Saudi social insurance subscribers cross 10 mln in Q1 2023: GOSI

07/06/2023 Argaam Special
Logo ofGeneral Organization for Social Insurance

Logo of General Organization for Social Insurance


Saudi Arabia’s General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI) said a total of 10.42 million public and private sector employees were registered in the social insurance scheme by the end of Q1 2023, an increase of almost 5% from 9.90 million in Q4 2022, as follows:

 

Public, Private Sector Employees Subscribed to Social Insurance

Period

Public Sector

Private Sector

Total

Subscribers

QoQ Change

Subscribers

QoQ Change

Subscribers

QoQ Change

Q1 2022

452976

+2%

8624504

+7%

9077480

+7%

Q2 2022

460143

+2%

8890407

+3%

9350550

+3%

Q3 2022

476538

+4%

9028928

+2%

9505466

+2%

Q4 2022

499113

+5%

9401276

+4%

9900389

+4%

Q1 2023

509261

+2%

9907521

+5%

10416782

+5%

 

Insured citizens, who account for 25% of the total public and private sectors’ subscribers, increased by about 49,400 to 2.61 million in Q1 2023, compared to Q4 2022.

 

The number of insured expatriate workers surged by roughly 467,000 quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) to 7.81 million in Q1 2023. They account for 75% of the Kingdom’s total subscribers.

 

The following table demonstrates the Saudi social insurance subscribers since 2015:

 

Employees Subscribed to Social Insurance

Year

Saudis

Non-Saudis

Total

Subscribers

QoQ Change

Subscribers

QoQ Change

Subscribers

QoQ 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

+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%

Q2 2022

2419074

+3%

6931476

+3%

9350550

+3%

Q3 2022

2484685

+3%

7020781

+1%

9505466

+2%

Q4 2022

2557463

+3%

7342926

+5%

9900389

+4%

Q1 2023

2606839

+2%

7809943

+6%

10416782

+5%

 

Regional distribution shows that Riyadh accounted for the largest number of insured workers with nearly 4.5 million, or around 43.7% of total subscribers.

 

The following table shows the number of employees subscribed to the social insurance by region in Q1 2023:

 

Number of Insured Employees by Region

Office

Number

Percentage to Total

Riyadh

4548024

43.7 %

Eastern Province

1471072

14.1 %

Makkah/Jeddah

1423012

13.7 %

Qassim

405198

3.9 %

Makkah

341766

3.3 %

Aseer

292541

2.8 %

Madinah

264017

2.5 %

Jubail

261139

2.5 %

Al-Ahsa

165250

1.6 %

Jazan

162270

1.6 %

Taif

153076

1.5 %

Hail

133896

1.3 %

Najran

127142

1.2 %

Al-Kharj

125147

1.2 %

Tabuk

116155

1.1 %

Yanbu

86320

0.8 %

Hafr Al-Batin

85923

0.8 %

Al-Jouf

69631

0.7 %

Dawadmi

52271

0.5 %

Northern Borders

50018

0.5 %

Al Baha

43212

0.4 %

Bisha

39702

0.4 %

Total

10416782

100.0 %

 

The services sector accounted for 47.9% of the total subscribers in Q1 2023 with about five million employees, followed by the basic engineering industry, which represented 21.9%, or 2.3 million workers.

 

The following table shows the number of employees subscribed to the social insurance by occupations in Q1 2023:

 

Number of Insured Employees by Occupation

Activity

Number

Percentage to Total

Services

4990516

47.9 %

Basic engineering

2279361

21.9 %

Technicians in scientific, technical and humanity subject

778307

7.5 %

Specialists in scientific, technical and humanity subject

619475

5.9 %

Clerical occupations

578952

5.6 %

Sales occupations

485249

4.7 %

Managers and business managers

250263

2.4 %

Industrial/chemical processes and food industries

236169

2.3 %

Agriculture, hunting and animal husbandry

101888

1.0 %

Other occupations

96602

0.9 %

Total

10416782

100.0 %

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