Saudi families employed around 459 foreign women as family drivers during the first quarter of 2019, Saudi Gazette reported.
According to Makkah daily, General Authority of Statistics (GaStat) reported that by the end of March 2019, the number of foreign home drivers in Saudi Arabia increased by 12.8 percent—from 1.36 million in 2018 to 1.54 million.
While many Saudi families prefer foreign women drivers for safety purposes, driving instructors also believe that the mass recruitment could be because there is still no guarantee that Saudi women with a driving license may drive their children to school
However, they added that there will be a drop in the hiring of foreign drivers once Saudi women become expert in driving.
Saudi women have been allowed to drive since June 2018.
