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Layoffs in Kuwait
4 sourced layoff rounds at 3 companies in Kuwait between Jan 2023 and Sep 2026: 11,694 people in the rounds where a number was given. Each one links to the article or filing it came from. The list covers what we have been able to source, not every cut in the country.
People affected
12K
Where a number was given
Companies
3
With a sourced round
Rounds
4
Jan 2023 → Sep 2026
Every round, newest first
Kuwait began ending the contracts of foreign teachers in surplus subjects, the first phase of a plan to trim public school staffing costs.
About the figure: First phase of a gradual plan; Egypt asked Kuwait to delay the terminations until the end of the school year.
Public Sector & Nonprofit · Source: Gulf News
Kuwaiti franchise operator cut staff at its Starbucks stores across the Middle East and North Africa after boycott calls linked to the Gaza war hurt sales.
About the figure: Number is from sources cited by Reuters; Alshaya confirmed the cuts but not the figure.
Consumer Goods & Food · Source: AGBI
The ministry ended the contracts of foreign workers, many from Arab countries, as part of the policy of replacing expatriates with Kuwaiti nationals.
About the figure: Workers were given one month to wrap up; figure is a minimum.
Public Sector & Nonprofit · Source: HRKatha
Kuwait planned to end the contracts of expatriate teachers at the end of the school year as part of replacing them with Kuwaiti nationals.
About the figure: Reported from local media citing a ministry source; later reports said the number was revised.
Public Sector & Nonprofit · Source: Gulf News
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