |  |  | Services | 73.9 | 86.2 | 75.6
 |  |  | Not adequately defined | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.4
 | Survey | 2008 | Agriculture | 2.2 | 1 | 2
 |  |  | Industry | 13 | 8.1 | 12.3
 |  |  | Construction | 7.5 | 1.2 | 6.4
 |  |  | Services | 76.9 | 89.1 | 78.8
 |  |  | Not adequately defined | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.4
Jordan
 | Survey | 2007 | Agriculture |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 | 2.7 | 3
 |  |  | Industry |  |  |  |  |  |  | 14.5 | 8.8 | 13.5
 |  |  | Construction |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6.9 | 0.6 | 5.9
 |  |  | Services |  |  |  |  |  |  | 75.4 | 87.5 | 77.3
 |  |  | Not adequately defined |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3
 | Survey | 2012 | Agriculture |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2.5 | 1.1 | 2.3
 |  |  | Industry |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12.7 | 6 | 11.6
 |  |  | Construction |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7.2 | 0.7 | 6
 |  |  | Services |  |  |  |  |  |  | 77.7 | 91.5 | 79.9
 |  |  | Not adequately defined |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.4
 | Survey | 2013 | Agriculture |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2.6 | 0.7 | 2.3
 |  |  | Industry |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12.2 | 5.1 | 11.2
 |  |  | Construction |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7.8 | 1.5 | 6.8
 |  |  | Services |  |  |  |  |  |  | 77.2 | 92.7 | 79.4
 |  |  | Not adequately defined |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2
Kuwait
 | Census | 2005 | Agriculture | 0.12 | 0.06 | 0.1 | 4.24 | 0.04 | 3.27 | 3.57 | 0.05 | 2.68
 |  |  | Industry | 7.1 | 1.58 | 5.19 | 8.23 | 1.11 | 6.58 | 8.05 | 1.22 | 6.33
 |  |  | Construction | 1.34 | 0.44 | 1.03 | 22.01 | 1.22 | 17.22 | 18.67 | 1.02 | 14.23
 |  |  | Services | 90.37 | 97 | 92.66 | 64.83 | 96.82 | 72.21 | 68.96 | 96.87 | 75.99
 |  |  | Not adequately defined | 1.07 | 0.92 | 1.02 | 0.69 | 0.81 | 0.72 | 0.75 | 0.84 | 0.77
 | Survey | 2008 | Agriculture | 0.12 | 0.25 | 0.17 | 3.38 | 0.14 | 2.54 | 4.07 | 0.09 | 3.16
 |  |  | Industry | 8.47 | 2.06 | 6.02 | 13.41 | 1.4 | 10.3 | 14.44 | 1.11 | 11.41
 |  |  | Construction | 0.94 | 0.43 | 0.75 | 19.72 | 0.73 | 14.79 | 23.65 | 0.86 | 18.47
 |  |  | Services | 90.42 | 97.19 | 93.01 | 63.4 | 97.67 | 72.29 | 57.74 | 97.88 | 66.86
 |  |  | Not adequately defined | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.1 | 0.06 | 0.1
 | Census | 2011 | Agriculture | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 1.5
 |  |  | Industry | 7.3 | 1.8 | 5 | 8.6 | 1.1 | 6.2 | 8.3 | 1.3 | 6
 |  |  | Construction | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 17.5 | 4.7 | 13.6 | 14.9 | 3.9 | 11.2
 |  |  | Services | 90.1 | 96 | 92.6 | 71.2 | 93.4 | 78.1 | 74.3 | 94 | 80.8
 |  |  | Not adequately defined | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.5
Lebanon | Survey | 2004
 |  |  | Agriculture |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8.775211307370613 | 3.390644920038905 | 7.521243033295793
 |  |  | Industry |  |  |  |  |  |  | 16.62437578302836 | 9.483730716917963 | 14.96144849692454
 |  |  | Construction |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11.23267044284849 | 0.5200280551648241 | 8.737889485691184
 |  |  | Services |  |  |  |  |  |  | 63.33539199943534 | 86.56917109388017 | 68.74611958185336
 |  |  | Not adequately defined |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0 | 0 | 0
 | Survey | 2009
 |  |  | Agriculture |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6.495055060671951 | 5.692199578355587 | 6.312435876667207
 |  |  | Industry |  |  |  |  |  |  | 13.4319983166164 | 7.472475989693137 | 12.06328635455478
 |  |  | Construction |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11.48207897874728 | 0.4684937924572499 | 8.947567363248556
 |  |  | Services |  |  |  |  |  |  | 68.59086764396437 | 86.36683063949403 | 72.67671040552946
 |  |  | Not adequately defined |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0 | 0 | 0
