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Four Asian nationalities account for 86.1% of Kuwait’s domestic workers

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Four Asian nationalities account for 86.1 percent of Kuwait’s domestic workforce, with Indian, Sri Lankan, Filipino and Bangladeshi workers collectively numbering 760,744 out of a total of 883,308, according to statistical data released by the Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI).

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