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Saudi Arabia’s General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI) said a total of 8.52 million private-sector employees were registered in the social insurance scheme by the end of Q4 2021, an increase of 4%, compared to 8.15 million in Q3 2021.
Insured citizens, who account for 26.4% of the total private sector subscribers, increased by 113,100 to 2.24 million in Q4 2021, compared to the previous quarter.
The number of insured expatriate workers also increased by 248,100 quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) to 6.27 million in Q4. They account for 73.6% of the Kingdom’s total private sector subscribers.
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Employees Subscribed to Social Insurance |
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Year |
Saudis |
Non-Saudis |
Total |
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Subscribers |
Q-o-Q Change |
Subscribers |
Q-o-Q Change |
Subscribers |
Q-o-Q Change |
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Q1 2015 |
1647779 |
-- |
7968349 |
-- |
9616128 |
-- |
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Q2 2015 |
1683685 |
+ 2% |
8114337 |
+ 2% |
9798022 |
+ 2% |
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Q3 2015 |
1698097 |
+ 1% |
8197673 |
+ 1% |
9895770 |
+ 1% |
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|
Q4 2015 |
1724255 |
+ 2% |
8416681 |
+ 3% |
10140936 |
+ 2% |
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|
Q1 2016 |
1718926 |
(0.3%) |
8518059 |
+ 1% |
10236985 |
+ 1% |
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|
Q2 2016 |
1708714 |
(1%) |
8582189 |
+ 1% |
10290903 |
+ 1% |
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|
Q3 2016 |
1676230 |
(2%) |
8588049 |
+ 0.1% |
10264279 |
(0.3%) |
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|
Q4 2016 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
10391607 |
+ 1% |
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|
Q1 2017 |
1660218 |
-- |
8424370 |
-- |
10084588 |
(3%) |
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|
Q2 2017 |
1670823 |
+ 1% |
8314107 |
(1%) |
9984930 |
(1%) |
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|
Q3 2017 |
1686783 |
+ 1% |
8186367 |
(2%) |
9873150 |
(1%) |
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|
Q4 2017 |
1779460 |
+ 5% |
7907511 |
(3%) |
9686971 |
(2%) |
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Q1 2018 |
1762004 |
(1%) |
7708009 |
(3%) |
9470013 |
(2%) |
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|
Q2 2018 |
1733560 |
(2%) |
7395446 |
(4%) |
9129006 |
(4%) |
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Q3 2018 |
1718824 |
(1%) |
7128654 |
(4%) |
8847478 |
(3%) |
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|
Q4 2018 |
1703973 |
(1%) |
6895514 |
(3%) |
8599487 |
(3%) |
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Q1 2019 |
1699683 |
(0.3%) |
6709916 |
(3%) |
8409599 |
(2%) |
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Q2 2019 |
1670900 |
(2%) |
6578161 |
(2%) |
8249061 |
(2%) |
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Q3 2019 |
1671310 |
+ 0.2% |
6520483 |
(0.9%) |
8191793 |
(0.7%) |
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Q4 2019 |
1700704 |
+ 2% |
6437891 |
(1%) |
8138595 |
(0.6%) |
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Q1 2020 |
1717150 |
+ 1% |
6671244 |
+ 4% |
8388394 |
+ 3% |
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Q2 2020 |
1678093 |
(2%) |
6645946 |
(0.4%) |
8324039 |
(0.8%) |
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Q3 2020 |
1759558 |
+ 5% |
6409070 |
(4%) |
8168628 |
(2%) |
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|
Q4 2020 |
1749571 |
(0.6%) |
6273354 |
(2%) |
8022925 |
(2%) |
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Q1 2021 |
1841920 |
+ 5% |
6254660 |
(0.3%) |
8096580 |
+ 0.9% |
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|
Q2 2021 |
2065541 |
+ 12% |
6127434 |
(2%) |
8192975 |
+ 1% |
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Q3 2021 |
2135308 |
+ 3% |
6023098 |
(2%) |
8158406 |
(0.4%) |
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|
Q4 2021 |
2248385 |
+ 5% |
6271188 |
+ 4% |
8519573 |
+ 4% |
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Regional distribution shows that Riyadh accounted for the largest number of insured workers with 3.4 million, or 40.3% of total subscribers.
The following table indicates the number of employees subscribed to the social insurance by regions in Q4 2021:
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Number of Insured Employees by Region |
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|
Office |
Number |
Percentage to total |
|
Riyadh |
3436266 |
40.3% |
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Makkah / Jeddah |
1326968 |
15.6% |
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Eastern Province |
1259920 |
14.8% |
|
Qassim |
335573 |
3.9% |
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Makkah |
292545 |
3.4% |
|
Aseer |
244698 |
2.9% |
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Jubail |
231159 |
2.7% |
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Madinah |
201445 |
2.4% |
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Al-Ahsa |
153428 |
1.8% |
|
Jazan |
129360 |
1.5% |
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Taif |
128090 |
1.5% |
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Najran |
111479 |
1.3% |
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Al-Kharj |
104943 |
1.2% |
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Hail |
104482 |
1.2% |
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Tabuk |
94278 |
1.1% |
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Hafr Al-Batin |
73203 |
0.9% |
|
Yanbu |
71165 |
0.8% |
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Al-Jouf |
57064 |
0.7% |
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Dawadmi |
49977 |
0.6% |
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Northern Borders |
40063 |
0.5% |
|
Al Baha |
37092 |
0.4% |
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Bisha |
36375 |
0.4% |
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Total |
8519573 |
100.0% |
The services sector accounted for 42.4% of the total subscribers in Q4 with more than 3.61 million employees, followed by the basic assisting engineering professions sector that represented 23.3%, or 1.98 million workers.
The following table shows the number of employees subscribed to the social insurance by occupations in Q4 2021:
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Number of Insured Employees by Occupation |
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|
Activity |
Number |
Percentage to total |
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Services |
3607295 |
42.3% |
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Basic engineering |
1984345 |
23.3% |
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Technicians in scientific, technical and humanity subject |
601531 |
7.1% |
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Specialists in scientific, technical and humanity subject |
546091 |
6.4% |
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Sales occupations |
539048 |
6.3% |
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Clerical occupations |
518820 |
6.1% |
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Managers and business managers |
225268 |
2.6% |
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Industrial/chemical processes and food industries |
156971 |
1.8% |
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Agriculture, hunting and animal husbandry |
83963 |
1.0% |
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Other occupations |
256241 |
3.0% |
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Total |
8519573 |
100.0% |
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