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All indicators of the Macroscope base for Saudi Arabia, with sources. Below: what past UN and IMF releases projected and what actually happened.

Population
33.3M
persons, 1 July, 2023
Births
546k
births per year, 2023
Total fertility rate
2.28
children per woman, 2023
International migrants, share
40.3
% of population, 2024
Internet users
100
% of population, 2024
GDP per capita, PPP
63,051
constant 2021 international $, 2025
Electricity demand per person
13,385
kWh per person a year, 2024

What the data shows

Computed with the same code as the observations under the main chart and in the API (get_insights). Moving together in time does not prove a cause.

How the indicators changed

  • Fertility (TFR): 7.58 in 1950 → 2.28 in 2023 (−70%). The trend broke around 1980 and 2006: −0.01 → −0.16 → −0.06 a year.
  • Births: 86.7k in 1950 → 546k in 2023 (×6.3). Peak: 610k in 2017; the latest value is 11% lower. The trend broke around 1972 and 1987: +4.36k → +13.5k → +5.3k a year.
  • Population: 1.7M in 1950 → 33.3M in 2023 (×20). The trend broke around 1976 and 1994: +110k → +448k → +759k a year.
  • Internet: 0% in 1990 → 100% in 2024 (+100 pp). Thresholds: above 10% since 2004, above 50% since 2012, above 90% since 2017. Fastest growth in 2012–2017: 54% → 94.2%.
  • Urban share: 31.4% in 1960 → 84.6% in 2025 (+53 pp). Thresholds: above 50% since 1971, above 75% since 1988. The trend broke around 1980 and 1990: +1.8 → +1.1 → +0.2 a year.
  • GDP per person (PPP): 65,197 PPP dollars in 1990 → 63,051 PPP dollars in 2025 (−3%). Low: 50,372 PPP dollars in 2002; +25% since then. The trend broke around 2002: direction reversed (−1,336 → +540 a year).
  • GDP growth: on average −2.5% in the 1980s, 3.2% in the 1990s, 3.8% in the 2000s, 4.2% in the 2010s, 3.7% in the 2020s. Lowest: −16.1% in 1982; highest: 12% in 2022.
  • Inflation: on average 0.3% in the 1980s, 0.7% in the 1990s, 1.7% in the 2000s, 1.9% in the 2010s, 2.5% in the 2020s. Lowest: −3.1% in 1986; highest: 6.1% in 2008.
  • Net migration: on average 15k a year in the 1950s, 17k a year in the 1960s, 73.7k a year in the 1970s, 153k a year in the 1980s, 160k a year in the 1990s, 499k a year in the 2000s, 115k a year in the 2010s, 281k a year in the 2020s.
  • Life expectancy, men: 37.8 years in 1950 → 77.1 years in 2023 (+39 years). Threshold: above 70 years since 1997. The trend broke around 1963 and 1987: +0.54 → +0.92 → +0.31 a year.

What changed at the same time

  • The fastest decline of "Fertility (TFR)" was in 1994–2004: 5.16 → 3.26. Over the same years: births 426k → 418k; population 12.8M → 19.7M; internet 0% → 10.2%; urban share 78.6% → 80.8%; GDP per person (PPP) 62,404 PPP dollars → 54,197 PPP dollars; GDP growth 1% → 8.6%; inflation 1.4% → 0.3%; net migration 160k a year → 523k a year; life expectancy, men 69.1 years → 72.6 years.
  • Over the last 10 years (2013–2023): fertility (TFR) 2.67 → 2.28; births 553k → 546k; population 28M → 33.3M; internet 60.5% → 100%; urban share 82.6% → 84.3%; GDP per person (PPP) 57,998 PPP dollars → 64,482 PPP dollars; GDP growth 2.9% → 0.5%; inflation 3.1% → 2.5%; net migration 486k a year → 326k a year; life expectancy, men 75.1 years → 77.1 years.

How the indicators relate

  • Fertility (TFR) and internet (1990–2023, 30 years): levels are strongly related, in opposite directions (r = −0.84); year-to-year changes show no reliable link (r = 0.33). This looks like a shared trend: both change over time, but not in step from year to year.
  • Fertility (TFR) and urban share (1960–2023, 64 years): levels are strongly related, in opposite directions (r = −0.83); year-to-year changes show no reliable link (r = 0.48). This looks like a shared trend: both change over time, but not in step from year to year.
  • Fertility (TFR) and GDP per person (PPP) (1990–2023, 34 years): levels are barely related (r = 0.28); year-to-year changes show no reliable link (r = 0.09).

Against other countries

  • Fertility (TFR), adjusted for income: countries with the same GDP per person (64,480 PPP dollars) typically have 1.30; here it is 2.28, higher than in 97% of countries at this income (2023, 197 countries).
  • Internet, adjusted for income: countries with the same GDP per person (63,190 PPP dollars) typically have 99%; here it is 100%, about the same as most countries at this income (2024, 177 countries).
  • Order of events: urban majority: 1971; fertility below 3: 2009; half the population online: 2012. Fertility fell below 3 after the urban share passed 50% in 69% of 111 countries where the order is known; median gap 9 years. Fertility fell below 2.1 before half the population went online in 88% of 112 countries where the order is known.

Forecasts vs actual

  • Fertility (TFR): past UN projections. The outcome was below the projection in 7 of 11 revisions (1998–2022) and above in 4; median gap −3.3%.
  • The UN 1998 projection expected today's level (2.28, 2023) only by 2030–2035: reality is at least 7 years ahead of it.
  • The UN 2017 projection expected this level (2.28) already around 2022: reality is 1 year behind it.
  • Fertility (TFR): UN 2024 projection (medium): 2050 — 1.88 (−18% vs 2023), 2100 — 1.72 (−25% vs 2023); low variant for 2100: 1.22.
  • Births: past UN projections. The outcome was below the projection in 10 of 11 revisions (1998–2022) and above in 1; median gap −10%.
  • The UN 2012 projection expected this level (546k) already around 2014: reality is 9 years behind it.
  • The UN 2019 projection expected today's level (546k, 2023) only by 2025–2030: reality is at least 2 years ahead of it.
  • Births: UN 2024 projection (medium): 2050 — 617k (+13% vs 2023), 2100 — 795k (+46% vs 2023); low variant for 2100: 404k.
  • Population: past UN projections. The outcome was below the projection in 11 of 12 revisions (1998–2022) and above in 1; median gap −7.9%.
  • The UN 1998 projection expected this level (33.3M) already around 2015: reality is 8 years behind it.
  • The UN 2017 projection expected this level (33.3M) already around 2017: reality is 6 years behind it.
  • Population: UN 2024 projection (medium): 2050 — 47.7M (+43% vs 2023), 2100 — 71M (+113% vs 2023); low variant for 2100: 53.3M.
  • Why the UN missed the population. The 1998 projection for 2023: 38.6M; the UN's 2024 estimate: 33.3M (−14%). Parts of the gap (plus means more people than projected): the starting population −4.96M, births −8.29M, deaths +1.24M (fewer deaths than expected), migration +6.73M; the largest: births.
  • Why the UN missed the population. The 2010 projection for 2023: 35.2M; the UN's 2024 estimate: 33.3M (−5.5%). Parts of the gap (plus means more people than projected): the starting population −2.29M, births −940k, deaths +591k (fewer deaths than expected), migration +755k; the largest: the starting population.
  • Population: the IMF and the UN disagree. The IMF (April 2026) puts it at 35.3M in 2024, the UN (WPP 2024) at 34M: the IMF is 4% higher. Part of the gap may come from whom and which territory each counts.
  • GDP growth: IMF next-year forecasts (36 editions, 2007–2024). On average the outcome was 0.4 pp above the forecast; below it in 56% of cases; typical error ±2.6 pp. The biggest miss was for 2022: IMF, April 2021 expected 4%, the outcome was 12%.
  • GDP growth: latest IMF forecast (IMF, April 2026): 2026 — 3.1%, 2028 — 3.6%, 2031 — 3.6%.
  • Inflation: IMF next-year forecasts (36 editions, 2007–2024). On average the outcome was 0.9 pp below the forecast; below it in 64% of cases; typical error ±1.7 pp. The biggest miss was for 2009: IMF, October 2008 expected 10%, the outcome was 4.3%.
  • Inflation: latest IMF forecast (IMF, April 2026): 2026 — 2.3%, 2028 — 2%, 2031 — 2%.
  • Net migration: past UN projections. The outcome was above the projection in 12 of 12 revisions (1998–2022) and below in none; median difference +299k a year. The biggest miss: the 1998 revision expected 30k a year for 2020–2025; the outcome was 331k a year (for the years of the period so far).
  • Net migration: UN 2024 projection (medium): 2030 — 22k a year, 2050 — 28.5k a year, 2100 — 26.7k a year.
  • Life expectancy, men: past UN projections. The outcome was above the projection in 12 of 12 revisions (1998–2022) and below in none; median difference +1.4 years. The biggest miss: the 2006 revision expected 73.7 years for 2020–2025; the outcome was 76 years (for the years of the period so far).
  • Life expectancy, men: UN 2024 projection (medium): 2030 — 78.7 years, 2050 — 82.9 years, 2100 — 89.3 years.

UN projections vs actual

Solid line: actual data, UN WPP 2024 estimates; births and fertility from national statistics from the last year they matched the UN estimate (the UN's figures for the latest years are partly its own projection). Dashed: medium variants of past UN revisions. The table shows what each revision expected for the latest year (or five-year period) with actual data.

Population

persons, 1 July
Saudi Arabia: PopulationActual 2023: 33.3M10M20M30M40M50M19902000201020202030
  • Actual
  • UN 1998
  • UN 2000
  • UN 2002
  • UN 2004
  • UN 2006
  • UN 2008
  • UN 2010
  • UN 2012
  • UN 2015
  • UN 2017
  • UN 2019
  • UN 2022
  • UN 2024, medium
ReleaseTarget periodHorizonExpectedActualActual vs expected
UN 1998202325 years38.6M33.3M−13.8%
UN 2000202323 years38.7M33.3M−14.1%
UN 2002202321 years38.4M33.3M−13.3%
UN 2004202319 years35.9M33.3M−7.4%
UN 2006202317 years33.7M33.3M−1.4%
UN 2008202315 years33.2M33.3M+0.3%
UN 2010202313 years35.2M33.3M−5.5%
UN 2012202311 years33.5M33.3M−0.8%
UN 201520238 years35.9M33.3M−7.3%
UN 201720236 years36.3M33.3M−8.4%
UN 201920234 years36.3M33.3M−8.4%
UN 202220231 year36.9M33.3M−10%

Births

births per year
Saudi Arabia: BirthsActual 2023: 546k200k400k600k800k1M1.2M19902000201020202030
  • Actual
  • UN 1998
  • UN 2000
  • UN 2002
  • UN 2004
  • UN 2006
  • UN 2008
  • UN 2010
  • UN 2012
  • UN 2015
  • UN 2017
  • UN 2019
  • UN 2022
  • UN 2024, medium
ReleaseTarget periodHorizonExpectedActualActual vs expected
UN 19982015–202020 years860k582k−32.3%
UN 20002015–202018 years971k582k−40.1%
UN 20022015–202016 years794k582k−26.7%
UN 20042015–202014 years728k582k−20.1%
UN 20062015–202012 years649k582k−10.3%
UN 20082015–202010 years618k582k−5.9%
UN 20102015–20208 years637k582k−8.7%
UN 20122015–20206 years531k582k+9.7%
UN 20152015–20202 years611k582k−4.7%
UN 20172015–20200 years632k582k−7.9%
UN 202220231 year607k546k−10%

Total fertility rate

children per woman
Saudi Arabia: Total fertility rateActual 2023: 2.281357919902000201020202030
  • Actual
  • UN 1998
  • UN 2000
  • UN 2002
  • UN 2004
  • UN 2006
  • UN 2008
  • UN 2010
  • UN 2012
  • UN 2015
  • UN 2017
  • UN 2019
  • UN 2022
  • UN 2024, medium
ReleaseTarget periodHorizonExpectedActualActual vs expected
UN 19982015–202020 years3.522.59−26.6%
UN 20002015–202018 years4.052.59−36.2%
UN 20022015–202016 years3.012.59−14.2%
UN 20042015–202014 years2.842.59−8.8%
UN 20062015–202012 years2.692.59−3.7%
UN 20082015–202010 years2.562.59+1%
UN 20102015–20208 years2.372.59+9.2%
UN 20122015–20206 years2.432.59+6.4%
UN 20152015–20202 years2.592.59−0.3%
UN 20172015–20200 years2.482.59+4.2%
UN 202220231 year2.362.28−3.3%

