Saudi social insurance subscribers reach 10.7 mln in Q3 2023: GOSI

19/11/2023 Argaam Special
Logo of General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI)

Logo of General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI)


Saudi Arabia’s General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI) said a total of 10.69 million public and private sector employees were registered in the social insurance scheme by the end of Q3 2023, an increase of almost 2% from 10.5 million in Q2 2023, 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%

Q2 2023

519401

+2%

9975685

+1%

10495086

+1%

Q3 2023

536652

+3%

10151100

+2%

10687752

+2%

 

Social insurance subscribers working in the private sector reached 10.15 million by the end of Q3 2023, a 2% increase from 9.98 million subscribers in Q2 2023.

 

Insured citizens, who account for 22.4% of the total private sector subscribers, increased by about 47,500 to 2.27 million in Q3 2023, compared to Q2 2023.

 

The number of insured expatriate workers in the private sector surged by roughly 127,900 quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) to 7.88 million in Q3 2023. They account for 77.6% of the Kingdom’s total subscribers.

 

The following table demonstrates the private sector’s social insurance subscribers by Q3-end:

 

Number of Insured Private Sector Employees (mln)

Nationality

Q2 2023

Q3 2023

Change

Percentage to total (%)

Non-Saudi

7.75

7.88

+2.1%

77.6 %

Saudi

2.23

2.27

+1.7%

22.4 %

Total

9.98

10.15

+1.8%

100 %

 

Regional distribution shows that Riyadh accounted for the largest number of insured workers with nearly 4.47 million, or around 44% of total subscribers.

 

The following table shows the number of employees subscribed to the social insurance by region in Q3 2023:

 

Number of Insured Employees by Region

Office

Number

Percentage to Total

Riyadh

4473993

44.1%

Eastern Province

1485092

14.6%

Makkah/Jeddah

1398890

13.8%

Qassim

380490

3.7%

Makkah

336108

3.3%

Aseer

271528

2.7%

Al Jubail

254684

2.5%

Madinah

253918

2.5%

Al-Ahsa

154328

1.5%

Jazan

152351

1.5%

Taif

137171

1.4%

Hail

126743

1.2%

Najran

118196

1.2%

Al-Kharj

116090

1.1%

Tabuk

105465

1.0%

Yanbu

81113

0.8%

Hafr Al-Batin

74649

0.7%

Al-Jouf

63539

0.6%

Dawadmi

47527

0.5%

Northern Borders

45936

0.5%

Al Baha

39433

0.4%

Bisha

33856

0.3%

Total

10151100

100.0%

 

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