The Saudi Commission for Health Specialties projected a significant increase in healthcare jobs occupied by Saudi citizens to 171,700 jobs by 2027 from 74,900 in 2017, the commission’s report on labor market trend indicated.
Meanwhile, over 257,000 jobs will be occupied by expatriate professionals by 2027, the report showed.
The table below shows the report’s projections classified by specialty and nationality:
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Healthcare Jobs in Saudi Arabia (2017-2027) |
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|
Specialty |
2017 |
2027 |
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|
Saudi professionals |
Non-Saudi |
Saudization (%) |
Saudi professionals |
Non-Saudi |
Saudization (%) |
|
|
Human medicine |
25,249 |
68,717 |
27% |
50,810 |
33,977 |
60 % |
|
Dentistry |
6,394 |
9,729 |
40% |
21,800 |
388 |
98 % |
|
Pharmaceutical medicine |
8,273 |
20,817 |
28% |
26,697 |
9,440 |
74 % |
|
Nursing |
13,862 |
106,691 |
11% |
26,222 |
185,722 |
12 % |
|
Medical sciences* |
21,159 |
5,748 |
79 % |
46,159 |
27,525 |
63 % |
|
Total |
74,937 |
211,702 |
-- |
171,688 |
257,052 |
-- |
* Includes optics, physiotherapy and rehabilitation, clinical nutrition, radiology technology and medical laboratories.
Remarkably, the Saudization rate in the dentistry sector is set to reach 98 percent with Saudi professionals expected to hold up to 21,800 jobs by 2027 versus 7,268 in the base year of 2017.
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Number of dentists in Saudi Arabia by nationality |
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Year |
Saudi |
Non-Saudi |
Saudization (%) |
|
2018 |
7,268 |
7,053 |
51% |
|
2019 |
7,924 |
5,113 |
61 % |
|
2020 |
8,795 |
3,706 |
70% |
|
2021 |
9,603 |
2,686 |
78 % |
|
2022 |
10,260 |
1,947 |
84 % |
|
2023 |
12,568 |
1,411 |
90% |
|
2024 |
14,876 |
1,022 |
94 % |
|
2025 |
17,184 |
740 |
96 % |
|
2026 |
19,492 |
536 |
97 % |
|
2027 |
21,800 |
388 |
98% |
The number of Saudi physicians is set to reach 50,800 in the next decade with a nationalization percentage of 60 percent.
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Number of medical doctors in Saudi Arabia by nationality |
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|
Year |
Saudi |
Non-Saudi |
Saudization (%) |
|
2018 |
25,310 |
64,044 |
28 % |
|
2019 |
25,137 |
59,689 |
30 % |
|
2020 |
25,318 |
55,630 |
31 % |
|
2021 |
26,024 |
51,847 |
33 % |
|
2022 |
26,465 |
48,321 |
35 % |
|
2023 |
31,334 |
45,035 |
41 % |
|
2024 |
36,203 |
41,972 |
46 % |
|
2025 |
41,072 |
39,117 |
51 % |
|
2026 |
45,941 |
36,457 |
56 % |
|
2027 |
50,810 |
33,977 |
60 % |
The report also shows that the number of Saudi pharmacists will reach 26,700 in ten years, versus 9.440 foreign pharmacists, with a nationalization rate of 74 percent.
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Number of Pharmacists by nationality |
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|
Year |
Saudi |
Non-Saudi |
Saudization (%) |
|
2018 |
8,209 |
19,234 |
30 % |
|
2019 |
9,118 |
17,772 |
34 % |
|
2020 |
10,102 |
16,421 |
38 % |
|
2021 |
11,230 |
15,173 |
43 % |
|
2022 |
12,292 |
14,019 |
47 % |
|
2023 |
15,173 |
12,953 |
54 % |
|
2024 |
18,054 |
11,968 |
60 % |
|
2025 |
20,935 |
11,058 |
65 % |
|
2026 |
23,816 |
10,217 |
70 % |
|
2027 |
26,697 |
9,440 |
74 % |
Nursing jobs will see the lowest nationalization rates of 12 percent by 2027, with 26,200 Saudi nurses, compared to 185,700 expat nurses.
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Number of Nurses by nationality |
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|
Year |
Saudi |
Non-Saudi |
Saudization rate |
|
2018 |
12,607 |
112,772 |
10 % |
|
2019 |
11,647 |
119,200 |
9 % |
|
2020 |
10,864 |
125,994 |
8 % |
|
2021 |
10,686 |
133,175 |
7 % |
|
2022 |
9,972 |
140,765 |
7 % |
|
2023 |
13,222 |
148,788 |
8 % |
|
2024 |
16,472 |
157,268 |
9 % |
|
2025 |
19,722 |
166,232 |
11 % |
|
2026 |
22,972 |
175,707 |
12 % |
|
2027 |
26,222 |
185,722 |
12 % |
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