Pensioners in Saudi Arabia rose 7% in 2017

24/09/2018 Argaam Special

 

Saudi Arabia's Public Pension Agency (PPA) said in its annual report the total count of retirees increased by 53,900 persons, or 7 percent year-on-year (YoY) to 835,700 in 2017.

 

The total alive pensioners rose by 8 percent YoY to 614,900 last year. Deceased pensioners increased by 4 percent YoY to 220,900 in the same period.

 

Accumulated Number of Pensioners (‘000)

Year

Number of pensioners

Variation

Alive

Deceased

Total

Number

%

2008

278.2

131.6

409.8

31.8

+8%

2009

303.9

140.1

443.9

34.1

+8%

2010

332.1

148.9

481.0

37.1

+8%

2011

357.4

158.0

515.4

34.5

+7%

2012

387.1

168.0

555.1

39.6

+7%

2013

426.9

178.3

605.2

50.1

+9%

2014

473.0

189.1

662.1

56.9

+9%

2015

517.0

201.1

718.0

55.9

+8%

2016

568.5

213.3

781.8

63.7

+9%

2017

614.9

220.9

835.7

53.9

+7%

 

Total payouts – regular and one-time payments – stood at SAR 694.9 billion at the end of 2017. Total disbursements grew by 3 percent YoY to SAR 67.8 billion in 2017.

 

Amounts Paid to Pensioners and One-Payment Beneficiaries (SAR bln)

Year

Total amount paid

Y-o-Y variation (value)

Y-o-Y variation (%)

2012  and before

410.8

44.6

+16%

2013

456.1

45.3

+2%

2014

506.3

50.1

+11%

2015

561.2

54.9

+10%

2016

627.1

65.9

+20%

2017

694.9

67.8

+3%

 

Male pensioners accounted for 89 percent of total beneficiaries in 2017, reaching 746,600 – a YoY rise of 6 percent.

 

Female pensioners jumped 16 percent YoY to 89,100, representing 11 percent of total beneficiaries.

 

Number of Pensioners By Gender (‘000)

Year

Number of pensioners

Total

 

Variation

Male

Female

Number

Ratio %

Number

Ratio %

Male

Female

2008

387.3

95 %

22.4

5 %

409.8

29.0

2.8

2009

418.0

94 %

25.9

6 %

443.9

31.0

3.4

2010

450.9

94 %

30.1

6 %

481.0

32.9

4.2

2011

480.6

93 %

34.9

7 %

515.4

29.7

4.8

2012

513.9

93 %

41.1

7 %

555.1

33.4

6.2

2013

557.6

92 %

47.6

8%

605.2

43.6

6.5

2014

606.4

92 %

55.7

8 %

662.1

48.8

8.0

2015

653.4

91 %

64.7

9%

718.0

47.0

8.9

2016

704.7

90 %

77.1

 10%

781.8

51.3

12.5

2017

746.6

89 %

89.1

11%

835.7

42.0

12.0

                 

Riyadh had the largest number of pensioners in 2017 with 215,300, or 26 percent of total pensioners across the Kingdom. Makkah came second with 197,000 pensioners, or 24 percent of total beneficiaries.

 

Number of Pensioners by Administrative District (‘000)

District

Number of retirees

Variation

Ratio of 2017 (%)

2016

2017

Number

%

Riyadh

201.2

215.3

+14.0 

+7%

 26%

Makkah

184.2

197.0

+12.8 

+7%

 24%

Eastern Province

79.1

85.0

+5.9 

+8%

 10%

Aseer

78.8

83.9

+5.0 

+6%

 6%

Medina

46.9

50.6

+3.7 

+8%

 6%

Jazan

44.7

47.6

+2.9

+6%

 6%

Qassim

40.1

43.1

+3.0 

+7%

 5%

Tabuk

28.7

30.4

+1.7 

+6%

 4%

Hail

21.2

22.5

+1.3 

+6%

 3%

Al Baha

17.8

19.3

+1.4 

+8%

2%

Al Jouf

16.1

17.0

+0.9 

+6%

2%

Najran

12.3

13.0

+0.8 

+6%

2%

Northern Boarders

10.6

11.1

+0.5

+5%

2%

Total

781.8

835.7

+54.0 

+7%

100%

 

The age group between 50 and 54 years represented 25 percent of total pensioners. Pensioners between 45 and 49 years made up for 20 percent of total beneficiaries, with the 60-64 age group accounting for 19 percent.

 

The two age groups between 50 and 59 years witnessed the biggest increase in the number of pensioners at 10 percent. Pensioners between 60 and 64 years followed with a rise of 7 percent, the report added.

 

Number of Pensioners by Age Group (‘000)

Age Group

Number of pensioners

Variation

Ratio of 2017 (%)

2016

2017

Number

%

Less than 35

59.8

61.4

+1.5 

+3%

 7%

35-39

38.5

39.9

+1.4 

+4%

 5%

40-44

93.9

97.9

+4.0 

+4%

 12%

45-49

160.2

170.3

+10.1 

+6%

 20%

50-54

186.2

205.3

+19.1 

+10%

 25%

55-59

70.5

77.7

+7.2 

+10%

 9%

60-64

151.8

162.1

+10.2 

+7%

 19%

Above 64

20.8

21.2

+0.4 

+2%

 3%

Total

781.8

835.7

+53.9 

+7%

100%

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