Deaths

thousand deaths per year
Saudi Arabia: DeathsActual 2023: 7805010015020025019902000201020202030
  • Actual
  • UN 1998
  • UN 2000
  • UN 2002
  • UN 2004
  • UN 2006
  • UN 2008
  • UN 2010
  • UN 2012
  • UN 2015
  • UN 2017
  • UN 2019
  • UN 2022
  • UN 2024, medium
ReleaseTarget periodHorizonExpectedActualActual vs expected
UN 19982015–202020 years12969−46.9%
UN 20002015–202018 years13169−47.7%
UN 20022015–202016 years11969−42.4%
UN 20042015–202014 years11969−42.4%
UN 20062015–202012 years11469−39.5%
UN 20082015–202010 years11369−39.2%
UN 20102015–20208 years11769−41.3%
UN 20122015–20206 years10269−32.6%
UN 20152015–20202 years11669−40.6%
UN 20172015–20200 years11969−42.4%
UN 202220231 year10478−25%

Infant mortality

deaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births
Saudi Arabia: Infant mortalityActual 2023: 5.101020304019902000201020202030
  • Actual
  • UN 1998
  • UN 2000
  • UN 2002
  • UN 2004
  • UN 2006
  • UN 2008
  • UN 2010
  • UN 2012
  • UN 2015
  • UN 2017
  • UN 2019
  • UN 2022
  • UN 2024, medium
ReleaseTarget periodHorizonExpectedActualActual vs expected
UN 19982015–202020 years11.16.6−40.9%
UN 20002015–202018 years12.96.6−49.2%
UN 20022015–202016 years12.96.6−49.2%
UN 20042015–202014 years14.16.6−53.5%
UN 20062015–202012 years14.36.6−54.1%
UN 20082015–202010 years14.36.6−54.1%
UN 20102015–20208 years14.56.6−54.6%
UN 20122015–20206 years96.6−27.1%
UN 20152015–20202 years13.26.6−50.2%
UN 20172015–20200 years10.96.6−39.8%
UN 202220231 year5.35.1−4.5%

Net migration

persons per year
Saudi Arabia: Net migrationActual 2023: 326k−1M−500k0500k1M19902000201020202030
  • Actual
  • UN 1998
  • UN 2000
  • UN 2002
  • UN 2004
  • UN 2006
  • UN 2008
  • UN 2010
  • UN 2012
  • UN 2015
  • UN 2017
  • UN 2019
  • UN 2022
  • UN 2024, medium
ReleaseTarget periodHorizonExpectedActualActual vs expected
UN 19982020–2025*24 years30k331k+301k a year
UN 20002020–2025*22 years30k331k+301k a year
UN 20022020–2025*20 years30k331k+301k a year
UN 20042020–2025*18 years30k331k+301k a year
UN 20062020–2025*16 years30k331k+301k a year
UN 20082020–2025*14 years30k331k+301k a year
UN 20102020–2025*12 years59.4k331k+272k a year
UN 20122020–2025*10 years36k331k+295k a year
UN 20152020–2025*8 years40k331k+291k a year
UN 20172020–2025*6 years60k331k+271k a year
UN 20192020–2025*4 years54.2k331k+277k a year
UN 202220231 year29k326k+297k a year

Life expectancy at birth, women

years
Saudi Arabia: Life expectancy at birth, womenActual 2023: 81.27075808519902000201020202030
  • Actual
  • UN 1998
  • UN 2000
  • UN 2002
  • UN 2004
  • UN 2006
  • UN 2008
  • UN 2010
  • UN 2012
  • UN 2015
  • UN 2017
  • UN 2019
  • UN 2022
  • UN 2024, medium
ReleaseTarget periodHorizonExpectedActualActual vs expected
UN 19982020–2025*24 years79.680.4+0.8 yrs
UN 20002020–2025*22 years78.180.4+2.3 yrs
UN 20022020–2025*20 years78.180.4+2.3 yrs
UN 20042020–2025*18 years78.180.4+2.3 yrs
UN 20062020–2025*16 years78.280.4+2.2 yrs
UN 20082020–2025*14 years78.280.4+2.2 yrs
UN 20102020–2025*12 years77.680.4+2.8 yrs
UN 20122020–2025*10 years79.480.4+1 yrs
UN 20152020–2025*8 years77.180.4+3.3 yrs
UN 20172020–2025*6 years77.580.4+2.9 yrs
UN 20192020–2025*4 years77.480.4+3 yrs
UN 202220231 year79.781.2+1.5 yrs

Life expectancy at birth, men

years
Saudi Arabia: Life expectancy at birth, menActual 2023: 77.16570758019902000201020202030
  • Actual
  • UN 1998
  • UN 2000
  • UN 2002
  • UN 2004
  • UN 2006
  • UN 2008
  • UN 2010
  • UN 2012
  • UN 2015
  • UN 2017
  • UN 2019
  • UN 2022
  • UN 2024, medium
ReleaseTarget periodHorizonExpectedActualActual vs expected
UN 19982020–2025*24 years75.676+0.4 yrs
UN 20002020–2025*22 years74.776+1.3 yrs
UN 20022020–2025*20 years74.776+1.3 yrs
UN 20042020–2025*18 years73.876+2.2 yrs
UN 20062020–2025*16 years73.776+2.3 yrs
UN 20082020–2025*14 years73.776+2.3 yrs
UN 20102020–2025*12 years74.876+1.2 yrs
UN 20122020–2025*10 years75.976+0.1 yrs
UN 20152020–2025*8 years74.276+1.8 yrs
UN 20172020–2025*6 years74.376+1.7 yrs
UN 20192020–2025*4 years74.576+1.5 yrs
UN 202220231 year76.977.1+0.2 yrs

* The five-year period is not over: the projection is compared with the mean of its years so far (UN facts end in 2023).

IMF forecasts vs actual

Solid line: actual values from the latest IMF edition (data get revised, so we use the newest). Dashed: April editions, current year and five years ahead. The table covers next-year forecasts from all editions: mean error shows bias, mean absolute error shows accuracy.

Real GDP growth

% per year
Saudi Arabia: Real GDP growthActual 2025: 4.5−50510152000200520102015202020252030
  • Actual (IMF)
  • WEO, April editions
IndicatorForecastsMean errorMean absolute errorActual below forecast
Real GDP growth36+0.4 pp2.6 pp56%
Inflation36−0.9 pp1.7 pp64%
Unemployment rate1−5 pp5 pp100%
Government gross debt28−1.8 pp4.2 pp68%
Government budget balance29−2.2 pp5.2 pp59%

All indicators

Demography

Population

33.3M persons, 1 July latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Population1950: 1.7M; 2023: 33.3M010M20M30M40M50M19501975200020252050

Population on 1 July. UN estimate to 2023, medium variant from 2024; past UN revisions for forecast checks.

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Births

546k births per year latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Births1950: 86.7k; 2023: 546k0200k400k600k800k19501975200020252050

Live births per calendar year. UN WPP 2024 and national statistics (64 countries, 2015-2025).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Deaths

78 thousand deaths per year latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Deaths1950: 43; 2023: 7805010015019501975200020252050

Deaths per calendar year (UN estimate to 2023, medium variant from 2024); past UN revisions for forecast checks.

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Natural change

468.2 thousand persons per year latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Natural change1950: 44.1; 2023: 468.2020040060019501975200020252050

Births minus deaths in the year (UN). Negative: natural decrease, more deaths than births.

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Rate of natural change

14.1 per 1,000 population per year latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Rate of natural change1950: 25.9; 2023: 14.101020304019501975200020252050

Births minus deaths in the year per 1,000 people (UN). With the net migration rate it makes up population growth.

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Life expectancy at 65

18.2 years latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Life expectancy at 651950: 11.5; 2023: 18.2051015202519501975200020252050

Years a person aged 65 would still live at the mortality rates of the year; both sexes (UN).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Infant mortality

5.1 deaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Infant mortality1950: 182.3; 2023: 5.105010015020019501975200020252050

Children per 1,000 live births who die before their first birthday (UN); past UN revisions for forecast checks.

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Total fertility rate

2.28 children per woman latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Total fertility rate1950: 7.58; 2023: 2.280.002.004.006.008.0019501975200020252050

Average number of children a woman would have at the age-specific fertility rates of the year.

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Life expectancy at birth, women

81.2 years latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Life expectancy at birth, women1950: 42.5; 2023: 81.202040608010019501975200020252050

Years a newborn girl would live at the mortality rates of the year (UN).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Life expectancy at birth, men

77.1 years latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Life expectancy at birth, men1950: 37.8; 2023: 77.102040608010019501975200020252050

Years a newborn boy would live at the mortality rates of the year (UN).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Median age

29.2 years latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Median age1950: 18; 2023: 29.201020304019501975200020252050

Age that divides the population in two halves (UN).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Mean age of mothers at childbirth

30.1 years latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Mean age of mothers at childbirth1950: 30; 2023: 30.101020304019501975200020252050

Mean age of mothers at the birth of their children of any order (UN).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Sex ratio at birth

105.1 boys per 100 girls latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Sex ratio at birth1950: 105.1; 2023: 105.105010015019501975200020252050

Boys born per 100 girls born (UN).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Crude marriage rate

4.84 marriages per 1,000 people latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Crude marriage rate2019: 4.53; 2020: 4.8401234520152020

Marriages in the year per 1,000 people: marriages from national offices (Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China, the USA, the UK, Russia, Brazil and others, where they publish more than the international databases), Eurostat and the UN, divided by the UN WPP 2024 population. Where most births are within marriage, marriages come before births.

Source: GASTAT (Saudi Arabia)

Marriages

150k marriages a year latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Marriages2019: 138k; 2020: 150k050k100k150k200k20152020

Marriages in the year (couples). National offices (Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China, the USA, the UK, Russia, Brazil and others), Eurostat for Europe, the UN for the rest; by year of registration or of occurrence, as each country counts.

Source: GASTAT (Saudi Arabia)

Adolescent fertility rate

11.1 births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Adolescent fertility rate1960: 115.8; 2024: 11.10501001501960197019801990200020102020

Births to women aged 15-19 per 1,000 women of that age (World Bank, from UN World Population Prospects).

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators

Old-age dependency

3.9 persons 65+ per 100 aged 20-64 latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Old-age dependency1950: 7.4; 2020: 3.905101519501975200020252050

Persons aged 65+ per 100 aged 20-64, every five years (UN).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Children under 15

8,016 thousand persons, 1 July latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Children under 151950: 716; 2023: 8,01602,0004,0006,0008,00010,00019501975200020252050

Children aged 0-14 on 1 July: the sum of the five-year groups 0-4, 5-9 and 10-14 (UN; estimate to 2023, medium variant from 2024).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Children under 5

2,613 thousand persons, 1 July latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Children under 51950: 297; 2023: 2,61301,0002,0003,0004,00019501975200020252050

Children aged 0-4 on 1 July (UN; estimate to 2023, medium variant from 2024).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

People aged 65 and over

938 thousand persons, 1 July latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: People aged 65 and over1950: 56; 2023: 93801,0002,0003,0004,00019501975200020252050

People aged 65 and over on 1 July: the sum of the five-year groups from 65-69 to 100+ (UN; estimate to 2023, medium variant from 2024).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

People aged 80 and over

139 thousand persons, 1 July latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: People aged 80 and over1950: 3; 2023: 139020040060080019501975200020252050

People aged 80 and over on 1 July: the sum of the five-year groups from 80-84 to 100+ (UN; estimate to 2023, medium variant from 2024).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Migration

Net migration

326k persons per year latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Net migration1950: 15k; 2023: 326k−1M−500k0500k1M19501975200020252050

Immigrants minus emigrants per year (UN estimate and projection). Past UN revisions for forecast checks.

