🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Healthcare
How the Saudi Arabia healthcare system works — public vs private care, eligibility, and costs for residents and visitors.
Saudi Arabia provides public healthcare through the Ministry of Health and a growing private sector. Citizens use public facilities extensively, while non-Saudi workers generally rely on mandatory cooperative health insurance for private and employer-linked care.
- The Ministry of Health is the main public-health authority.
- Mandatory insurance is central for non-Saudis using private healthcare.
- Emergency and public-health rules should be checked through MOH channels.
Official authorities
- National Platform — Healthcare
Official healthcare overview.
- Ministry of Health
Public-health authority.
Official-information aggregation, not legal advice. Always verify on the authority's own site.
Government portals
- Saudi National Portal (my.gov.sa) — Saudi government services portal
- Absher (Ministry of Interior) — Residency (Iqama), visas, and entry/exit services
- Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA) — VAT, zakat, and customs
- Ministry of Investment (MISA) — Foreign-investment licensing (formerly SAGIA)