Libya | Census | 2006
 |  |  | Agriculture |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3
 |  |  | Industry |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9.7
 |  |  | Construction |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2.5
 |  |  | Services |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 84.8
 |  |  | Not adequately defined
 | Survey | 2007
 |  |  | Agriculture |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3
 |  |  | Industry |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9.7
 |  |  | Construction |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2.5
 |  |  | Services |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 84.3
 |  |  | Not adequately defined |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.5
Morocco | Survey | 2010
 |  |  | Agriculture |  |  |  |  |  |  | 38.72523576407876 | 62.28241978281444 | 45.20385278391234
 |  |  | Industry and construction |  |  |  |  |  |  | 21.10522412254016 | 15.58699545371117 | 19.58761955041576
 |  |  | Services |  |  |  |  |  |  | 40.10531538097099 | 22.06158601202323 | 35.14298999870275
 |  |  | Not adequately defined |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.06422473241008071 | 0.06899875145116421 | 0.06553766696915087
 |  | 2005
 |  |  | Agriculture |  |  |  |  |  |  | 32.97150813379063 | 60.24636191292356 | 40.25172386782646
 |  |  | Industry and construction |  |  |  |  |  |  | 24.97293980680281 | 14.10783824802905 | 22.07282221274997
 |  |  | Services |  |  |  |  |  |  | 41.90420376954784 | 25.55106464569722 | 37.53921682170144
 |  |  | Not adequately defined |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.1513482898587206 | 0.09473519335017275 | 0.1362370977221253
 |  | 2012
 |  |  | Agriculture |  |  |  |  |  |  | 31.88228836827417 | 59.93960557491492 | 39.19656366588735
 |  |  | Industry and construction |  |  |  |  |  |  | 24.65924073243537 | 12.05242504711699 | 21.37276398665221
 |  |  | Services |  |  |  |  |  |  | 43.3396499459817 | 27.88034108178576 | 39.30955540377087
 |  |  | Not adequately defined |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.1188209533087575 | 0.1276282961823191 | 0.1211169436895646
Oman | Census | 2010
 |  |  | Agriculture | 3.060999590683616 | 0.670061371064414 | 2.538895575949849 | 8.002060280979698 | 0.2836577271504171 | 6.94656114022526 | 6.110086333411151 | 0.4855590353060842 | 5.154259325975175
 |  |  | Industry | 11.84555891722936 | 8.556089464463183 | 11.12724457788736 | 13.04033532849049 | 1.308413310610817 | 11.4359834534867 | 12.58284533090455 | 5.095425466420407 | 11.31044007030644
 |  |  | Construction | 5.266442067419847 | 1.396473469053205 | 4.421365383496732 | 46.21529936237856 | 0.9171226118934432 | 40.02072913823821 | 30.53563541149483 | 1.167590138922348 | 25.54485674880002
 |  |  | Services | 79.2780002461623 | 88.93066811470959 | 81.38583247942796 | 31.5217661581088 | 97.02327563010135 | 40.47916200312164 | 49.80803228433361 | 92.79477502074467 | 57.11315989621429
 |  |  | Not adequately defined | 0.5489991785048789 | 0.4467075807096093 | 0.5266619832380987 | 1.220538870042449 | 0.4675307202439681 | 1.117564264928199 | 0.9634006398558517 | 0.4566503386064937 | 0.8772839587040615
Palestine
 | Survey | 2005 | Agriculture | 11.4 | 32.9 | 15 |  |  |  | 11.4 | 32.9 | 15
 |  |  | Industry | 14.3 | 8.2 | 13.3 |  |  |  | 14.3 | 8.2 | 13.3
 |  |  | Construction | 15.3 | 0.3 | 12.8 |  |  |  | 15.3 | 0.3 | 12.8
 |  |  | Services | 58 | 56.8 | 57.8 |  |  |  | 58 | 56.8 | 57.8
 |  |  | Not adequately defined | 1 | 1.8 | 1.1 |  |  |  | 1 | 1.8 | 1.1
 | Survey | 2010 | Agriculture | 9.851006475153234 | 21.44775079237467 | 11.82243845284617 |  |  |  | 9.851006475153234 | 21.44775079237467 | 11.82243845284617
 |  |  | Industry | 12.633319213034 | 7.561000971166679 | 11.8 |  |  |  | 12.633319213034 | 7.561000971166679 | 11.8
 |  |  | Construction | 15.79555272262031 | 0.3136845083981694 | 13.16365455904514 |  |  |  | 15.79555272262031 | 0.3136845083981694 | 13.16365455904514
 |  |  | Services | 60.6 | 69.1 | 62 |  |  |  | 60.6 | 69.1 | 62
