Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — The Ministry of Human Assets and Social Improvement acknowledged that Saudization packages and assist supplied to the personal sector have resulted in producing jobs for a file variety of Saudis on this sector, reaching 2.48 million Saudi women and men.
The ministry stated that the Human Assets Improvement Fund (HADAF) supported this progress by using 143,000 Saudi residents through the first quarter of 2025, whereas the cash spent on coaching, empowerment, and steering packages amounted to roughly SR1.83 billion.
The ministry indicated that the unemployment charge amongst Saudis dropped to its lowest degree, for the reason that starting of statistical monitoring, reaching 6.3 %, and this displays the cumulative affect of nationwide packages and initiatives geared toward creating the labor market and empowering nationwide cadres.
The ministry famous that this progress is a continuation of the event path the Kingdom is witnessing in varied fields. It beforehand exceeded the 7 % goal of the Kingdom’s Imaginative and prescient 2030, six years early, and is confidently shifting in direction of the brand new 5 % goal, in gentle of the directives and updates not too long ago introduced.
The ministry famous the file ranges of Saudi girls’s participation within the labor market, with their unemployment charge falling to 10.5 %—a historic low—in comparison with 11.9 % within the fourth quarter of 2024, representing an annual lower of three.7 share factors in comparison with the identical interval final yr. This confirms the affect of packages and initiatives that embody girls’s financial empowerment, offering a stimulating and protected work atmosphere, and enhancing their capability to successfully contribute to nationwide progress.
The ministry added that these outcomes embody the affect of the Nationwide Labor Market Technique, adopted by the Ministry of Human Assets and Social Improvement, which goals to develop insurance policies and rules, empower the nationwide workforce, and strengthen partnerships with the personal sector and related entities.