Riyadh: Minister of Human Resources and Social Development Eng. Ahmed Al-Rajhi announced that the ministry will issue localization decisions in 11 new sectors before the end of the year 2022. The remakes were made during the Minister's meeting with businessmen and businesswomen at the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Riyadh.
These sectors include professions in project management; procurement; food and drug, Minister said.
Al-Rajhi added that the decisions to localize sectors and professions have contributed to an increase in the number of Saudis working in the private sector to more than 2.13 million. This has also brought down the unemployment rate of Saudis to 9.7 percent as well as increased the rate of women's economic participation to 35.6 percent.