 |  |  | Not adequately defined | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.2 |  |  |  | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.2
 | Survey | 2012 | Agriculture | 8.9 | 23.7 | 11.5 |  |  |  | 8.9 | 23.7 | 11.5
 |  |  | Industry | 13.5 | 8.6 | 12.7 |  |  |  | 13.5 | 8.6 | 12.7
 |  |  | Construction | 17.3 | 0.3 | 14.4 |  |  |  | 17.3 | 0.3 | 14.4
 |  |  | Services | 58 | 63.7 | 59 |  |  |  | 58 | 63.7 | 59
 |  |  | Not adequately defined | 2.3 | 3.7 | 2.4 |  |  |  | 2.3 | 3.7 | 2.4
Qatar
 | Survey | 2001 | Agriculture | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.984624681846284 | 0 | 2.615042803791748 | 2.647092044759365 | 0 | 2.270653413190822
 |  |  | Industry | 17.58449681366781 | 1.906686382435062 | 13.45509919786684 | 22.48852572428919 | 2.651950710551748 | 20.03219053000551 | 21.93392674217243 | 2.470165960640943 | 19.16601714557083
 |  |  | Construction | 0.777618213486479 | 0 | 0.5728004035723182 | 24.80563832445533 | 0.864568536011857 | 21.84104931302419 | 22.08829800312024 | 0.6536831237221942 | 19.04011646769771
 |  |  | Services | 81.63788497284571 | 98.09331361756495 | 85.97210039856084 | 49.7212112694092 | 96.4834807534364 | 55.51171735317853 | 53.33068320994796 | 96.87615091563686 | 59.52321297354064
 |  |  | Not adequately defined
 | Survey | 2009 | Agriculture | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.809473270080606 | 0 | 1.659993788767742 | 1.737293346685641 | 0 | 1.566789171511801
 |  |  | Industry | 15.50539528738163 | 4.363193653536504 | 11.50226461416901 | 15.24149793681437 | 3.028855923592765 | 14.23261904162365 | 15.25202480718213 | 3.303116650387866 | 14.07931627560976
 |  |  | Construction | 1.902664611319093 | 0.2513450889525979 | 1.309384391799416 | 50.75528148073598 | 3.452550294655558 | 46.84763175786266 | 48.80654965828634 | 2.794572298055424 | 44.29076983164364
 |  |  | Services | 82.59194010129927 | 95.3854612575109 | 87.18835099403158 | 32.19374731236905 | 93.51859378175168 | 37.25975541174594 | 34.20413218784589 | 93.90231105155671 | 40.0631247212348
 |  |  | Not adequately defined
 | Survey | 2012 | Agriculture | 0.04664430132218654 | 0 | 0.03139603685411711 | 1.617650742754077 | 0.03910471531767249 | 1.441218074031692 | 1.543026554509563 | 0.03279274982113046 | 1.354167521005552
 |  |  | Industry | 16.03846360847491 | 4.307033096926714 | 12.20339801721952 | 16.24969133924769 | 2.235367726522951 | 14.68332300259063 | 16.2396578361837 | 2.569759122346769 | 14.53019811466359
 |  |  | Construction | 1.126639278089737 | 0.2992021276595745 | 0.8561457742141935 | 44.34927156062455 | 2.025624253455435 | 39.61879559433557 | 42.29615849704254 | 1.746959217743859 | 37.22536577509725
 |  |  | Services | 82.78825281211316 | 95.39376477541371 | 86.90906017171217 | 37.78338635737369 | 95.69990330470394 | 44.2566633290421 | 39.9211571122642 | 95.65048891008824 | 46.89026858923361
 |  |  | Not adequately defined
Sudan
 | Survey | 2008 | Agriculture |  |  |  |  |  |  | 42.54 | 47.85 | 43.7
 |  |  | Industry |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6.75 | 2.28 | 5.75
 |  |  | Construction |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6.08 | 1 | 4.97
 |  |  | Services |  |  |  |  |  |  | 44.63 | 48.87 | 45.58
 |  |  | Not adequately defined |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0 | 0 | 0
Syrian Arab Republic | Survey | 2005
 |  |  | Agriculture | 18.45455748993291 | 30.99049335941909 | 20.13823563550977
 |  |  | Industry | 14.65409320079862 | 6.839368771888231 | 13.60451215063749
 |  |  | Construction | 16.09673476143901 | 0.9282370138763887 | 14.05948214426976
 |  |  | Services | 50.79461454782946 | 61.24190085481629 | 52.19777006958299
 |  |  | Not adequately defined | 0 | 0 | 0
 | Survey | 2010
 |  |  | Agriculture | 13.16565899107213 | 22.16273396767224 | 14.32423922692875
 |  |  | Industry | 17.57216430560049 | 8.71010392126359 | 16.43097030233121
 |  |  | Construction | 18.54673759073599 | 0.5343321630909882 | 16.2272263070157
 |  |  | Services | 50.71543911258707 | 68.59282994797236 | 53.01756416371989
 |  |  | Not adequately defined | 0 | 0 | 0
Tunisia | Survey | 2004
