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(32.00.13) Three and a half million foreign workers lost jobs in Saudi Arabia in 3 months

In the first three months of 2018, nearly half a million foreign workers in Saudi Arabia's government and private sector lost jobs. According to the official information of the country, the number of foreigners who lost their jobs in the country is two hundred and thirty thousand 34 thousand. The unemployment rate of Saudi nationals increased at the same time. Based on the information of the Saudi statistics authority, it was reported in a report based on the survey of Turkish state media, Anadolu Agency.

According to the survey, in the last three months of 2017, the number of jobless people who were not Saudi citizens was 1 crore 4 lakh 20 thousand. At the end of the first three months of 2018 this number has come down to 1 crore 1 lakh 80 thousand. Similarly, the number of Saudi serviceman also decreased also At the end of the first three months of this year compared to last year, this number has dropped from 31 lakh 60 thousand to 31 lakh 50 thousand.

With the new economic plan announced by Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the number of people losing this job is incompatible. In addition to various economic initiatives to reduce oil dependence, the government has plans to hire only Saudi workers in telecommunications, insurance, driving and retail markets. Other countries in the Gulf, Saudi Arabia, are specially known for their dependence on foreign workers.

According to the Saudi statistics authority, the number of private and public sector workers in the last three months of last year was 1 crore 35 lakh 80 thousand. In the first three months of this year, it decreased to 1 crore 33 lakh 30 thousand.

Moreover, the unemployment rate among the Saudi nation has increased in the first three months of this year. In the last three months of last year, the rate was 12.8 percent and in the first three months of this year, it increased to 12.9 percent.