Announcement
26 Jan 2025
In January 2025, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced the introduction of localisation requirements for certain medical and pharmacy-related, accounting, and dental professions, as well as technical engineering professions.
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Number of interventions
4
4 certainly harmful
0 likely harmful
0 liberalising
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Implementation date
27 Jul 2026
Revocation date:
No revocation date
Announced: 26 Jan 2025
Local labour requirement
On 26 January 2025, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development of Saudi Arabia announced increased labour localisation requirements for dental professions. Effective 27 July 2026, the rate...
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Implementation date
27 Oct 2025
Revocation date:
No revocation date
Announced: 26 Jan 2025
Local labour requirement
In force
On 26 January 2025, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development of Saudi Arabia announced increased labour localisation requirements for several accounting professions. The measure enters i...
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Implementation date
27 Jul 2025
Revocation date:
26 Jul 2026
Announced: 26 Jan 2025
Local labour requirement
In force
On 26 January 2025, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development of Saudi Arabia announced increased labour localisation requirements for dental professions. Specifically, the rates are rais...
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Implementation date
27 Jul 2025
Revocation date:
No revocation date
Announced: 26 Jan 2025
Local labour requirement
In force
On 26 January 2025, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development of Saudi Arabia announced increased labour localisation requirements for several medical and pharmacy-related professions as ...
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