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Net migration rate

9.8 per 1,000 population per year latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Net migration rate1950: 8.81; 2023: 9.8−40−200204019501975200020252050

Immigrants minus emigrants per year per 1,000 people: UN net migration divided by the population on 1 July. Comparable across countries of any size.

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Personal remittances received

0 % of GDP latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Personal remittances received2005: 0; 2025: 0000000.10.120052010201520202025

Money sent home by people working or living abroad, percent of the receiving country's GDP (World Bank, from IMF balance of payments data).

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators

International migrants, share

40.3 % of population latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: International migrants, share1990: 42.1; 2024: 40.3010203040501990199520002005201020152020

People born in another country (foreign citizens where birthplace is not recorded) as a share of the population at mid-year (UN, every five years and 2024).

Source: UN DESA, International Migrant Stock 2024

International migrant stock

13.7M persons latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: International migrant stock1990: 4.48M; 2024: 13.7M05M10M15M1990199520002005201020152020

Number of people born in another country (or foreign citizens) living in the country at mid-year (UN).

Source: UN DESA, International Migrant Stock 2024

Emigrants, share

0.7 % of home population latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Emigrants, share1990: 0.7; 2024: 0.700.20.40.60.81990199520002005201020152020

People from the country (born there or its citizens) living in other countries, as a percentage of the population living in the country (UN, International Migrant Stock 2024).

Source: UN DESA, International Migrant Stock 2024

Emigrant stock

237k persons latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Emigrant stock1990: 73.6k; 2024: 237k050k100k150k200k250k1990199520002005201020152020

Number of people from the country (born there or its citizens) living in other countries at mid-year (UN).

Source: UN DESA, International Migrant Stock 2024

Refugees hosted

0.45k persons, end of year latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Refugees hosted1974: 0.1k; 2025: 0.45k050k100k150k200k250k19801990200020102020

Refugees under UNHCR's mandate (incl. people in refugee-like situations) and other people in need of international protection living in the country; asylum-seekers and internally displaced people are not included.

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder

Refugees hosted per 1,000 people

0 per 1,000 population latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Refugees hosted per 1,000 people1974: 0; 2025: 0051015202519801990200020102020

Refugees under UNHCR's mandate and other people in need of international protection living in the country, per 1,000 people (population: UN WPP 2024).

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder

Refugees from the country

2.37k persons, end of year latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Refugees from the country1993: 0.01k; 2025: 2.37k00.5k1k1.5k2k2.5k1995200020052010201520202025

Refugees and other people in need of international protection from the country living abroad (UNHCR). Palestine refugees under UNRWA's mandate are not included, so the figure for Palestine is far too low.

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder

Refugees from the country per 1,000 people

0.1 per 1,000 population of the country latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Refugees from the country per 1,000 people1993: 0; 2025: 0.10000.10.11995200020052010201520202025

Refugees and other people in need of international protection from the country per 1,000 people living in it (UNHCR; population: UN WPP 2024). UNRWA refugees not included.

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder

Citizens under temporary protection in Europe

0 thousand persons, end of year latest value, 2026

Saudi Arabia: Citizens under temporary protection in Europe2022: 0; 2026: 00000020202025

Citizens of the country under temporary protection in the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland (all 31 report from 2022), end of December. For the running year: the latest month all have published. Granted from March 2022 to people fleeing the war in Ukraine: almost all are Ukrainians; for other countries, their citizens who lived in Ukraine. Eurostat, migr_asytpsm.

Source: Eurostat, beneficiaries of temporary protection at the end of June 2026 (latest month published; the year is not over)

Asylum applications worldwide

0 new applications per 1,000 people latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Asylum applications worldwide2000: 0.02; 2024: 000.020.040.060.0820002005201020152020

New asylum applications lodged in the country in the year per 1,000 people (UNHCR; cases where a country counts cases rather than people; population: UN WPP 2024). All countries; for Europe there is also Eurostat's series of first-time applicants.

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder

Economy

GDP per capita, PPP

63,051 constant 2021 international $ latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: GDP per capita, PPP1990: 65,197; 2025: 63,051020,00040,00060,00080,00019901995200020052010201520202025

Gross domestic product per person at purchasing power parity, constant 2021 international dollars (World Bank, ICP).

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators

Real GDP growth

4.5 % per year latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Real GDP growth1980: 5.8; 2025: 4.5−20−100102019801990200020102020

Annual change of GDP at constant prices. Actual values and forecasts from IMF WEO editions.

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook, April 2026

Inflation

2 % per year, average latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Inflation1980: 4.4; 2025: 2−4161119801990200020102020

Change of the annual average consumer price index (IMF WEO).

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook, April 2026

Government gross debt

31.7 % of GDP latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Government gross debt1991: 39.4; 2025: 31.70501001501995200020052010201520202025

General government gross debt, percent of GDP (IMF WEO).

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook, April 2026

Unemployment rate

3.5 % of labour force latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Unemployment rate1999: 4.3; 2024: 3.50246820002005201020152020

Unemployed as a share of the labour force (IMF WEO; national definitions).

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook, April 2026

Unemployment, ILO estimate

3 % of labour force latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Unemployment, ILO estimate1991: 7.3; 2025: 3024681995200020052010201520202025

Unemployed as a share of the labour force by the ILO's single definition: a modelled estimate for every country, including those without surveys (via the World Bank). Unlike the IMF series, one definition for all, but no projections.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators

Youth unemployment, 15-24

10 % of labour force aged 15-24 latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Youth unemployment, 15-241991: 33; 2025: 100102030401995200020052010201520202025

Unemployed as a share of the labour force aged 15-24 (ILO modelled estimate, via the World Bank).

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators

GDP per capita, US dollars

35,464 current US dollars latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: GDP per capita, US dollars1980: 19,543; 2025: 35,464010,00020,00030,00040,00019801990200020102020

GDP per person in current US dollars at market exchange rates (IMF WEO).

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook, April 2026

Government budget balance

−5.8 % of GDP latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Government budget balance1991: −3.3; 2025: −5.8−20−1001020301995200020052010201520202025

General government net lending (+, surplus) or borrowing (−, deficit), percent of GDP (IMF WEO).

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook, April 2026

Current account balance

−1.3 % of GDP latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Current account balance1980: 25.2; 2024: −1.3−30−1010305019801990200020102020

Balance of trade in goods and services, income and transfers with the rest of the world, percent of GDP: plus means the country earns abroad more than it spends (IMF WEO).

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook, April 2026

Society

Urban population

84.6 % of population latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Urban population1960: 31.4; 2025: 84.60204060801001960197019801990200020102020

Share of people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices (World Bank, from UN World Urbanization Prospects).

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators

Tertiary enrolment, women

84.2 % gross latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Tertiary enrolment, women1971: 0.5; 2024: 84.202040608010019801990200020102020

Women enrolled in tertiary education as a share of women in the five-year age group after secondary school; can exceed 100 (UNESCO).

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators

Women with upper secondary education

73.6 % of women 25+ latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Women with upper secondary education2000: 23.5; 2024: 73.602040608020002005201020152020

Share of women aged 25+ who completed at least upper secondary education (UNESCO).

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators

Female labour force participation

33.6 % of women 15+ latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Female labour force participation1990: 15; 2025: 33.601020304019901995200020052010201520202025

Share of women aged 15+ who work or look for work (ILO modelled estimate, via the World Bank).

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators

Life expectancy at birth

79 years latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Life expectancy at birth1960: 45.3; 2024: 790204060801960197019801990200020102020

Life expectancy at birth, both sexes (World Bank, from UN and national statistics).

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators

Digitalisation

Internet users

100 % of population latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Internet users1990: 0; 2024: 1000204060801001201990199520002005201020152020

Share of individuals who used the Internet in the last three months from any device. ITU data.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators

Mobile cellular subscriptions

159.5 per 100 people latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Mobile cellular subscriptions1990: 0.1; 2024: 159.50501001502002501990199520002005201020152020

Active mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 people; can exceed 100 when people have several SIM cards. ITU data.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators

Fixed broadband subscriptions

44.1 subscriptions per 100 people latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Fixed broadband subscriptions2001: 0.1; 2024: 44.1010203040502005201020152020

Fixed subscriptions to high-speed Internet (256 kbit/s or more) per 100 people. ITU data.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators

Energy

Electricity demand per person

13,385 kWh per person a year latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Electricity demand per person1985: 6,336; 2024: 13,38505,00010,00015,0001990200020102020

Electricity demand (generation plus net imports, Ember) divided by the UN WPP 2024 population. A physical measure that is hard to dress up.

Source: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data

Electricity demand growth

5.9 % per year latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Electricity demand growth1986: 7.8; 2024: 5.9−10010201990200020102020

Change in electricity demand from the previous year (Ember). Useful to set against official GDP growth.

Source: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data

Wind and solar share of electricity

2.2 % of generation latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Wind and solar share of electricity1985: 0; 2024: 2.200.511.522.51990200020102020

Share of wind and solar power in electricity generation (Ember).

Source: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data

Low-carbon share of electricity

2.2 % of generation latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Low-carbon share of electricity1985: 0; 2024: 2.200.511.522.51990200020102020

Share of renewables and nuclear power in electricity generation (Ember).

Source: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data

Coal share of electricity

0 % of generation latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Coal share of electricity1985: 0; 2024: 0011990200020102020

Share of coal power in electricity generation (Ember).

Source: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data

Carbon intensity of electricity

692 g CO2e per kWh latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Carbon intensity of electricity1985: 701; 2024: 69202004006008001990200020102020

Greenhouse gas emissions of electricity generation per kilowatt-hour (Ember).

Source: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data

Electricity generation

454.6 TWh per year latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Electricity generation1985: 51.7; 2024: 454.601002003004005001990200020102020

Total electricity generation in the country (Ember). Imports are excluded. A volume, not the share of a fuel.

Source: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data

Electricity generation emissions

314.6 Mt CO2e per year latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Electricity generation emissions1985: 36.2; 2024: 314.601002003004001990200020102020

Greenhouse gas emissions of electricity generation (Ember), not of the whole economy.

Source: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data

Security

Military expenditure

7.3 % of GDP latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Military expenditure1963: 5.9; 2024: 7.305101520197019801990200020102020

Government military expenditure, percent of GDP (World Bank, from SIPRI).

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators

Deaths in organised violence

5 persons a year latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Deaths in organised violence1989: 0; 2025: 50501001501990200020102020

Deaths in state-based conflict, non-state conflict and one-sided violence against civilians, by where the events took place (UCDP GED, best estimate). 0 means no organised violence above UCDP thresholds (25 deaths a year in one conflict). Events in Gaza and the West Bank are counted for Palestine.

Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), GED 26.1

Deaths in organised violence per 100,000

0 per 100,000 people a year latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Deaths in organised violence per 100,0001989: 0; 2025: 000.20.40.60.811990200020102020

Deaths in organised violence (UCDP GED) per 100,000 people (population: UN WPP 2024).

Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), GED 26.1

Armed conflict in the country

0 0 none, 1 minor, 2 war latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Armed conflict in the country1946: 0; 2025: 0000111119501960197019801990200020102020

Strongest armed conflict of the year in which the government or territory of the country is disputed (UCDP/PRIO ACD): 1 = 25-999 battle-related deaths, 2 = war, 1,000 or more. In interstate conflicts every primary party is marked even if the fighting was elsewhere (the USA in Iraq, 2003). Historical states are mapped to present-day countries by territory (USSR, Yugoslavia, South Vietnam and others).

Source: UCDP/PRIO Armed Conflict Dataset 26.1

Battle deaths

5 persons a year latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Battle deaths1946: 0; 2025: 5010020030019501960197019801990200020102020

Soldiers and civilians killed in combat in state-based armed conflicts on the territory of the country. 1946-1988: PRIO Battle Deaths (best estimate, else the low one; a conflict of several countries split equally); from 1989: UCDP GED by place of the events. For the same conflicts in 1989-2008 PRIO is 1.6 times UCDP, so the drop in 1989 is partly a change of source. One-sided violence against civilians is not included.

Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), GED 26.1

Battle deaths per 100,000

0 per 100,000 people a year latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Battle deaths per 100,0001950: 0; 2025: 001234519501960197019801990200020102020

Battle deaths on the territory of the country (PRIO to 1988, UCDP GED from 1989) per 100,000 people (population: UN WPP 2024), from 1950.

Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), GED 26.1

Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people)

0.9 per 100,000 people latest value, 2019

Saudi Arabia: Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people)1999: 1.2; 2019: 0.900.511.522000200520102015

An intentional homicide is defined as an unlawful death inflicted upon a person with the intent to cause death or serious injury.

Source: Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people)

Purchases and money

Average dietary energy requirement

2,473 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Average dietary energy requirement2000: 2,276; 2025: 2,47305001,0001,5002,0002,500200020052010201520202025

FAOSTAT FS, Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day). Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Commercial bank branches (per 100,000 adults)

7.2 per 100,000 adults latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Commercial bank branches (per 100,000 adults)2004: 9.5; 2024: 7.202468102005201020152020

Commercial bank branches are retail locations of resident commercial banks and other resident banks that function as commercial banks that provide financial services to customers and are physically separated from the main office but not organized as legally separated subsidiaries.

Source: Commercial bank branches (per 100,000 adults)

Variation in habitual caloric consumption distribution

0.27 No latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Variation in habitual caloric consumption distribution2001: 0.28; 2024: 0.2700.10.20.32005201020152020

FAOSTAT FS, Coefficient of variation of habitual caloric consumption distribution (real number). Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Account ownership at a financial institution or with a mobile-money-service provider (% of population ages 15+)

78.8 % of people aged 15+ latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Account ownership at a financial institution or with a mobile-money-service provider (% of population ages 15+)2011: 46.4; 2024: 78.802040608020152020

Account denotes the percentage of respondents who report having an account (by themselves or together with someone else) at a bank or another type of financial institution or report personally using a mobile money service in the past 12 months (% age 15+).

Source: Account ownership at a financial institution or with a mobile-money-service provider (% of population ages 15+)

Account ownership at a financial institution or with a mobile-money-service provider, male (% of population ages 15+)

81.8 % of men aged 15+ latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Account ownership at a financial institution or with a mobile-money-service provider, male (% of population ages 15+)2011: 72.7; 2024: 81.802040608010020152020

Account denotes the percentage of respondents who report having an account (by themselves or together with someone else) at a bank or another type of financial institution or report personally using a mobile money service in the past 12 months (male, % age 15+).

Source: Account ownership at a financial institution or with a mobile-money-service provider, male (% of population ages 15+)

Account ownership at a financial institution or with a mobile-money-service provider, female (% of population ages 15+)

73.5 % of women aged 15+ latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Account ownership at a financial institution or with a mobile-money-service provider, female (% of population ages 15+)2011: 15.2; 2024: 73.502040608020152020

Account denotes the percentage of respondents who report having an account (by themselves or together with someone else) at a bank or another type of financial institution or report personally using a mobile money service in the past 12 months (female, % age 15+).

Source: Account ownership at a financial institution or with a mobile-money-service provider, female (% of population ages 15+)

Alcoholic beverages: energy supply

0 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Alcoholic beverages: energy supply2010: 0; 2023: 00000.010.010.010.01201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Alcoholic Beverages. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Alcoholic beverages: quantity supply

0 kg/cap latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Alcoholic beverages: quantity supply2010: 0; 2023: 001201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Alcoholic Beverages. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Animal products: energy supply

540.3 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Animal products: energy supply2010: 529.86; 2023: 540.30200400600201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Animal Products. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Animal products: fat supply

34.27 g/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Animal products: fat supply2010: 34.27; 2023: 34.27010203040201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Animal Products. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Animal products: protein supply

44.86 g/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Animal products: protein supply2010: 45.64; 2023: 44.8601020304050201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Animal Products. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Bovine meat: energy supply

28.64 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Bovine meat: energy supply2010: 31.34; 2023: 28.64010203040201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Bovine Meat. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Bovine meat: quantity supply

6.63 kg/cap latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Bovine meat: quantity supply2010: 7.22; 2023: 6.6302468201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Bovine Meat. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Cereals excluding beer: energy supply

1,581.54 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Cereals excluding beer: energy supply2010: 1,535.09; 2023: 1,581.5405001,0001,5002,000201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Cereals - Excluding Beer. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Cereals excluding beer: quantity supply

197.02 kg/cap latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Cereals excluding beer: quantity supply2010: 192.71; 2023: 197.02050100150200250201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Cereals - Excluding Beer. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Coffee and products: energy supply

4.37 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Coffee and products: energy supply2010: 3.59; 2023: 4.3702468201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Coffee and products. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Coffee and products: quantity supply

5.39 kg/cap latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Coffee and products: quantity supply2010: 4.39; 2023: 5.3902468201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Coffee and products. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Eggs: energy supply

39.23 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Eggs: energy supply2010: 18.21; 2023: 39.2301020304050201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Eggs. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Eggs: quantity supply

11.39 kg/cap latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Eggs: quantity supply2010: 5.38; 2023: 11.39051015201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Eggs. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Fish and seafood: energy supply

24.75 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Fish and seafood: energy supply2010: 23.48; 2023: 24.750102030201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Fish, Seafood. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Fish and seafood: fat supply

1.03 g/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Fish and seafood: fat supply2010: 1.03; 2023: 1.0300.511.5201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Fish, Seafood. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Fish and seafood: protein supply

3.7 g/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Fish and seafood: protein supply2010: 3.47; 2023: 3.701234201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Fish, Seafood. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Fish and seafood: quantity supply

12.92 kg/cap latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Fish and seafood: quantity supply2010: 12.27; 2023: 12.92051015201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Fish, Seafood. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Fruits excluding wine: energy supply

351.83 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Fruits excluding wine: energy supply2010: 269.55; 2023: 351.830100200300400201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Fruits - Excluding Wine. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Fruits excluding wine: quantity supply

105.32 kg/cap latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Fruits excluding wine: quantity supply2010: 86.77; 2023: 105.32050100150201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Fruits - Excluding Wine. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Meat: energy supply

234.39 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Meat: energy supply2010: 258.17; 2023: 234.390100200300201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Meat. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Meat: fat supply

14.45 g/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Meat: fat supply2010: 15.85; 2023: 14.4505101520201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Meat. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Meat: protein supply

25.96 g/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Meat: protein supply2010: 28.79; 2023: 25.960102030201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Meat. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Meat: quantity supply

58.08 kg/cap latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Meat: quantity supply2010: 64.43; 2023: 58.08020406080201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Meat. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Milk excluding butter: energy supply

176.36 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Milk excluding butter: energy supply2010: 161.85; 2023: 176.36050100150200201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Milk - Excluding Butter. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Milk excluding butter: fat supply

9.47 g/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Milk excluding butter: fat supply2010: 9.49; 2023: 9.47051015201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Milk - Excluding Butter. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Milk excluding butter: protein supply

10.58 g/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Milk excluding butter: protein supply2010: 9.81; 2023: 10.58051015201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Milk - Excluding Butter. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Milk excluding butter: quantity supply

80.09 kg/cap latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Milk excluding butter: quantity supply2010: 89.38; 2023: 80.09050100150201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Milk - Excluding Butter. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Treenuts: energy supply

26.91 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Treenuts: energy supply2010: 12.09; 2023: 26.910102030201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Treenuts. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Treenuts: quantity supply

13.87 kg/cap latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Treenuts: quantity supply2010: 4.39; 2023: 13.87051015201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Treenuts. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Vegetal products: energy supply

3,119.55 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Vegetal products: energy supply2010: 2,870.4; 2023: 3,119.5501,0002,0003,0004,000201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Vegetal Products. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Vegetal products: fat supply

74.77 g/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Vegetal products: fat supply2010: 63.45; 2023: 74.77020406080100201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Vegetal Products. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Vegetal products: protein supply

58.94 g/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Vegetal products: protein supply2010: 54.73; 2023: 58.94020406080201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Vegetal Products. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Pigmeat: energy supply

0 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Pigmeat: energy supply2022: 1.19; 2023: 000.511.52020

FAOSTAT FBS, Pigmeat. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Pigmeat: quantity supply

0 kg/cap latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Pigmeat: quantity supply2022: 0.14; 2023: 000.050.10.152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Pigmeat. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Poultry meat: energy supply

162.43 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Poultry meat: energy supply2010: 185.35; 2023: 162.43050100150200201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Poultry Meat. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Poultry meat: quantity supply

42.94 kg/cap latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Poultry meat: quantity supply2010: 49.18; 2023: 42.940204060201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Poultry Meat. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Pulses: energy supply

53.51 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Pulses: energy supply2010: 54.62; 2023: 53.510204060201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Pulses. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Pulses: quantity supply

5.95 kg/cap latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Pulses: quantity supply2010: 6.09; 2023: 5.9502468201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Pulses. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Starchy roots: energy supply

56.08 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Starchy roots: energy supply2010: 20.22; 2023: 56.080204060201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Starchy Roots. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Starchy roots: quantity supply

35.59 kg/cap latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Starchy roots: quantity supply2010: 12.49; 2023: 35.59010203040201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Starchy Roots. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Sugar and sweeteners: energy supply

347.95 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Sugar and sweeteners: energy supply2010: 358.76; 2023: 347.950100200300400201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Sugar & Sweeteners. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Sugar and sweeteners: quantity supply

34.66 kg/cap latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Sugar and sweeteners: quantity supply2010: 37.17; 2023: 34.66010203040201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Sugar & Sweeteners. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Tea including mate: energy supply

0.4 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Tea including mate: energy supply2010: 0.47; 2023: 0.400.20.40.6201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Tea (including mate). Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Tea including mate: quantity supply

1.01 kg/cap latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Tea including mate: quantity supply2010: 1.2; 2023: 1.0100.511.5201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Tea (including mate). Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

All foods: energy supply

3,659.84 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: All foods: energy supply2010: 3,400.26; 2023: 3,659.8401,0002,0003,0004,000201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Grand Total. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

All foods: fat supply

109.04 g/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: All foods: fat supply2010: 97.72; 2023: 109.04050100150201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Grand Total. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

All foods: protein supply

103.8 g/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: All foods: protein supply2010: 100.37; 2023: 103.8050100150201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Grand Total. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Vegetable oils: energy supply

480.99 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Vegetable oils: energy supply2010: 439.54; 2023: 480.990200400600201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Vegetable Oils. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Vegetable oils: quantity supply

19.37 kg/cap latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Vegetable oils: quantity supply2010: 18.01; 2023: 19.370510152025201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Vegetable Oils. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Vegetables: energy supply

70.18 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Vegetables: energy supply2010: 77.33; 2023: 70.18020406080100201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Vegetables. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Vegetables: quantity supply

118.98 kg/cap latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Vegetables: quantity supply2010: 126.64; 2023: 118.98050100150201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Vegetables. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Healthy-diet animal-source food cost

0.84 Int$ (PPP) per person per day latest value, 2021

Saudi Arabia: Healthy-diet animal-source food cost2021: 0.84; 2021: 0.8400.20.40.60.8120152020

FAOSTAT CAHD, Cost of animal source foods. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Cost of a healthy diet

3.07 Int$ (PPP) per person per day latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Cost of a healthy diet2017: 2.46; 2025: 3.070123420202025

FAOSTAT CAHD, Cost of a healthy diet (CoHD). Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Healthy-diet fruit cost

0.65 Int$ (PPP) per person per day latest value, 2021

Saudi Arabia: Healthy-diet fruit cost2021: 0.65; 2021: 0.6500.20.40.60.820152020

FAOSTAT CAHD, Cost of fruits. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Healthy-diet legumes and nuts cost

0.35 Int$ (PPP) per person per day latest value, 2021

Saudi Arabia: Healthy-diet legumes and nuts cost2021: 0.35; 2021: 0.3500.10.20.30.420152020

FAOSTAT CAHD, Cost of legumes, nuts and seeds. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Healthy-diet oils and fats cost

0.2 Int$ (PPP) per person per day latest value, 2021

Saudi Arabia: Healthy-diet oils and fats cost2021: 0.2; 2021: 0.200.050.10.150.20.2520152020

FAOSTAT CAHD, Cost of oils and fats. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Healthy-diet starchy-staple cost

0.22 Int$ (PPP) per person per day latest value, 2021

Saudi Arabia: Healthy-diet starchy-staple cost2021: 0.22; 2021: 0.2200.050.10.150.20.2520152020

FAOSTAT CAHD, Cost of starchy staples. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Healthy-diet vegetable cost

0.37 Int$ (PPP) per person per day latest value, 2021

Saudi Arabia: Healthy-diet vegetable cost2021: 0.37; 2021: 0.3700.10.20.30.420152020

FAOSTAT CAHD, Cost of vegetables. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)

46.2 % of GDP latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)1968: 33.1; 2025: 46.20204060197019801990200020102020

This field includes expenditure on goods and services by the Household and NPISH sector for the direct satisfaction of human needs or wants, whether individual or collective. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

Source: Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)

Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure per capita (constant 2015 US$)

11,864.9 constant 2015 US dollars latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure per capita (constant 2015 US$)2000: 6,067; 2025: 11,864.905,00010,00015,000200020052010201520202025

This field includes expenditure on goods and services by the Household and NPISH sector for the direct satisfaction of human needs or wants, whether individual or collective. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.This indicator is expressed in constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment is 2015. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.

