Healthcare jobs held by Saudis to top 171,000 by 2027: report

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:

Healthcare Jobs in Saudi Arabia (2017-2027)
Specialty	2017			2027
Specialty	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.

Number of dentists in Saudi Arabia by nationality
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.

Number of medical doctors in Saudi Arabia by nationality
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.

Number of Pharmacists by nationality
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.

Number of Nurses by nationality
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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