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Provider mix, the privatization pipeline, the health-cluster model, insurance penetration, and the demand drivers operators screen first. Each figure is tagged Derived, Reported, or Estimate — see methodology.

Private operators run 31% of the Kingdom's hospitals

Hospital ownership mix · 499 hospitals (2023)

MOH Yearbook 2023
Government (MOH)289 · 58%
Private155 · 31%
Other gov. (military / university / referral)55 · 11%
Source: MOH Statistical Yearbook (hospital counts) · 2023

Private-sector & PPP opportunity

Private share of health spending

Derived

35.2%

SAR 90B of SAR 256B (2024)

Platform finance series

Vision 2030 privatization target

Reported

35%

Private share of spending by 2030 — currently ≈35.2% on the NHA basis (approaching target)

Health Sector Transformation Program

Private-sector FDI into health

Derived

SAR 19.5B

2024, up from SAR 4.5B in 2016 — derived from the investment series

Platform finance series

Health PPP pipeline (5-yr)

Reported

SAR 48.0B

100+ health-services PPP projects expected over five years (MOH / NCP)

NCP investors portal · MOH PPP programme

PPP projects underway

Reported

19

SAR 10.9B committed across live health PPPs (radiology, dialysis, primary care)

NCP investors portal · MOH

Assets slated for privatization

Reported

290 hospitals

+ ~2,300 primary health centers targeted for private operation by 2030

NCP / MOH privatization plan

~21 integrated health clusters

Reported

MOH is reorganising public delivery into ~21 integrated health clusters, each a population-based accountable-care network. This is the unit investors and operators will increasingly transact against.

Cluster-level performance KPIs (utilisation, throughput, financial sustainability) are not yet published at sufficient granularity for comparison. Until they are, regional infrastructure (below) is the best available proxy for where clusters operate.

MOH Health Sector Transformation — clusters model

Regional capacity — proxy for cluster footprint

Hospitals & beds across all 13 regions

Riyadh112
20,900 beds
Makkah93
16,200 beds
Eastern Province80
13,600 beds
Asir42
5,260 beds
Madinah33
5,100 beds
Jizan26
2,810 beds
Qassim25
3,780 beds
Hail17
2,250 beds
Najran16
1,990 beds
Tabuk15
2,940 beds
Northern Borders11
1,490 beds
Al Bahah11
1,350 beds
Al Jawf11
1,402 beds
Totals:499 hospitals80,072 beds289 government155 private2,979 PHCs
Source: MOH Statistical Yearbook (regional capacity) · 2023

Insurance penetration

Private health insurance beneficiaries

Reported

13.0M

Covered under CHI’s mandatory cooperative policy (2024)

Council of Health Insurance — Annual Report 2024

Insured share of population

Derived

36.8%

13.0M beneficiaries ÷ total population — the balance rely on public provision

Derived: CHI 2024 ÷ population

Saudi / non-Saudi split

Reported

4.4M / 8.6M

Saudi basic + dependents 4.4M; non-Saudi 8.6M (CHI 2024)

Council of Health Insurance — Annual Report 2024

Specialty demand drivers

Diabetes & endocrinology

Reported

23.1%

Adult diabetes prevalence (IDF) — a structural driver of chronic-care demand

IDF Diabetes Atlas

Cardiovascular

Reported

181/100k

CVD mortality rate — leading cause of death

WHO GHO

Oncology

Reported

89/100k

Cancer incidence — rising with ageing & screening

WHO GHO / MOH

Obesity / metabolic

Reported

40.1%

Adult obesity — drives bariatric & metabolic demand

WHO / NCD-RisC

Confidence tags — Derived: computed from the platform’s sourced series; Reported: published official figure (CHI, NCP/MOH); Estimate: approximation pending source-binding. See the methodology. Investment dashboard

Disclaimer

This platform is an independent, non-commercial data visualization project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced by the Ministry of Health of Saudi Arabia, the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT), the World Bank, the World Health Organization (WHO), or any other government body or institution.

All data presented is sourced exclusively from publicly available official publications, including MOH Statistical Yearbooks, GASTAT health statistics reports, World Bank Open Data, and WHO Global Health Observatory. Statistical figures are reproduced as-is for informational and educational purposes. No personal, patient, or individually identifiable data is collected, stored, or displayed.

While every effort has been made to ensure accuracy, the data may not reflect the most recent figures. Users should refer to the original source publications for authoritative and up-to-date statistics. This platform does not constitute medical, financial, or policy advice.

Data sources: MOH · GASTAT · World Bank · WHO · Last aggregated: May 2026

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