Source: Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure per capita (constant 2015 US$)

Minimum dietary energy requirement

1,903 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Minimum dietary energy requirement2000: 1,762; 2025: 1,90305001,0001,5002,000200020052010201520202025

FAOSTAT FS, Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day). Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Adjusted savings: net national savings (% of GNI)

12.1 % of gross national income latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Adjusted savings: net national savings (% of GNI)1971: 40.7; 2020: 12.102040608019801990200020102020

Net national savings are equal to gross national savings less the value of consumption of fixed capital. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross National Income (GNI) which is the total income earned by all residents within an economic territory during an accounting period. It is equal to gross domestic product plus earned income receivable from abroad minus earned income payable abroad.

Source: Adjusted savings: net national savings (% of GNI)

Caloric losses at retail distribution

3.51 % latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Caloric losses at retail distribution2000: 3.25; 2025: 3.5101234200020052010201520202025

FAOSTAT FS, Incidence of caloric losses at retail distribution level (percent). Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Health

Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age)

0 litres per person aged 15+ latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age)2000: 0; 2020: 00120002005201020152020

Total alcohol per capita consumption is defined as the total (sum of recorded and unrecorded alcohol) amount of alcohol consumed per person (15 years of age or older) over a calendar year, in litres of pure alcohol, adjusted for tourist consumption.

Source: Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age)

Anaemia among women aged 15–49

17.6 % latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Anaemia among women aged 15–492000: 22.7; 2023: 17.6051015202520002005201020152020

FAOSTAT FS, Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (15-49 years) (percent). Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Overweight among children under 5

8.4 % latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Overweight among children under 52000: 3.7; 2024: 8.405101520002005201020152020

FAOSTAT FS, Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight (modelled estimates) (percent). Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Prevalence of stunting, height for age (% of children under 5)

10.8 % of children under 5 latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Prevalence of stunting, height for age (% of children under 5)1994: 21.4; 2020: 10.80510152025199520002005201020152020

Prevalence of stunting is the percentage of children under age 5 whose height for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. For children up to two years old height is measured by recumbent length. For older children height is measured by stature while standing. The data are based on the WHO's 2006 Child Growth Standards.

Source: Prevalence of stunting, height for age (% of children under 5)

Wasting among children under 5

3.9 % latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Wasting among children under 52004: 11.8; 2020: 3.90510152005201020152020

FAOSTAT FS, Percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent). Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

COVID economic support index

7.1 mean index 0–100 latest value, 2022

Saudi Arabia: COVID economic support index2020: 46.1; 2022: 7.1010203040502020

Mean daily national OxCGRT index with all days present, archived 2020–2022. Codes policies, not compliance, effectiveness or causal impact. Average follows source treatment of vaccination groups.

Source: Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker

COVID containment and health index

42.6 mean index 0–100 latest value, 2022

Saudi Arabia: COVID containment and health index2020: 54.6; 2022: 42.60204060802020

Mean daily national OxCGRT index with all days present, archived 2020–2022. Codes policies, not compliance, effectiveness or causal impact. Average follows source treatment of vaccination groups.

Source: Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker

COVID government response

38.2 mean index 0–100 latest value, 2022

Saudi Arabia: COVID government response2020: 53.6; 2022: 38.202040602020

Mean daily national OxCGRT index with all days present, archived 2020–2022. Codes policies, not compliance, effectiveness or causal impact. Average follows source treatment of vaccination groups.

Source: Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker

COVID policy stringency

26 mean index 0–100 latest value, 2022

Saudi Arabia: COVID policy stringency2020: 57.2; 2022: 2602040602020

Mean daily national OxCGRT index with all days present, archived 2020–2022. Codes policies, not compliance, effectiveness or causal impact. Average follows source treatment of vaccination groups.

Source: Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker

Reported COVID-19 cases

274,360 by report dates in year latest value, 2022

Saudi Arabia: Reported COVID-19 cases2021: 190,340; 2022: 274,3600100,000200,000300,0002020

Sum of WHO weekly reports by report date in a completed year, requiring at least 50 nonmissing values. Reported events, not total infections/deaths. Negative revisions retained; testing and reporting coverage changed.

Source: WHO: reported COVID-19 data

Reported COVID-19 deaths

638 by report dates in year latest value, 2022

Saudi Arabia: Reported COVID-19 deaths2021: 2,694; 2022: 63801,0002,0003,0002020

Sum of WHO weekly reports by report date in a completed year, requiring at least 50 nonmissing values. Reported events, not total infections/deaths. Negative revisions retained; testing and reporting coverage changed.

Source: WHO: reported COVID-19 data

Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79)

23.1 % of people aged 20-79 latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79)2011: 19.6; 2024: 23.1051015202520152020

Diabetes prevalence refers to the percentage of people ages 20-79 who have type 1 or type 2 diabetes. It is calculated by adjusting to a standard population age-structure.

Source: Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79)

Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)

14.1 % of current health expenditure latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)2000: 18.5; 2023: 14.10510152020002005201020152020

Share of out-of-pocket payments of total current health expenditures. Out-of-pocket payments are spending on health directly out-of-pocket by households.

Source: Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)

Current health expenditure (% of GDP)

5.7 % of GDP latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Current health expenditure (% of GDP)2000: 4.2; 2023: 5.70246820002005201020152020

Level of current health expenditure expressed as a percentage of GDP. Estimates of current health expenditures include healthcare goods and services consumed during each year. This indicator does not include capital health expenditures such as buildings, machinery, IT and stocks of vaccines for emergency or outbreaks.

Source: Current health expenditure (% of GDP)

Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)

1,825.3 current US dollars latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)2000: 493.4; 2023: 1,825.305001,0001,5002,00020002005201020152020

Current expenditures on health per capita in current US dollars. Estimates of current health expenditures include healthcare goods and services consumed during each year.

Source: Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)

Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population ages 15-49)

0.1 % of people aged 15-49 latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population ages 15-49)1990: 0.1; 2024: 0.10000.10.10.10.11990199520002005201020152020

Prevalence of HIV refers to the percentage of people ages 15-49 who are infected with HIV.

Source: Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population ages 15-49)

Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)

2.4 per 1,000 people latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)1960: 0.8; 2023: 2.401231960197019801990200020102020

Hospital beds include inpatient beds available in public, private, general, and specialized hospitals and rehabilitation centers. In most cases beds for both acute and chronic care are included.

Source: Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)

Nurses and midwives (per 1,000 people)

6.6 per 1,000 people latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Nurses and midwives (per 1,000 people)2000: 2.3; 2023: 6.60246820002005201020152020

Nurses and midwives include professional nurses, professional midwives, auxiliary nurses, auxiliary midwives, enrolled nurses, enrolled midwives and other associated personnel, such as dental nurses and primary care nurses.

Source: Nurses and midwives (per 1,000 people)

Obesity among adults aged 18+

40.1 % latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Obesity among adults aged 18+2000: 27.3; 2024: 40.10102030405020002005201020152020

FAOSTAT FS, Prevalence of obesity in the adult population (18 years and older) (percent). Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Physicians (per 1,000 people)

3.4 per 1,000 people latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Physicians (per 1,000 people)1960: 0.1; 2023: 3.4012341960197019801990200020102020

Physicians include generalist and specialist medical practitioners.

Source: Physicians (per 1,000 people)

Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population)

35.9 per 100,000 people latest value, 2019

Saudi Arabia: Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population)2000: 17.1; 2019: 35.90102030402000200520102015

Mortality caused by road traffic injury is estimated road traffic fatal injury deaths per 100,000 population.

Source: Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population)

Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)

1 per 100,000 people latest value, 2021

Saudi Arabia: Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)2000: 2.3; 2021: 100.511.522.520002005201020152020

Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)

Prevalence of current tobacco use (% of adults)

14.7 % of adults latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Prevalence of current tobacco use (% of adults)2000: 14.4; 2024: 14.705101520002005201020152020

The percentage of the population ages 15 years and over who currently use any tobacco product (smoked and/or smokeless tobacco) on a daily or non-daily basis. Tobacco products include cigarettes, pipes, cigars, cigarillos, waterpipes (hookah, shisha), bidis, kretek, heated tobacco products, and all forms of smokeless (oral and nasal) tobacco. Tobacco products exclude e-cigarettes (which do not contain tobacco), “e-cigars”, “e-hookahs”, JUUL and “e-pipes”. The rates are age-standardized to the WHO Standard Population.

Source: Prevalence of current tobacco use (% of adults)

Incidence of tuberculosis (per 100,000 people)

8.4 per 100,000 people latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Incidence of tuberculosis (per 100,000 people)2000: 23; 2024: 8.4051015202520002005201020152020

Incidence of tuberculosis is the estimated number of new and relapse tuberculosis cases arising in a given year, expressed as the rate per 100,000 population. All forms of TB are included, including cases in people living with HIV. Estimates for all years are recalculated as new information becomes available and techniques are refined, so they may differ from those published previously.

Source: Incidence of tuberculosis (per 100,000 people)

Prevalence of undernourishment (% of population)

2.5 % of population latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Prevalence of undernourishment (% of population)2001: 4.6; 2023: 2.50123452005201020152020

Prevalence of undernourishment is the percentage of the population whose habitual food consumption is insufficient to provide the dietary energy levels that are required to maintain a normal active and healthy life. Data showing as 2.5 may signify a prevalence of undernourishment below 2.5%.

Source: Prevalence of undernourishment (% of population)

Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months)

97 % of children aged 12-23 months latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months)1980: 41; 2024: 9702040608010019801990200020102020

Child immunization, DPT, measures the percentage of children ages 12-23 months who received DPT vaccinations before 12 months or at any time before the survey. A child is considered adequately immunized against diphtheria, pertussis (or whooping cough), and tetanus (DPT) after receiving three doses of vaccine.

Source: Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months)

Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months)

96 % of children aged 12-23 months latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months)1980: 8; 2024: 9602040608010019801990200020102020

Child immunization, measles, measures the percentage of children ages 12-23 months who received the measles vaccination before 12 months or at any time before the survey. A child is considered adequately immunized against measles after receiving one dose of vaccine.

