2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Ministry of Health	Saudis	967	981	997	1,053	1,128	1,187	1,206	1,448
	Non-Saudis	481	492	501	538	533	468	483	960
	Total	1,448	1,473	1,498	1,591	1,661	1,655	1,689	2,408
Other Government Sector	Saudis	100	123	138	136	127	139	157	229
	Non-Saudis	555	579	480	463	473	460	475	693
	Total	655	702	618	599	600	599	632	922
Private Sector	Saudis	54	55	58	65	59	36	29	44
	Non-Saudis	1,424	1,764	1,932	2,248	2,374	2,381	2,647	2,765
	Total	1,478	1,819	1,990	2,313	2,433	2,417	2,676	2,809
Total	Saudis		1,159	1,193	1,254	1,314	1,362	1,392	1,721
	Non-Saudis		2,835	2,913	3,249	3,380	3,309	3,605	4,418
	Total		3,994	4,106	4,503	4,694	4,671	4,997	6,139

Source: Ministry of Health, Statistical Yearbooks, given years

1. Characteristics of data

These data are employment counts of health personnel working in various sectors (MoH, other governmental, private) as recorded in administrative workforce data.
Data on healthcare establishments and workforce are based on administrative records from multiple official sources, including:
Ministry of Health (MoH); Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCFHS- the official regulatory/licensing body responsible for accrediting
and licensing health professionals to practice in Saudi Arabia); Other governmental entities (e.g., Ministry of Defense, National Guard, Ministry of Interior).

2. Institution which provides data 

Ministry of Health
https://www.moh.gov.sa/en/pages/default.aspx

3. Data availability

MoH’s Annual Statistical Yearbooks are available in the Ministry’s website Open Data Portal, in PDF and Excel formats
https://www.moh.gov.sa/en/Ministry/OpenData/Pages/default.aspx
Open Data Library:
https://www.moh.gov.sa/en/ministry/opendata/pages/open-data-library.aspx

Annual Statistical Yearbooks:
https://www.moh.gov.sa/en/ministry/statistics/book/pages/default.aspx
https://www.moh.gov.sa/ministry/statistics/book/pages/default.aspx

Data on health personnels are published in the “Health Resources” chapter

A processing of the Ministry of Health data is published annually by GAStat since 2023:
(“social statistics”, then “Health Statistics”, then “Healthcare Establishments and Workforce Statistics”)
https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/statistics-tabs?tab=436312&category=2968800

Last date of access: 26 January 2026.

Keywords: Employment, Saudi Arabia, National & Foreign Labour, Highly-Skilled Labour

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