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Saudi Arabia Nitaqat band and workforce calculator

Choose the entity’s economic activity and year to calculate its Nitaqat band, each band threshold and additional Saudi hires. The threshold is calculated here from the Ministry’s published coefficients.

MHRSD 2026 guide; 2026–2028 activity coefficientsSaudi Arabia — ordinary full-count entity with at least six staffReviewed 15 October 2026

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Only full-count Saudi and ordinary non-Saudi employees?No half-count, student, disability-multiplier or reduced-count categories.

Saudi contracts documented on Qiwa and all full-count conditions met?Includes at least SAR 4,000 registered wage. Electronic Qiwa documentation is required from 15 April 2026.

Nitaqat economic activity

Coefficient year

Qualified full-count Saudi employees

Ordinary non-Saudi employees

Hiring target band

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How this calculation works

For each band, minimum percentage = m × natural logarithm(total employees) + b, using the selected activity and year from annex 1. Compare Saudi employees / total × 100 with the unrounded thresholds. For hiring, solve again at each candidate expanded headcount and find the smallest whole number of qualified Saudi hires. Replacements keep the total unchanged.

Worked example

128 of 400 employees gives 32%. Manufacturing thresholds from m × ln(400) + b are 25.145660%, 33.074039%, 36.432246% and 42.332246%, so the estimated band is Low Green. Seven additional Saudis reach Medium Green after recalculating the threshold for 407 employees.

Example result: Low Green

Hiring changes the required percentage as well as the workforce

The Ministry uses a logarithmic curve for each activity and band. Adding Saudi employees therefore changes both the Saudization percentage and the required threshold. The calculation finds the first whole-number hire count which meets the recalculated threshold.

The Ministry’s coefficients determine the band

All 42 activity rows are included for 2026, 2027 and 2028. Full precision is used in comparisons. Qiwa remains authoritative for actual registered counts, averaging rules, classification and separate profession requirements.

How the published manufacturing example is handled

The guide prints 37.93% for High Green with 400 employees, while the formula and annex numbers give 2.08 × ln(400) + 23.97 = 36.432246%. The calculator consistently uses the formula and annex. The other three thresholds in that example agree after rounding.

Assumptions and rounding

All employees count as one and Saudi employment satisfies wage and Qiwa-contract conditions.
Entity counts combine all branches within the same economic activity.

Questions about this calculator

Do I need to know the target percentage?

No. Select the economic activity, year and target band; the tool calculates the threshold.

Can I enter employees with half credits?

No. This version supports full-count employees only. Use the official Qiwa calculation for special categories and historical counts.

Why can the result differ from Qiwa?

Official registered employee records, counting weights, history and activity assignment can differ from the entered standard-workforce scenario.