Dubai: More than 51,000 Saudi women joined the local job market in 2020, signalling an increase in the number of female employees in the Kingdom, which aims to provide jobs for around 1 million Saudi women by 2030 as part of its Vision 2030 reform plan, local media reported.
Vision 2030 and the National Transformation Program 2020 prioritised the empowerment of women.
The total number of Saudis who entered 19 sectors in the job market last year reached 93,117. However, 19,350 of these employees left the employment market, bringing the total number of Saudi men and women who remained in the market to 73,767.
Those who left their jobs included 15,725 men and women employed in education.
The number of Saudis who joined the accommodation and food services sector stood at 13,249 while those in the public administration, defence and social insurance sector accounted for 13,196, whereas 11,574 were employed in the downstream industries.
Saudi women dominated most of the jobs created in the year 2020, with 51,009 women entering the labour market while the number of men stood at 22,758.
Aadministrative and support services saw an increase of 10,284 Saudi women, the most of any sector.
Some 9,007 women joined the sector of wholesale and retail trade and repair of vehicles, while 7,872 entered the construction sector and 6,662 were appointed in the manufacturing industries sector.
The public administration, defence and compulsory social insurance sector saw an increase of 10,475 male employees, the most of any sector. It was followed by the downstream industries sector with 4,912 people; transport and storage sector with creation of 4,465 jobs and human health and social service sector with 4,349 employees.
