The number of subscribers for Saudi Arabia’s health insurance system rose by 0.12 percent year-on-year (YoY) to 12.06 million in 2017, the annual report of the Council of Cooperative Health Insurance (CCHI) showed. 

 

The number of Saudi subscribers stood at 2.73 million last year, representing around 23 percent of the total number of subscribers, while the number of foreign subscribers totalled 9.32 million, or 77 percent.

 

Medical insurance accounted for 52 percent of the kingdom’s insurance market during the same period.

 

Number of Health Insurance Subscribers (SAR mln)

Period

Saudi

Non-Saudi

Total

Variation

2009

1.40

5.97

7.37

--

2010

1.87

6.48

8.35

+13%

2011

2.26

5.67

7.94

( 5% )

2012

2.32

5.51

7.83

( 1% )

2013

2.56

7.30

9.85

+26%

2014

2.83

6.81

9.64

( 2% )

2015

3.19

7.59

10.78

+12%

2016

2.70

9.40

12.05

+12%

2017

2.73

9.32

12.06

+0.1%

 

A total of 4,358 insurers provided medical coverage in 2017, down 1 percent YoY. A total of 4,190 insurers provided medical coverage services in the private sector, while 168 insurance companies provided services to the public sector entities.

 

A total of 1,479 insurers were located in Riyadh and 929 in the Eastern Province.

 

Licensed Healthcare Providers By Region

Region

2016

2017

Variation

Riyadh

1,588

1,479

(7%)

Eastern Province

910

929

+2%

Makkah

869

921

+6%

Medina

203

225

+11%

Aseer

246

210

(15%)

Qassim

134

129

(4%)

Tabuk

99

100

+1%

Jazan

64

90

+41%

Najran

87

71

(18%)

Hail

30

63

+110%

Al Jouf

57

59

+4%

Northern Region

67

56

(16%)

Al Baha

45

26

(42%)

Total

4,399

4,358

(1%)

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