 |  |  | Agriculture |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 16.3
 |  |  | Industry |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 20.8
 |  |  | Construction |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 13.5
 |  |  | Services |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 49.4
 |  |  | Not adequately defined |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
 | Census | 2007
 |  |  | Agriculture |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 18.34
 |  |  | Industry |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 19.95
 |  |  | Construction |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12.27
 |  |  | Services |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 48.49
 |  |  | Not adequately defined |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.95
 | Census | 2009
 |  |  | Agriculture |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 18.1
 |  |  | Industry |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 18.75
 |  |  | Construction |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12.92
 |  |  | Services |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 49.33
 |  |  | Not adequately defined |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.9
 | Census | 2010
 |  |  | Agriculture |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 17.57
 |  |  | Industry |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 19.27
 |  |  | Construction |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 13.44
 |  |  | Services |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 48.8
 |  |  | Not adequately defined |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.92
United Arab Emirates | Survey | 2005
 |  |  | Agriculture | 0.837911250499563 | 0.1367305619100208 | 0.6942798664224927 | 5.96642428756905 | 0.09428532079962428 | 5.241607169321163 | 5.615690431034722 | 0.09931073988057806 | 4.901164572479313
 |  |  | Industry | 6.943757662789832 | 4.922300228760748 | 6.529677905849402 | 12.17784655379289 | 4.261202120183768 | 11.20066950859115 | 11.81989247062769 | 4.339474618167328 | 10.85096859525461
 |  |  | Construction | 1.110215472569753 | 0.4364860245589124 | 0.972207260583863 | 35.34102057794063 | 2.058033144644982 | 31.23279371638291 | 33.00001019147937 | 1.866045689166724 | 28.96728873977773
 |  |  | Services | 90.5364122225308 | 92.1038100496963 | 90.85748141764516 | 45.84177218022344 | 92.46600254958807 | 51.59675183722572 | 48.8983937302019 | 92.42311978929935 | 54.5360662612707
 |  |  | Not adequately defined | 0.5717033916100495 | 2.400673135074018 | 0.9463535494990843 | 0.6729364004739843 | 1.12047686478355 | 0.7281777684790474 | 0.6660131766563239 | 1.272049163486025 | 0.7445118312176395
 | Survey | 2009
 |  |  | Agriculture | 0.6358626536668079 | 0.3717472118959108 | 0.5685407454200885 | 5.059254676122031 | 0.1060445387062566 | 4.15144212081163 | 4.612751390671802 | 0.144848814050335 | 3.7586958778943
 |  |  | Industry | 6.909707503179313 | 5.204460966542751 | 6.475047378395452 | 13.17881109894817 | 3.329798515376458 | 11.37370753323486 | 12.54599914420197 | 3.603114249502083 | 10.83653480081681
 |  |  | Construction | 1.186943620178041 | 0.4956629491945477 | 1.010739102969046 | 16.02969872923707 | 3.181336161187699 | 13.67488144289823 | 14.53145057766367 | 2.788339670468948 | 12.2867130446821
 |  |  | Services | 91.26748622297583 | 93.9281288723668 | 91.9456727732154 | 65.7179572604826 | 93.38282078472959 | 70.78830754878334 | 68.2969619169876 | 93.46369726597864 | 73.10767313882255
 |  |  | Not adequately defined | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.01427823521012803 | 0 | 0.01166135427194278 | 0.01283697047496791 | 0 | 0.0103831377842384
Yemen | Survey | 2005-06
 |  |  | Agriculture |  |  |  |  |  |  | 33.7 | 35.6 | 33.9
 |  |  | Industry |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6.1 | 7.1 | 6.3
 |  |  | Construction |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12.7 | 0.3 | 11.7
 |  |  | Services |  |  |  |  |  |  | 45.6 | 35.7 | 44.7
 |  |  | Not adequately defined |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1.9 | 21.3 | 3.4