Saudi women added to the formal workforce
From ~600,000 in 2017 to ~4 million today — a sixfold absolute rise
محور Thriving Economy2 مصدراًآخر تحقّق 2026-05-18
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المؤشّر الرئيسي
Saudi women added to the formal workforce
~3.4M
2017 → 2025From ~600,000 in 2017 to ~4 million today — a sixfold absolute rise
من بين الناشرين: GASTAT
القصّة
قبل
In 2017, roughly 600,000 Saudi women were in the formal workforce — a participation rate close to 17%.
المبادرة
A package of reforms — legal mobility, expanded sector access, and the Qurrah childcare subsidy — opened formal employment to Saudi women at scale.
النتيجة
By 2025, the count had risen to roughly 4 million Saudi women in the formal workforce. The IMF describes the rise as among the fastest recorded globally.
للمواطنين
Millions of Saudi families now have a working mother, daughter, or sister. Household income, household ambition, and national output all rose together.
محطّات زمنيّة
2017
Pre-reform baseline: ~600K Saudi women in formal workforce
2019
Driving and guardianship reforms; sectoral access broadened
2025
Saudi women in formal workforce reaches ~4M
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340,000
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70%
المبادرة: Vision 2030 female workforce participation reforms; Qurrah childcare subsidy; legal reforms (driving, mobility, guardianship). فئة الأثر على المواطن: Jobs & livelihoods.