Table. 1 Projected Supply and Demand for Physicians and Nurses
Cadre | Total Supply | Saudi Supplya | Overall Labor Market Demand | Public Sector Demand | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Density | Number | Density | Number | Density | Number | Density | |
Physicians | ||||||||
  2020 | 92,642 | 2.66 | 19,563 | 0.56 | 104,145 | 2.99 | 61,533 | 1.77 |
2030 | 138,635 | 3.53 | 34,914 | 0.89 | 120,099 | 3.05 | 70,368 | 1.79 |
Nurses | ||||||||
2020 | 177,556 | 5.10 | 20,744 | 0.60 | 203,040 | 5.83 | 145,004 | 4.17 |
  2030 | 260,719 | 6.63 | 33,705 | 0.86 | 236,415 | 6.01 | 166,184 | 4.23 |
Physicians + Nurses | ||||||||
 2020 | 270,198 | 7.76 | 40,307 | 1.16 | 307,185 | 8.82 | 206,537 | 5.95 |
2030 | 399,354 | 10.16 | 68,619 | 1.75 | 356,514 | 9.06 | 236,552 | 6.02 |