Source: Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months)

Culture and time

International tourism, receipts (current US$)

5,960,000,000 current US dollars latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: International tourism, receipts (current US$)2003: 3,418,000,000; 2020: 5,960,000,00005,000,000,00010,000,000,00015,000,000,00020,000,000,0002005201020152020

International tourism receipts are expenditures by international inbound visitors, including payments to national carriers for international transport. These receipts include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except when these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include receipts for passenger transport items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: International tourism, receipts (current US$)

International tourism, number of arrivals

20,292,000 arrivals per year latest value, 2019

Saudi Arabia: International tourism, number of arrivals1995: 4,398,000; 2019: 20,292,00005,000,00010,000,00015,000,00020,000,00025,000,00019952000200520102015

International inbound tourists (overnight visitors) are the number of tourists who travel to a country other than that in which they have their usual residence, but outside their usual environment, for a period not exceeding 12 months and whose main purpose in visiting is other than an activity remunerated from within the country visited. When data on number of tourists are not available, the number of visitors, which includes tourists, same-day visitors, cruise passengers, and crew members, is shown instead. Sources and collection methods for arrivals differ across countries. In some cases data are from border statistics (police, immigration, and the like) and supplemented by border surveys. In other cases data are from tourism accommodation establishments. For some countries number of arrivals is limited to arrivals by air and for others to arrivals staying in hotels. Some countries include arrivals of nationals residing abroad while others do not. Caution should thus be used in comparing arrivals across countries. The data on inbound tourists refer to the number of arrivals, not to the number of people traveling. Thus a person who makes several trips to a country during a given period is counted each time as a new arrival.

Source: International tourism, number of arrivals

Land and housing

Agricultural land (% of land area)

80.8 % of land area latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Agricultural land (% of land area)1961: 40.1; 2023: 80.8020406080100197019801990200020102020

Agricultural land refers to the share of land area that is arable, under permanent crops, and under permanent pastures. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded. Land under permanent crops is land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, and rubber. This category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber. Permanent pasture is land used for five or more years for forage, including natural and cultivated crops.

Source: Agricultural land (% of land area)

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added per worker (constant 2015 US$)

57,181.1 constant 2015 US dollars latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added per worker (constant 2015 US$)1991: 42,829.3; 2025: 57,181.1020,00040,00060,00080,0001995200020052010201520202025

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing corresponds to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 01-03 and includes the exploitation of vegetal and animal natural resources, comprising the activities of growing of crops, raising and breeding of animals, harvesting of timber and other plants, animals or animal products from a farm or their natural habitats.Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed in constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment is 2015. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.

Source: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added per worker (constant 2015 US$)

Land used for aquaculture

14.2 1000 ha latest value, 2022

Saudi Arabia: Land used for aquaculture2021: 14.2; 2022: 14.20510152020

FAOSTAT RL, Land used for aquaculture. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Arable land (% of land area)

1.6 % of land area latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Arable land (% of land area)1961: 0.5; 2023: 1.600.511.52197019801990200020102020

Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Arable land (% of land area)

Cereal yield (kg per hectare)

5,121.7 kg per hectare latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Cereal yield (kg per hectare)1961: 1,319.2; 2023: 5,121.702,0004,0006,000197019801990200020102020

Cereal yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land, includes wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded. The FAO allocates production data to the calendar year in which the bulk of the harvest took place. Most of a crop harvested near the end of a year will be used in the following year.

Source: Cereal yield (kg per hectare)

Certified organic agricultural land

20.65 1000 ha latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Certified organic agricultural land2009: 15.5; 2024: 20.65010203040201020152020

FAOSTAT RL, Agriculture area certified organic. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Farm buildings and farmyards

49.51 1000 ha latest value, 2018

Saudi Arabia: Farm buildings and farmyards2018: 49.51; 2018: 49.51010203040502015

FAOSTAT RL, Farm buildings and Farmyards. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Actually irrigated agricultural land

757.5 1000 ha latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Actually irrigated agricultural land1992: 1,608; 2024: 757.505001,0001,5002,000199520002005201020152020

FAOSTAT RL, Agriculture area actually irrigated. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Land equipped for irrigation

3,278.92 1000 ha latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Land equipped for irrigation1961: 343; 2024: 3,278.9201,0002,0003,0004,000197019801990200020102020

FAOSTAT RL, Land area equipped for irrigation. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Planted forest

75.59 1000 ha latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Planted forest1990: 68.09; 2025: 75.5902040608019901995200020052010201520202025

FAOSTAT RL, Planted Forest. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Primary forest

360.17 1000 ha latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Primary forest1990: 360.17; 2025: 360.17010020030040019901995200020052010201520202025

FAOSTAT RL, Primary Forest. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Everyday environment

Air transport, passengers carried

47,979,994 passengers per year latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Air transport, passengers carried1970: 558,000; 2023: 47,979,994010,000,00020,000,00030,000,00040,000,00050,000,000197019801990200020102020

Air carrier data per country refers to passengers carried by airlines registered in that country regardless of the origin or destination of the passengers.

Source: Air transport, passengers carried

Access to electricity (% of population)

100 % of population latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Access to electricity (% of population)1990: 100; 2024: 1000204060801001201990199520002005201020152020

Access to electricity is the percentage of population with access to electricity. Electrification data are collected from industry, national surveys and international sources.

Source: Access to electricity (% of population)

Fertilizer consumption (kilograms per hectare of arable land)

122.4 kg of nutrients per hectare latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Fertilizer consumption (kilograms per hectare of arable land)1961: 3.5; 2023: 122.4050100150200197019801990200020102020

Fertilizer consumption measures the quantity of plant nutrients used per unit of arable land. Fertilizer products cover nitrogenous, potash, and phosphate fertilizers (including ground rock phosphate). Traditional nutrients--animal and plant manures--are not included. For the purpose of data dissemination, FAO has adopted the concept of a calendar year (January to December). Some countries compile fertilizer data on a calendar year basis, while others are on a split-year basis. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Fertilizer consumption (kilograms per hectare of arable land)

Forest area (% of land area)

0.5 % of land area latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Forest area (% of land area)1990: 0.5; 2023: 0.500.10.20.30.40.51990199520002005201020152020

Forest area (% of land area) is the share of total land area that is under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

Source: Forest area (% of land area)

Land temperature anomaly

1.58 °C latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Land temperature anomaly1961: −0.19; 2025: 1.5800.511.522.5197019801990200020102020

FAOSTAT ET, Meteorological year. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter)

73.5 micrograms/m³, annual mean exposure latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter)1990: 52.6; 2023: 73.50204060801990199520002005201020152020

Population-weighted exposure to ambient PM2.5 pollution is defined as the average level of exposure of a nation's population to concentrations of suspended particles measuring less than 2.5 microns in aerodynamic diameter, which are capable of penetrating deep into the respiratory tract and causing severe health damage. Exposure is calculated by weighting mean annual concentrations of PM2.5 by population in both urban and rural areas.

Source: PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter)

Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km)

134.7 million passenger-km latest value, 2018

Saudi Arabia: Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km)1995: 164; 2018: 134.7010020030040019952000200520102015

Passengers carried by railway are the number of passengers transported by rail multiplied by kilometers traveled.

Source: Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km)

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population)

83.9 % of population latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population)2013: 84.5; 2024: 83.902040608010020152020

The percentage of people using improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed of in situ or transported and treated offsite. Improved sanitation facilities include flush/pour flush to piped sewer systems, septic tanks or pit latrines: ventilated improved pit latrines, composting toilets or pit latrines with slabs.

Source: People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population)

Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources

974.2 % of available freshwater resources latest value, 2022

Saudi Arabia: Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources1992: 671.7; 2022: 974.202004006008001,000199520002005201020152020

The level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources is the ratio between total freshwater withdrawn by all major sectors and total renewable freshwater resources, after taking into account environmental water requirements. Main sectors, as defined by ISIC standards, include agriculture; forestry and fishing; manufacturing; electricity industry; and services. This indicator is also known as water withdrawal intensity.

Source: Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources

Work and skills

Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)

97.9 % of people aged 15+ latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)1992: 70.8; 2024: 97.9020406080100199520002005201020152020

Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)

Children out of school (% of primary school age)

0.5 % of primary-school-age children latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Children out of school (% of primary school age)1979: 30.7; 2024: 0.501020304019801990200020102020

Children out of school are the percentage of primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in primary or secondary school. Children in the official primary age group that are in preprimary education should be considered out of school.

Source: Children out of school (% of primary school age)

Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)

4.5 % of GDP latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)1981: 3.9; 2023: 4.502468101990200020102020

General government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) is expressed as a percentage of GDP. It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.

Source: Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)

Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate)

63.1 % of population aged 15+ latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate)1991: 47.5; 2025: 63.10204060801995200020052010201520202025

Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed.

Source: Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate)

Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)

65.1 % of population aged 15+ latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)1990: 51.4; 2025: 65.102040608019901995200020052010201520202025

Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.

Source: Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)

Learning poverty: Share of Children at the End-of-Primary age below minimum reading proficiency adjusted by Out-of-School Children (%)

32.4 % of children of end-of-primary age latest value, 2021

Saudi Arabia: Learning poverty: Share of Children at the End-of-Primary age below minimum reading proficiency adjusted by Out-of-School Children (%)2011: 38.2; 2021: 32.401020304020152020

The share of 10-year-olds who cannot read and understand a short passage of age-appropriate material—in other words, those who are below the “minimum proficiency” threshold for reading. This measure is defined as the union of two deprivations: 1) schooling deprivation and 2) learning deprivation. A child is considered schooling-deprived (SD) if he or she is of primary school age and out-of-school. The dimension of learning deprivation (LD) applies only for children in school, and identifies those pupils who are below the minimum proficiency level (MPL) for reading, as defined by the Global Alliance to Monitor Learning (GAML), measured in standard learning assessments, and reported in the context of the SDG 4.1.1b monitoring. This “union approach” to measurement reflects the choice that, as presented in the SDGs, all age 10 children must be both in school and learning. The final learning poverty measure combines the two dimensions in a single indicator using the following formula: LP = SD + [(1-SD) x LD]

Source: Learning poverty: Share of Children at the End-of-Primary age below minimum reading proficiency adjusted by Out-of-School Children (%)

New business density (new registrations per 1,000 people ages 15-64)

5.5 per 1,000 people aged 15-64 latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: New business density (new registrations per 1,000 people ages 15-64)2006: 0.4; 2024: 5.50246201020152020

The number of newly registered firms with limited liability per 1,000 working-age people (ages 15-64) per calendar year.

Source: New business density (new registrations per 1,000 people ages 15-64)

Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

99.4 % of relevant age group latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)1979: 63.5; 2024: 99.405010015019801990200020102020

Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.

Source: Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

1.7 % of employment latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)1991: 6.1; 2025: 1.7024681995200020052010201520202025

Vulnerable employment is contributing family workers and own-account workers as a percentage of total employment.

Source: Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24)

99.9 % of people aged 15-24 latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24)1992: 87.9; 2024: 99.9020406080100199520002005201020152020

Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24)

Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of youth population)

16.4 % of youth aged 15-24 latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of youth population)2019: 15.6; 2025: 16.4051015202520202025

The share of youth not in education, employment or training (also known as “the NEET rate”) conveys the number of young persons not in education, employment or training as a percentage of the total youth population. Youth not in education are those who were neither enrolled in school nor in a formal training program (e.g. vocational training). For the purposes of this indicator, youth is defined as all persons between the ages of 15 and 24 (inclusive).

Source: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of youth population)

Science, space and technology

GitHub developer accounts at year end

901,427 accounts latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: GitHub developer accounts at year end2020: 234,329; 2025: 901,4270200,000400,000600,000800,0001,000,00020202025

Fourth-quarter end snapshot; includes inactive accounts/organizations/repositories. GitHub Innovation Graph: public GitHub activity only. Geography reflects mode location, not nationality. Suppressed small groups are not zeros; not a professional-programmer count.

Source: GitHub Innovation Graph

GitHub git pushes

2,024,136 git pushes latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: GitHub git pushes2020: 374,106; 2025: 2,024,1360500,0001,000,0001,500,0002,000,0002,500,00020202025

Sum of all four published quarters of git pushes. One push may include multiple commits. GitHub Innovation Graph: public GitHub activity only. Geography reflects mode location, not nationality. Suppressed small groups are not zeros; not a professional-programmer count.

Source: GitHub Innovation Graph

GitHub organizations at year end

32,602 organizations latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: GitHub organizations at year end2020: 19,506; 2025: 32,602010,00020,00030,00040,00020202025

Fourth-quarter end snapshot; includes inactive accounts/organizations/repositories. GitHub Innovation Graph: public GitHub activity only. Geography reflects mode location, not nationality. Suppressed small groups are not zeros; not a professional-programmer count.

