Lists this hospital appears on
- Position as printed20 Newsweek and Statista, World's Best Hospitals 2026: Saudi Arabia (opens the publisher’s list in a new tab) Statista scored hospitals within each country on hospital quality metrics (40 per cent), peer recommendations from an online survey of medical experts (30 per cent national, 5 per cent international), patient experience data (18.5 per cent) and its PROMs Implementation Survey (6.5 per cent), and lists specialised hospitals separately without a rank.
The Healthcare Daily does not rank hospitals. Positions are the publishers’ own.
About the hospital
King Abdulaziz Hospital in Jeddah is a Ministry of Health (MOH) hospital. During an inspection by the health minister in September 2015, reported by MOH, the hospital’s general supervisor presented achievements over the 25 years since its foundation, including accreditation from the Saudi Central Board of Accreditation for Healthcare Institutions (CBAHI), Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation, and Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCHS) accreditation for fellowship training programmes.
In the same report MOH said the hospital was prepared to receive Hajj cases from the Holy Sites and from Jeddah’s land, air and maritime entry points, and had a helipad ready for air ambulances. According to Jeddah Health Affairs, the hospital served 32,679 patients in the first quarter of 2022, including 27,308 outpatients and 3,169 users of virtual clinics.
Facts
- Accreditation
- Saudi Central Board of Accreditation for Healthcare Institutions (CBAHI) accreditation (cited by MOH, 20 September 2015); Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation (cited by MOH, 20 September 2015)
- Name on the Newsweek list
- MOH - King Abdulaziz Hospital
- Training accreditation
- SCHS accreditation for fellowship programmes (MOH, 2015)
- Patients served, Q1 2022
- 32,679, including 27,308 outpatients (Jeddah Health Affairs)
- Hajj role
- Receives cases from the Holy Sites and Jeddah's entry points during Hajj (MOH, 2015)
- Helipad
- Yes, for air ambulances (MOH, 2015)
Questions readers ask
Who runs King Abdulaziz Hospital in Jeddah?
The Ministry of Health runs the hospital.
When was King Abdulaziz Hospital in Jeddah founded?
MOH said in September 2015 that 25 years had passed since its foundation; an exact year was not stated.
Where is King Abdulaziz Hospital?
In Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Sources
Facts are taken from the pages listed below, and list positions from each publisher’s own list. Profile last checked 17 October 2026.
The Listed 100. Hospital profiles are compiled by the desk from the hospital’s own pages and the named lists. A listing does not buy coverage.