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Saudi Arabia’s General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI) said a total of 9.08 million private-sector employees were registered in the social insurance scheme by the end of Q1 2022, an increase of 7%, compared to 8.52 million in Q4 2021.
Insured citizens, who account for 25.9% of the total private sector subscribers, increased by 106,100 to 2.35 million in Q1 2022, compared to Q4 2021.
The number of insured expatriate workers increased by 451,800 quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) to 6.72 million in Q1 2022. They account for 74.1% 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 |
|
|
Q1 2015 |
1647779 |
-- |
7968349 |
-- |
9616128 |
-- |
|
Q2 2015 |
1683685 |
+ 2% |
8114337 |
+ 2% |
9798022 |
+ 2% |
|
Q3 2015 |
1698097 |
+ 1% |
8197673 |
+ 1% |
9895770 |
+ 1% |
|
Q4 2015 |
1724255 |
+ 2% |
8416681 |
+ 3% |
10140936 |
+ 2% |
|
Q1 2016 |
1718926 |
(0.3%) |
8518059 |
+ 1% |
10236985 |
+ 1% |
|
Q2 2016 |
1708714 |
(1%) |
8582189 |
+ 1% |
10290903 |
+ 1% |
|
Q3 2016 |
1676230 |
(2%) |
8588049 |
+ 0.1% |
10264279 |
(0.3%) |
|
Q4 2016 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
10391607 |
+ 1% |
|
Q1 2017 |
1660218 |
-- |
8424370 |
-- |
10084588 |
(3%) |
|
Q2 2017 |
1670823 |
+ 1% |
8314107 |
(1%) |
9984930 |
(1%) |
|
Q3 2017 |
1686783 |
+ 1% |
8186367 |
(2%) |
9873150 |
(1%) |
|
Q4 2017 |
1779460 |
+ 5% |
7907511 |
(3%) |
9686971 |
(2%) |
|
Q1 2018 |
1762004 |
(1%) |
7708009 |
(3%) |
9470013 |
(2%) |
|
Q2 2018 |
1733560 |
(2%) |
7395446 |
(4%) |
9129006 |
(4%) |
|
Q3 2018 |
1718824 |
(1%) |
7128654 |
(4%) |
8847478 |
(3%) |
|
Q4 2018 |
1703973 |
(1%) |
6895514 |
(3%) |
8599487 |
(3%) |
|
Q1 2019 |
1699683 |
(0.3%) |
6709916 |
(3%) |
8409599 |
(2%) |
|
Q2 2019 |
1670900 |
(2%) |
6578161 |
(2%) |
8249061 |
(2%) |
|
Q3 2019 |
1671310 |
+ 0.2% |
6520483 |
(0.9%) |
8191793 |
(0.7%) |
|
Q4 2019 |
1700704 |
+ 2% |
6437891 |
(1%) |
8138595 |
(0.6%) |
|
Q1 2020 |
1717150 |
+ 1% |
6671244 |
+ 4% |
8388394 |
+ 3% |
|
Q2 2020 |
1678093 |
(2%) |
6645946 |
(0.4%) |
8324039 |
(0.8%) |
|
Q3 2020 |
1759558 |
+ 5% |
6409070 |
(4%) |
8168628 |
(2%) |
|
Q4 2020 |
1749571 |
(0.6%) |
6273354 |
(2%) |
8022925 |
(2%) |
|
Q1 2021 |
1841920 |
+ 5% |
6254660 |
(0.3%) |
8096580 |
+ 0.9% |
|
Q2 2021 |
2065541 |
+ 12% |
6127434 |
(2%) |
8192975 |
+ 1% |
|
Q3 2021 |
2135308 |
+ 3% |
6023098 |
(2%) |
8158406 |
(0.4%) |
|
Q4 2021 |
2248385 |
+ 5% |
6271188 |
+ 4% |
8519573 |
+ 4% |
|
Q1 2022 |
2354478 |
+ 5% |
6723002 |
+ 7% |
9077480 |
+ 7% |
Regional distribution shows that Riyadh accounted for the largest number of insured workers with 3.7 million, or 40.9% of total subscribers.
The following table indicates the number of employees subscribed to the social insurance by region in Q1 2022:
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Number of Insured Employees by Region |
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|
Office |
Number |
Percentage to total |
|
Riyadh |
3712455 |
40.9 % |
|
Makkah / Jeddah |
1362285 |
15.0 % |
|
Eastern Province |
1304336 |
14.4 % |
|
Qassim |
363273 |
4.0 % |
|
Makkah |
308753 |
3.4 % |
|
Aseer |
265409 |
2.9 % |
|
Jubail |
238752 |
2.6 % |
|
Madinah |
221776 |
2.4 % |
|
Al-Ahsa |
159649 |
1.8 % |
|
Jazan |
141127 |
1.6 % |
|
Taif |
138517 |
1.5 % |
|
Najran |
122554 |
1.4 % |
|
Hail |
117890 |
1.3 % |
|
Al-Kharj |
116071 |
1.3 % |
|
Tabuk |
103577 |
1.1 % |
|
Hafr Al-Batin |
79365 |
0.9 % |
|
Yanbu |
74888 |
0.8 % |
|
Al-Jouf |
64704 |
0.7 % |
|
Dawadmi |
57497 |
0.6 % |
|
Northern Borders |
44541 |
0.5 % |
|
Al Baha |
39796 |
0.4 % |
|
Bisha |
40265 |
0.4 % |
|
Total |
9077480 |
100.0 % |
The services sector accounted for 45.2% of the total subscribers in Q1 2022 with more than 4.1 million employees, followed by the basic engineering profession, which represented 18%, or 1.63 million workers.
The following table shows the number of employees subscribed to the social insurance by occupations in Q1 2022:
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Number of Insured Employees by Occupation |
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|
Activity |
Number |
Percentage to total |
|
Services |
4102871 |
45.2 % |
|
Basic engineering |
1635837 |
18.0 % |
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Technicians in scientific, technical and humanity subject |
543854 |
6.0 % |
|
Sales occupations |
504664 |
5.6 % |
|
Specialists in scientific, technical and humanity subject |
490220 |
5.4 % |
|
Clerical occupations |
436310 |
4.8 % |
|
Managers and business managers |
208715 |
2.3 % |
|
Industrial/chemical processes and food industries |
147016 |
1.6 % |
|
Agriculture, hunting and animal husbandry |
81445 |
0.9 % |
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Other occupations |
926548 |
10.2 % |
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Total |
9077480 |
100.0 % |
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