Source: GitHub Innovation Graph

GitHub repositories at year end

1,129,561 repositories latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: GitHub repositories at year end2020: 257,700; 2025: 1,129,5610500,0001,000,0001,500,00020202025

Fourth-quarter end snapshot; includes inactive accounts/organizations/repositories. GitHub Innovation Graph: public GitHub activity only. Geography reflects mode location, not nationality. Suppressed small groups are not zeros; not a professional-programmer count.

Source: GitHub Innovation Graph

High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)

0.5 % of manufactured exports latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)2007: 0.7; 2024: 0.500.511.5201020152020

High-technology exports are products with high R&D intensity, such as in aerospace, computers, pharmaceuticals, scientific instruments, and electrical machinery.

Source: High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)

Research and development expenditure (% of GDP)

0.6 % of GDP latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Research and development expenditure (% of GDP)2003: 0.1; 2024: 0.600.20.40.60.812005201020152020

Gross domestic expenditures on research and development (R&D), expressed as a percent of GDP. They include both capital and current expenditures in the four main sectors: Business enterprise, Government, Higher education and Private non-profit. R&D covers basic research, applied research, and experimental development.

Source: Research and development expenditure (% of GDP)

Researchers in R&D (per million people)

1,234.7 full-time equivalents per million people latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Researchers in R&D (per million people)2020: 512.1; 2024: 1,234.705001,0001,5002020

The number of researchers engaged in Research &Development (R&D), expressed as per million. Researchers are professionals who conduct research and improve or develop concepts, theories, models techniques instrumentation, software of operational methods. R&D covers basic research, applied research, and experimental development.

Source: Researchers in R&D (per million people)

Patent applications, residents

1,398 applications per year latest value, 2021

Saudi Arabia: Patent applications, residents1989: 12; 2021: 1,39805001,0001,5001990199520002005201020152020

Patent applications are worldwide patent applications filed through the Patent Cooperation Treaty procedure or with a national patent office for exclusive rights for an invention--a product or process that provides a new way of doing something or offers a new technical solution to a problem. A patent provides protection for the invention to the owner of the patent for a limited period, generally 20 years.

Source: Patent applications, residents

Women among researchers

38.2 % of researchers latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Women among researchers1997: 15.8; 2024: 38.20102030405020002005201020152020

Share of women among researchers in all sectors (business, government, higher education, non-profit), by headcount: each person counts once, however many hours they spend on research. Not the share among paper authors or inventors. UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), indicator FRESP.THC.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS): science, technology and innovation

Patent applications by origin, worldwide

6,071 applications per year latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Patent applications by origin, worldwide1989: 12; 2024: 6,07102,0004,0006,0008,0001990199520002005201020152020

All applications for patents for inventions filed in a year by applicants from the country at any patent office worldwide — at home and abroad (direct filings and PCT national phase entries). Country = first applicant's address (origin), not the filing office. Applications, not grants; one invention filed in five countries counts five times. Residents' filings at their own office are a separate series, resident_patent_applications. WIPO IP Statistics Data Center (the last update is stated in the export file).

Source: WIPO IP Statistics Data Center

Patent applications abroad by origin

2,930 applications per year latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Patent applications abroad by origin1987: 1; 2024: 2,93001,0002,0003,0004,0001990200020102020

Applications for patents for inventions filed in a year by applicants from the country at foreign and regional offices (such as the European Patent Office): how much the country's inventions seek protection in other markets. Country = first applicant's address; applications, not grants. WIPO IP Statistics Data Center (the last update is stated in the export file).

Source: WIPO IP Statistics Data Center

PCT international patent applications

480 applications per year latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: PCT international patent applications1995: 3; 2025: 48002004006008001,0001995200020052010201520202025

International applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) by filing date and first applicant's country. One PCT application defers the choice of countries where the invention will be protected; it is neither a patent nor a filing at a particular office. The incomplete current year is excluded. WIPO IP Statistics Data Center (the last update is stated in the export file).

Source: WIPO IP Statistics Data Center

Satellites and spacecraft put into orbit

2 payloads a year latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Satellites and spacecraft put into orbit2000: 2; 2025: 202468200020052010201520202025

Payloads (satellites, crewed and cargo ships, probes; no rocket stages, debris or dummies) put into orbit by successful launches in the year. The country is the payload owner in GCAT, not the rocket's country: a Turkish satellite on a Falcon 9 is Turkey. Thousands of Starlink satellites since 2019 are the US. Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0.

Source: GCAT — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (J. McDowell)

Communities and participation

Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)

19.9 % of seats latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)2003: 0; 2025: 19.90510152020052010201520202025

Women in parliaments are the percentage of parliamentary seats in a single or lower chamber held by women.

Source: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)

Religion and beliefs

Christians — population share

4.4 % of population latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Christians — population share2010: 3.4; 2020: 4.4012345201020152020

Pew estimates for all ages in 2010 and 2020 from the same revised 2025 release. Harmonised census/survey religious identification, not practising believers. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist or without beliefs. Other religions include folk traditions, Sikhs, Jains, Baha’is and others. The 2026 appendix displays shares below 0.1% as <0.1%; the interactive table displays populations below 10,000 as <10,000; these are retained as bounds in dimensions.operator and omitted from exact chart points. Other counts are rounded to 10,000 and shares to 0.1 percentage point. No intervening years are filled. Affiliated is a derived subtotal of the six religious groups and must not be added to them. Regions/world overlap with countries and must not be summed. Diversity ranks describe only the seven broad groups; a larger rank means less diversity, not less freedom.

Source: Pew Research Center: religious composition, 2010 and 2020

Christians — population

1,360 thousand persons latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Christians — population2010: 840; 2020: 1,36005001,0001,500201020152020

Pew estimates for all ages in 2010 and 2020 from the same revised 2025 release. Harmonised census/survey religious identification, not practising believers. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist or without beliefs. Other religions include folk traditions, Sikhs, Jains, Baha’is and others. The 2026 appendix displays shares below 0.1% as <0.1%; the interactive table displays populations below 10,000 as <10,000; these are retained as bounds in dimensions.operator and omitted from exact chart points. Other counts are rounded to 10,000 and shares to 0.1 percentage point. No intervening years are filled. Affiliated is a derived subtotal of the six religious groups and must not be added to them. Regions/world overlap with countries and must not be summed. Diversity ranks describe only the seven broad groups; a larger rank means less diversity, not less freedom.

Source: Pew Research Center: religious composition, 2010 and 2020

Muslims — population share

92.7 % of population latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Muslims — population share2010: 94.4; 2020: 92.7020406080100201020152020

Pew estimates for all ages in 2010 and 2020 from the same revised 2025 release. Harmonised census/survey religious identification, not practising believers. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist or without beliefs. Other religions include folk traditions, Sikhs, Jains, Baha’is and others. The 2026 appendix displays shares below 0.1% as <0.1%; the interactive table displays populations below 10,000 as <10,000; these are retained as bounds in dimensions.operator and omitted from exact chart points. Other counts are rounded to 10,000 and shares to 0.1 percentage point. No intervening years are filled. Affiliated is a derived subtotal of the six religious groups and must not be added to them. Regions/world overlap with countries and must not be summed. Diversity ranks describe only the seven broad groups; a larger rank means less diversity, not less freedom.

Source: Pew Research Center: religious composition, 2010 and 2020

Muslims — population

28,730 thousand persons latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Muslims — population2010: 23,750; 2020: 28,730010,00020,00030,000201020152020

Pew estimates for all ages in 2010 and 2020 from the same revised 2025 release. Harmonised census/survey religious identification, not practising believers. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist or without beliefs. Other religions include folk traditions, Sikhs, Jains, Baha’is and others. The 2026 appendix displays shares below 0.1% as <0.1%; the interactive table displays populations below 10,000 as <10,000; these are retained as bounds in dimensions.operator and omitted from exact chart points. Other counts are rounded to 10,000 and shares to 0.1 percentage point. No intervening years are filled. Affiliated is a derived subtotal of the six religious groups and must not be added to them. Regions/world overlap with countries and must not be summed. Diversity ranks describe only the seven broad groups; a larger rank means less diversity, not less freedom.

Source: Pew Research Center: religious composition, 2010 and 2020

Religiously unaffiliated — population share

0.1 % of population latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Religiously unaffiliated — population share2020: 0.1; 2020: 0.10000.10.10.10.120152020

Pew estimates for all ages in 2010 and 2020 from the same revised 2025 release. Harmonised census/survey religious identification, not practising believers. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist or without beliefs. Other religions include folk traditions, Sikhs, Jains, Baha’is and others. The 2026 appendix displays shares below 0.1% as <0.1%; the interactive table displays populations below 10,000 as <10,000; these are retained as bounds in dimensions.operator and omitted from exact chart points. Other counts are rounded to 10,000 and shares to 0.1 percentage point. No intervening years are filled. Affiliated is a derived subtotal of the six religious groups and must not be added to them. Regions/world overlap with countries and must not be summed. Diversity ranks describe only the seven broad groups; a larger rank means less diversity, not less freedom.

Source: Pew Research Center: religious composition, 2010 and 2020

Religiously unaffiliated — population

30 thousand persons latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Religiously unaffiliated — population2010: 20; 2020: 30010203040201020152020

Pew estimates for all ages in 2010 and 2020 from the same revised 2025 release. Harmonised census/survey religious identification, not practising believers. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist or without beliefs. Other religions include folk traditions, Sikhs, Jains, Baha’is and others. The 2026 appendix displays shares below 0.1% as <0.1%; the interactive table displays populations below 10,000 as <10,000; these are retained as bounds in dimensions.operator and omitted from exact chart points. Other counts are rounded to 10,000 and shares to 0.1 percentage point. No intervening years are filled. Affiliated is a derived subtotal of the six religious groups and must not be added to them. Regions/world overlap with countries and must not be summed. Diversity ranks describe only the seven broad groups; a larger rank means less diversity, not less freedom.

Source: Pew Research Center: religious composition, 2010 and 2020

Buddhists — population

20 thousand persons latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Buddhists — population2010: 10; 2020: 200510152025201020152020

Pew estimates for all ages in 2010 and 2020 from the same revised 2025 release. Harmonised census/survey religious identification, not practising believers. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist or without beliefs. Other religions include folk traditions, Sikhs, Jains, Baha’is and others. The 2026 appendix displays shares below 0.1% as <0.1%; the interactive table displays populations below 10,000 as <10,000; these are retained as bounds in dimensions.operator and omitted from exact chart points. Other counts are rounded to 10,000 and shares to 0.1 percentage point. No intervening years are filled. Affiliated is a derived subtotal of the six religious groups and must not be added to them. Regions/world overlap with countries and must not be summed. Diversity ranks describe only the seven broad groups; a larger rank means less diversity, not less freedom.

Source: Pew Research Center: religious composition, 2010 and 2020

Hindus — population share

2.6 % of population latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Hindus — population share2010: 2; 2020: 2.60123201020152020

Pew estimates for all ages in 2010 and 2020 from the same revised 2025 release. Harmonised census/survey religious identification, not practising believers. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist or without beliefs. Other religions include folk traditions, Sikhs, Jains, Baha’is and others. The 2026 appendix displays shares below 0.1% as <0.1%; the interactive table displays populations below 10,000 as <10,000; these are retained as bounds in dimensions.operator and omitted from exact chart points. Other counts are rounded to 10,000 and shares to 0.1 percentage point. No intervening years are filled. Affiliated is a derived subtotal of the six religious groups and must not be added to them. Regions/world overlap with countries and must not be summed. Diversity ranks describe only the seven broad groups; a larger rank means less diversity, not less freedom.

Source: Pew Research Center: religious composition, 2010 and 2020

Hindus — population

810 thousand persons latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Hindus — population2010: 500; 2020: 81002004006008001,000201020152020

Pew estimates for all ages in 2010 and 2020 from the same revised 2025 release. Harmonised census/survey religious identification, not practising believers. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist or without beliefs. Other religions include folk traditions, Sikhs, Jains, Baha’is and others. The 2026 appendix displays shares below 0.1% as <0.1%; the interactive table displays populations below 10,000 as <10,000; these are retained as bounds in dimensions.operator and omitted from exact chart points. Other counts are rounded to 10,000 and shares to 0.1 percentage point. No intervening years are filled. Affiliated is a derived subtotal of the six religious groups and must not be added to them. Regions/world overlap with countries and must not be summed. Diversity ranks describe only the seven broad groups; a larger rank means less diversity, not less freedom.

