COVID-19: 200,000 expats lose jobs in Oman
Total expat workforce dropped by 14.3% in Sultanate
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Dubai: More than 222,300 expats working in public, private and family sectors have so far been terminated during this year - 10,700 of whom were working in the government, 181,200 in the private and 30,400 in the family sector, local media reported citing data from the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).
The total expat workforce has generally dropped by 14.3 per cent in the Sultanate. The government sector witnessed a decline of 19.9 per cent, the private sector a decrease of 14.9 per cent, and 10.4 per cent in the family sector.
The figures released by the NCSI revealed that the majority of terminated workers were Bangladeshis followed by Indians and Pakistanis.