RIYADH: Saudis have praised workforce figures that reveal the growing role of women in the national economy as part of Vision 2030.
According to the General Authority for Statistics, Saudi women now comprise 33.6 percent of the Saudi workforce as of March 2022. This figure is up from 17.4 percent just five years ago.
The unemployment rate for women was the lowest in 20 years in the first quarter of 2022, falling from 22.5 percent during the fourth quarter of 2021 to 20.2 percent.