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Saudi Arabia’s General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI) said that a total of 8.15 million private sector employees were registered in the social insurance scheme by the end of Q3 2021, a decline of 0.4%, compared to 8.19 million in Q2 2021.
Insured citizens, who account for 26.2% of the total private sector subscribers, increased by 69,800 clients to 2.13 million in Q3 2021 compared to the previous quarter.
The number of insured expatriate workers decreased by 104,300 quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) to 6.02 million in the third quarter. They account for 73.8% of the Kingdom’s total private sector subscribers.
| Employees Subscribed to Social Insurance | ||||||
| Period | Saudis | Non-Saudis | Total | |||
| Subscribers | Q-o-Q Variation | Subscribers | Q-o-Q Variation | Subscribers | Q-o-Q Variation | |
| 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%) | 
Region wise, Riyadh accounted for the largest number of insured workers with 3.2 million, or 39.6% of total subscribers.
The following table indicates the number of employees subscribed to the social insurance by regions in Q3 2021:
| Number of Insured Employees by Region | ||
| Office | Number | Percentage of Total | 
| Riyadh | 3230488 | 39.6% | 
| Makkah / Jeddah | 1308804 | 16.0% | 
| Eastern Province | 1220674 | 15.0% | 
| Qassim | 304539 | 3.7% | 
| Makkah | 291060 | 3.6% | 
| Aseer | 234276 | 2.9% | 
| Jubail | 228508 | 2.8% | 
| Madinah | 196365 | 2.4% | 
| Al-Ahsa | 148439 | 1.8% | 
| Jazan | 125962 | 1.5% | 
| Taif | 123409 | 1.5% | 
| Najran | 104767 | 1.3% | 
| Al-Kharj | 99741 | 1.2% | 
| Hail | 99525 | 1.2% | 
| Tabuk | 90840 | 1.1% | 
| Yanbu | 69834 | 0.9% | 
| Hafar Al-Batin | 69842 | 0.9% | 
| Al-Jouf | 55109 | 0.7% | 
| Dawadmi | 46346 | 0.6% | 
| Northern Borders | 39001 | 0.5% | 
| Al Baha | 36697 | 0.4% | 
| Bisha | 34180 | 0.4% | 
| Total | 8158406 | 100.0% | 
The services sector accounted for 42.4% of the total subscribers in Q3 with more than 3.45 million employees, followed by the basic assisting engineering professions sector that represented 23.6%, or 1.92 million workers.
The following table shows the number of employees subscribed to the social insurance by occupations in Q3 2021:
| Number of Insured Employees by Occupation | ||
| Occupation | Number | Percentage of Total | 
| Services | 3456901 | 42.4% | 
| Basic engineering | 1923224 | 23.6% | 
| Technicians in scientific, technical and humanity subject | 594222 | 7.3% | 
| Specialists in scientific, technical and humanity subject | 527337 | 6.5% | 
| Sales occupations | 525646 | 6.4% | 
| Clerical occupations | 512988 | 6.3% | 
| Managers and business managers | 221822 | 2.7% | 
| Industrial/chemical processes and food industries | 156364 | 1.9% | 
| Agriculture, hunting and animal husbandry | 77945 | 1.0% | 
| Other occupations | 161957 | 2.0% | 
| Total | 8158406 | 100.0% | 

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