{
  "slug": "mena-healthtech",
  "name": "MENA Healthtech",
  "updated": "2026-11-02",
  "page": "https://godofstartups.com/atlas/markets/mena-healthtech",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
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      "metric": "Weekly POS sales value, Pharmacies & Medical Supplies, Saudi Arabia",
      "value": "209,411",
      "unit": "SAR thousand",
      "geo": "SA",
      "period": "2026-W38 (13 Sep-19 Sep 2026)",
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      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.sama.gov.sa/en-US/Statistics/Indices/POS_EN/Weekly_Points_of_Sale_Transactions_Report_03_Oct_2026.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Health insurance gross written premiums growth y/y, UAE",
      "value": "30.7",
      "unit": "percent y/y",
      "geo": "AE",
      "period": "2024-H1",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.wam.ae/en/article/b5d5d0k-gross-written-premiums-increased-312-y-o-y-2024"
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    {
      "metric": "Private-sector hospitals, Saudi Arabia",
      "value": "166",
      "unit": "hospitals",
      "geo": "SA",
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      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.moh.gov.sa/en/Ministry/Statistics/book/Documents/Statistical-Yearbook-2024.xlsx"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Average price: Analysis of Blood Oxygen Levels in a Private Medical Laboratory, urban Egypt",
      "value": "201.71",
      "unit": "EGP",
      "geo": "EG",
      "period": "2023",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.capmas.gov.eg:8080/api/Indicator/IndicatorFilter?IndicatorId=3606&SubSubjectId=13"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Completed virtual appointments at MoH primary health care centres, Saudi Arabia",
      "value": "2,831,804",
      "unit": "appointments",
      "geo": "SA",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.moh.gov.sa/en/Ministry/Statistics/book/Documents/Statistical-Yearbook-2024.xlsx"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Population aged 65 and above, share of total population",
      "value": "3.17",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "KW",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/SA;AE;EG;MA;QA;KW;JO;OM;BH/indicator/SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS?format=json&per_page=5000&mrv=4"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Domestic private health expenditure per capita",
      "value": "405.82",
      "unit": "current USD",
      "geo": "SA",
      "period": "2023",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/SA;AE;QA;KW;BH;OM;EG;JO;MA;TN;LB;IQ;DZ/indicator/SH.XPD.PVTD.PC.CD?format=json&per_page=5000&mrv=3"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Mean medication cost reduction per elderly patient from pharmacist intervention, WhatsApp-trained arm (study uae_pharm_whatsapp)",
      "value": "31.3",
      "unit": "USD per patient",
      "geo": "AE",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39436887/"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Number of digital healthcare services offered through the Sehhaty app, Saudi Arabia",
      "value": "49",
      "unit": "services",
      "geo": "SA",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.vision2030.gov.sa/media/h0yb5d03/health-sector-transformation-report-2024.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Healthcare services revenue growth year on year, Nahdi Medical",
      "value": "36.9",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "SA",
      "period": "2026-Q2",
      "tier": 3,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://enterpriseam.com/ksa/2026/08/02/nahdis-earnings-slip-on-growth-spending-while-bawan-and-sal-climb/"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Adults exposed to second-hand smoke in indoor public places, Saudi Arabia",
      "value": "23.1",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "SA",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.stats.gov.sa/sites/default/files/Health%20Determinants%20Statistics%20Publication%202024%20AR.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Hospital beds per 1,000 people",
      "value": "1.41",
      "unit": "beds per 1",
      "geo": "JO",
      "period": "2023",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/SA;AE;EG;MA;QA;KW;JO;OM;BH/indicator/SH.MED.BEDS.ZS?format=json&per_page=5000&mrv=5"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Drug-related problems identified by pharmacists without training (control) (study uae_pharm_whatsapp)",
      "value": "2.0",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "AE",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39436887/"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Vulnerable people outside Phase I governorates receiving temporary finan … n against high OOP health costs (PTES), Egypt",
      "value": "300,219",
      "unit": "persons",
      "geo": "EG",
      "period": "2025-06",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/099012026103018935/pdf/P172426-5d300bca-e9ba-42f9-8b17-fd8cf5ad6fe9.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Employee compensation paid by all SME (1-249 employees) health and social work establishments, Saudi Arabia",
      "value": "10,949,071",
      "unit": "SAR thousand",
      "geo": "SA",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.stats.gov.sa/documents/20117/2435267/Small_and_Medium_Enterprises_Statistics_2024_%281%29.xlsx_fixed_10243456/9983f9f4-b362-062f-78e5-35e3924361ef?t=1766944881312"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Female share of people enrolled in Universal Health Insurance, Phase I governorates, Egypt",
      "value": "48.75",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "EG",
      "period": "2025-06",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/099012026103018935/pdf/P172426-5d300bca-e9ba-42f9-8b17-fd8cf5ad6fe9.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Individuals using the Internet, share of population",
      "value": "100",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "KW",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/SA;AE;EG;MA;QA;KW;JO;OM;BH/indicator/IT.NET.USER.ZS?format=json&per_page=5000&mrv=4"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Workers in human health and social work activities under social insurance (GOSI), Hail region",
      "value": "8714",
      "unit": "persons",
      "geo": "SA",
      "period": "2026-Q2",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.stats.gov.sa/documents/20117/2435273/Register-based+Labour+Market+Statistics-+Q2+2026+EN.xlsx/fbbb6b2c-5d38-ae17-3cab-a54c3df75356"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Healthtech startup funding raised, Egypt",
      "value": "7.9",
      "unit": "USD million",
      "geo": "EG",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 3,
      "status": "proxy",
      "url": "https://www.wamda.com/research/pdf/2025-year-review-investments-mena"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Six-month dropout in child ADHD tele-collaborative care vs 80% in standard care (study dubai_tele_adhd)",
      "value": "50",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "AE",
      "period": "2023",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37776136/"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Primary care visits per enrollee per year, Universal Health Insurance, Phase I governorates, Egypt",
      "value": "2.16",
      "unit": "visits per person per year",
      "geo": "EG",
      "period": "2025-06",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/099012026103018935/pdf/P172426-5d300bca-e9ba-42f9-8b17-fd8cf5ad6fe9.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Share of UHIA-contracted public healthcare providers accredited by GAHAR, Egypt",
      "value": "67.93",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "EG",
      "period": "2025-06",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/099012026103018935/pdf/P172426-5d300bca-e9ba-42f9-8b17-fd8cf5ad6fe9.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Public healthcare providers contracted by Universal Health Insurance Authority, Egypt",
      "value": "290",
      "unit": "provider entities",
      "geo": "EG",
      "period": "2024-12",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/099012026103018935/pdf/P172426-5d300bca-e9ba-42f9-8b17-fd8cf5ad6fe9.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "MoH hospitals implementing the home health care programme, Saudi Arabia",
      "value": "247",
      "unit": "hospitals",
      "geo": "SA",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.moh.gov.sa/en/Ministry/Statistics/book/Documents/Statistical-Yearbook-2024.xlsx"
    }
  ],
  "note": "status: ready = two or more independent sources or an official series; proxy = one source; context = macro background, not a validation figure."
}