Saudi social insurance subscribers down to 8.15 mln in Q3 2021: GOSI

19/12/2021 Argaam Special

Logo of General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI)


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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