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Nitaqat Saudization Thresholds — Coal & Lignite Mining

Four-band Nitaqat thresholds for the Coal & Lignite Mining sector by headcount

Last updated: 2026-05-01

How Nitaqat works for Coal & Lignite Mining

This sector uses the Nitaqat Mutawar logarithmic formula:

Required % = MAX(0, m × ln(total_headcount) + c)

Boundarymc
Red upper1.680815.9918
Low Green upper1.869716.9967
Mid Green upper2.080318.9932
High Green upper6.000522.9927
Red upper1.680517.9928
Low Green upper1.869918.9961
Mid Green upper2.080020.9945
High Green upper6.000124.9944

Band thresholds by company headcount

Required Saudization percentages by entity size

HeadcountRedLow GreenMid GreenHigh Green
1021.9%23.3%25.8%38.8%
2523.4%25.0%27.7%44.3%
5024.6%26.3%29.1%48.5%
10025.7%27.6%30.6%52.6%
20026.9%28.9%32.0%56.8%
50028.4%30.6%33.9%62.3%
1,00029.6%31.9%35.4%66.4%

Thresholds change logarithmically with headcount — use the free calculator for exact results.

Sectors in this group (7 activities)

All ISIC4 codes in this activity group share the same Nitaqat formula parameters.

ISIC CodeActivity Name
51001Coal mining
51002Coal cleaning, crushing, scaling and compressing
52001Lignite cleaning, drying and crushing
81002Gypsum and anhydrite mining
89200Extraction of peat (a kind of coal consisting of decomposed plants under the ground)
89300Salt extraction
89901Mining and quarrying to obtain asphalt, bitumen and natural bitumen

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