{
  "slug": "mena-hrtech",
  "name": "MENA HR & Talent Tech",
  "updated": "2026-09-22",
  "page": "https://godofstartups.com/atlas/markets/mena-hrtech",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "facts": [
    {
      "metric": "Year-over-year growth in workers registered with Saudi social insurance",
      "value": "8.97",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "SA",
      "period": "2026-Q1",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.stats.gov.sa/documents/20117/2435273/Register-based+Labour+Market+Statistics-+Q1+2026+EN+%281%29.xlsx/dbf31cd0-2a92-cdcb-7e4e-d43991193fa6?t=1782807287661"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Unemployed Saudis willing to accept a job offer in the private sector",
      "value": "95.9",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "SA",
      "period": "2025-Q4",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.stats.gov.sa/documents/d/guest/lms-q4_2025_pr_en-press-release-1-pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Direct application to employers as job-search method used by unemployed Saudis",
      "value": "74.1",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "SA",
      "period": "2025-Q4",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.stats.gov.sa/documents/20117/2435273/LMS+Q2_2025_EN.pdf/c596f7f3-bfce-007a-b0ed-83792da1654f?t=1759133628117"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Total unemployment rate, Saudis and non-Saudis (Q4 2025)",
      "value": "3.5",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "Saudi Arabia",
      "period": "2025-Q4",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.stats.gov.sa/documents/d/guest/lms-q4_2025_pr_en-press-release-1-pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Saudi nationals unemployment rate",
      "value": "7.2",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "SA",
      "period": "2025-Q4",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.stats.gov.sa/documents/d/guest/lms-q4_2025_pr_en-press-release-1-pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Saudi female unemployment rate",
      "value": "12.1",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "SA",
      "period": "2025-Q3",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/w/news/146"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Employed Saudi females rate, 5-year change to Q3 2025",
      "value": "29.7",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "Saudi Arabia",
      "period": "2025-Q3",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/w/news/146"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Saudi females labour force participation rate",
      "value": "36.3",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "SA",
      "period": "2025-Q1",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/w/news/56"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Unemployment, youth total (% of labor force ages 15-24)",
      "value": "18.29",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "EG",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.1524.ZS?locations=EG"
    },
    {
      "metric": "GDP per capita (current US$)",
      "value": "34536",
      "unit": "current USD",
      "geo": "SA",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD?locations=SA"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Youth not in employment, education or training (NEET), Saudi Arabia",
      "value": "16.39",
      "unit": "percent of youth population",
      "geo": "SA",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.NEET.ZS?locations=SA"
    },
    {
      "metric": "GDP per person employed (constant 2021 PPP $)",
      "value": "130783",
      "unit": "constant 2021 PPP USD",
      "geo": "SA",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.GDP.PCAP.EM.KD?locations=SA"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Labor force, total",
      "value": "36106369",
      "unit": "persons",
      "geo": "EG",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.TLF.TOTL.IN?locations=EG"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Unemployment, youth total (% of labor force ages 15-24), modeled ILO estimate",
      "value": "10.01",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "SA",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.1524.ZS?locations=SA"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Individuals using the Internet (% of population)",
      "value": "100",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "SA",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IT.NET.USER.ZS?locations=SA"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Unemployment with advanced education, Egypt",
      "value": "13.24",
      "unit": "percent of labor force with advanced edu",
      "geo": "EG",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.ADVN.ZS?locations=EG"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Youth unemployment, total (age 15-24, modeled ILO), Saudi Arabia",
      "value": "11.502",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "SA",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://data.worldbank.org"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Labor force participation rate, total (ages 15+), modeled ILO estimate",
      "value": "78.484",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "AE",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.TLF.CACT.ZS?locations=AE"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Vulnerable employment, Egypt",
      "value": "24.07",
      "unit": "percent of total employment",
      "geo": "EG",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.EMP.VULN.ZS?locations=EG"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Youth unemployment rate, ages 15-24, United Arab Emirates",
      "value": "6.4",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "AE",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/SAU;ARE;EGY;MAR;JOR;QAT/indicator/SL.UEM.1524.ZS?format=json&date=2022:2024&per_page=300"
    }
  ],
  "note": "status: ready = two or more independent sources or an official series; proxy = one source; context = macro background, not a validation figure."
}