The expatriate workforce of the oil-rich emirate of Kuwait decreased last year for the first time since the Iraqi invasion of 1990, official figures showed on Sunday.
The number of foreign workers dropped to 1.75 million at the end of 2008 from 1.77 million a year earlier, a decline of 0.85 percent, as the global economic slowdown and a sharp fall in world crude prices bit, the figures showed.
Overall employment, including Kuwaiti citizens, also posted its first fall since 1990, inching down 0.19 percent to 2.088 million.
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