Source: Pew Research Center: religious composition, 2010 and 2020

Other religions — population share

0.1 % of population latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Other religions — population share2020: 0.1; 2020: 0.10000.10.10.10.120152020

Pew estimates for all ages in 2010 and 2020 from the same revised 2025 release. Harmonised census/survey religious identification, not practising believers. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist or without beliefs. Other religions include folk traditions, Sikhs, Jains, Baha’is and others. The 2026 appendix displays shares below 0.1% as <0.1%; the interactive table displays populations below 10,000 as <10,000; these are retained as bounds in dimensions.operator and omitted from exact chart points. Other counts are rounded to 10,000 and shares to 0.1 percentage point. No intervening years are filled. Affiliated is a derived subtotal of the six religious groups and must not be added to them. Regions/world overlap with countries and must not be summed. Diversity ranks describe only the seven broad groups; a larger rank means less diversity, not less freedom.

Source: Pew Research Center: religious composition, 2010 and 2020

Other religions — population

40 thousand persons latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Other religions — population2010: 20; 2020: 4001020304050201020152020

Pew estimates for all ages in 2010 and 2020 from the same revised 2025 release. Harmonised census/survey religious identification, not practising believers. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist or without beliefs. Other religions include folk traditions, Sikhs, Jains, Baha’is and others. The 2026 appendix displays shares below 0.1% as <0.1%; the interactive table displays populations below 10,000 as <10,000; these are retained as bounds in dimensions.operator and omitted from exact chart points. Other counts are rounded to 10,000 and shares to 0.1 percentage point. No intervening years are filled. Affiliated is a derived subtotal of the six religious groups and must not be added to them. Regions/world overlap with countries and must not be summed. Diversity ranks describe only the seven broad groups; a larger rank means less diversity, not less freedom.

Source: Pew Research Center: religious composition, 2010 and 2020

Religious diversity — country rank

142 rank among 201 latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Religious diversity — country rank2010: 147; 2020: 142050100150201020152020

Pew estimates for all ages in 2010 and 2020 from the same revised 2025 release. Harmonised census/survey religious identification, not practising believers. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist or without beliefs. Other religions include folk traditions, Sikhs, Jains, Baha’is and others. The 2026 appendix displays shares below 0.1% as <0.1%; the interactive table displays populations below 10,000 as <10,000; these are retained as bounds in dimensions.operator and omitted from exact chart points. Other counts are rounded to 10,000 and shares to 0.1 percentage point. No intervening years are filled. Affiliated is a derived subtotal of the six religious groups and must not be added to them. Regions/world overlap with countries and must not be summed. Diversity ranks describe only the seven broad groups; a larger rank means less diversity, not less freedom.

Source: Pew Research Center: religious composition, 2010 and 2020

Religious diversity index

1.6 index points (0–10) latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Religious diversity index2010: 1.3; 2020: 1.600.511.52201020152020

Pew index, 0–10, based on seven broad groups. 10 means seven equal groups; 0 means everyone belongs to one group. Does not measure religious freedom, intensity of belief or conflict. Values below 0.1 are retained as bounds in the table. Pew estimates for all ages in 2010 and 2020 from the same revised 2025 release. Harmonised census/survey religious identification, not practising believers. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist or without beliefs. Other religions include folk traditions, Sikhs, Jains, Baha’is and others. The 2026 appendix displays shares below 0.1% as <0.1%; the interactive table displays populations below 10,000 as <10,000; these are retained as bounds in dimensions.operator and omitted from exact chart points. Other counts are rounded to 10,000 and shares to 0.1 percentage point. No intervening years are filled. Affiliated is a derived subtotal of the six religious groups and must not be added to them. Regions/world overlap with countries and must not be summed. Diversity ranks describe only the seven broad groups; a larger rank means less diversity, not less freedom.

Source: Pew Research Center: religious composition, 2010 and 2020

Religious composition: balance between two groups

2.6 index points (0–10) latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Religious composition: balance between two groups2010: 2.1; 2020: 2.60123201020152020

Pew index, 0–10, based on seven broad groups. 10 means two equal groups, which may be any two religions. It is not an affiliated/unaffiliated index. Does not measure religious freedom, intensity of belief or conflict. Values below 0.1 are retained as bounds in the table. Pew estimates for all ages in 2010 and 2020 from the same revised 2025 release. Harmonised census/survey religious identification, not practising believers. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist or without beliefs. Other religions include folk traditions, Sikhs, Jains, Baha’is and others. The 2026 appendix displays shares below 0.1% as <0.1%; the interactive table displays populations below 10,000 as <10,000; these are retained as bounds in dimensions.operator and omitted from exact chart points. Other counts are rounded to 10,000 and shares to 0.1 percentage point. No intervening years are filled. Affiliated is a derived subtotal of the six religious groups and must not be added to them. Regions/world overlap with countries and must not be summed. Diversity ranks describe only the seven broad groups; a larger rank means less diversity, not less freedom.

Source: Pew Research Center: religious composition, 2010 and 2020

Religiously affiliated — population share

99.9 % of population latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Religiously affiliated — population share2020: 99.9; 2020: 99.902040608010020152020

Macroscope calculation: total population minus Unaffiliated. A subtotal of six religious groups, not an eighth group or a count of believers in God. Pew estimates for all ages in 2010 and 2020 from the same revised 2025 release. Harmonised census/survey religious identification, not practising believers. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist or without beliefs. Other religions include folk traditions, Sikhs, Jains, Baha’is and others. The 2026 appendix displays shares below 0.1% as <0.1%; the interactive table displays populations below 10,000 as <10,000; these are retained as bounds in dimensions.operator and omitted from exact chart points. Other counts are rounded to 10,000 and shares to 0.1 percentage point. No intervening years are filled. Affiliated is a derived subtotal of the six religious groups and must not be added to them. Regions/world overlap with countries and must not be summed. Diversity ranks describe only the seven broad groups; a larger rank means less diversity, not less freedom.

Source: Pew Research Center: religious composition, 2010 and 2020

Religiously affiliated — population

30,960 thousand persons latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Religiously affiliated — population2010: 25,140; 2020: 30,960010,00020,00030,00040,000201020152020

Macroscope calculation: total population minus Unaffiliated. A subtotal of six religious groups, not an eighth group or a count of believers in God. Pew estimates for all ages in 2010 and 2020 from the same revised 2025 release. Harmonised census/survey religious identification, not practising believers. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist or without beliefs. Other religions include folk traditions, Sikhs, Jains, Baha’is and others. The 2026 appendix displays shares below 0.1% as <0.1%; the interactive table displays populations below 10,000 as <10,000; these are retained as bounds in dimensions.operator and omitted from exact chart points. Other counts are rounded to 10,000 and shares to 0.1 percentage point. No intervening years are filled. Affiliated is a derived subtotal of the six religious groups and must not be added to them. Regions/world overlap with countries and must not be summed. Diversity ranks describe only the seven broad groups; a larger rank means less diversity, not less freedom.

Source: Pew Research Center: religious composition, 2010 and 2020

Government restrictions on religion

7.4 index points (0–10) latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Government restrictions on religion2023: 7.4; 2023: 7.4024682020

Pew coding of published materials for 2023, 198 countries and territories. Scores from 0 to 10, not population percentages. GRI covers government restrictions; SHI covers hostile acts by private individuals and groups. They measure different things and must not be summed. North Korea is not scored due to insufficient reliable observations; missing is not no restrictions. Released June 15, 2026.

Source: Pew Research Center: religious restrictions and social hostilities

Social hostilities involving religion

2.9 index points (0–10) latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: Social hostilities involving religion2023: 2.9; 2023: 2.901232020

Pew coding of published materials for 2023, 198 countries and territories. Scores from 0 to 10, not population percentages. GRI covers government restrictions; SHI covers hostile acts by private individuals and groups. They measure different things and must not be summed. North Korea is not scored due to insufficient reliable observations; missing is not no restrictions. Released June 15, 2026.

Source: Pew Research Center: religious restrictions and social hostilities

Christians among immigrants — share

11.7 % of migrants latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Christians among immigrants — share1990: 11.6; 2020: 11.70510151990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Christians among immigrants — population

1,580 thousand persons latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Christians among immigrants — population1990: 580; 2020: 1,58005001,0001,5002,0001990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Muslims among immigrants — share

80.5 % of migrants latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Muslims among immigrants — share1990: 80.8; 2020: 80.50204060801001990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Muslims among immigrants — population

10,820 thousand persons latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Muslims among immigrants — population1990: 4,040; 2020: 10,82005,00010,00015,0001990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Religiously unaffiliated among immigrants — share

0.3 % of migrants latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Religiously unaffiliated among immigrants — share1990: 0.3; 2020: 0.300.10.20.31990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Religiously unaffiliated among immigrants — population

40 thousand persons latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Religiously unaffiliated among immigrants — population1990: 10; 2020: 40010203040501990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Buddhists among immigrants — share

0.2 % of migrants latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Buddhists among immigrants — share1990: 0.2; 2020: 0.200.10.10.20.20.31990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Buddhists among immigrants — population

30 thousand persons latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Buddhists among immigrants — population1995: 10; 2020: 30010203040199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Hindus among immigrants — share

7 % of migrants latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Hindus among immigrants — share1990: 6.8; 2020: 7024681990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Hindus among immigrants — population

940 thousand persons latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Hindus among immigrants — population1990: 340; 2020: 94002004006008001,0001990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Jews among immigrants — share

0 % of migrants latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Jews among immigrants — share1990: 0; 2020: 0011990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Other religions among immigrants — share

0.3 % of migrants latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Other religions among immigrants — share1990: 0.3; 2020: 0.300.10.20.31990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Other religions among immigrants — population

40 thousand persons latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Other religions among immigrants — population1990: 20; 2020: 40010203040501990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Christians among emigrants — share

10.7 % of migrants latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Christians among emigrants — share1990: 6.9; 2020: 10.70510151990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Christians among emigrants — population

30 thousand persons latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Christians among emigrants — population2000: 10; 2020: 3001020304020002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Muslims among emigrants — share

86.1 % of migrants latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Muslims among emigrants — share1990: 91.4; 2020: 86.10204060801001990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Muslims among emigrants — population

270 thousand persons latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Muslims among emigrants — population1990: 100; 2020: 27001002003001990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Religiously unaffiliated among emigrants — share

1.5 % of migrants latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Religiously unaffiliated among emigrants — share1990: 0.7; 2020: 1.500.511.521990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Buddhists among emigrants — share

0.3 % of migrants latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Buddhists among emigrants — share1990: 0.1; 2020: 0.300.10.20.31990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Hindus among emigrants — share

0.7 % of migrants latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Hindus among emigrants — share1990: 0.3; 2020: 0.700.20.40.60.811990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Jews among emigrants — share

0.2 % of migrants latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Jews among emigrants — share1990: 0.3; 2020: 0.200.10.20.31990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Other religions among emigrants — share

0.5 % of migrants latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Other religions among emigrants — share1990: 0.2; 2020: 0.500.10.20.30.40.50.61990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Catholics — population, 2010 estimate

1,050 thousand persons latest value, 2010

Saudi Arabia: Catholics — population, 2010 estimate2010: 1,050; 2010: 1,05005001,0001,50020052010

Historical all-age estimates for 2010 from Pew’s 2011 release, 232 countries/territories. Pew’s 2025 revision does not update this detailed split: do not splice into the revised Christian total series. Affiliation, not practice. Protestant includes Anglicans and independent churches; Orthodox includes Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches. Other Christians include, among others, Latter-day Saints and Jehovah’s Witnesses under the source classification. Counts of at least 10,000 are rounded to 10,000; <1,000 and <10,000 remain bounds in the typed table only. The source states that <10,000 means 1,000–9,999, not zero. World is the sum of the five regions in the same release. Netherlands Antilles and Channel Islands are not assigned to a single present-day country. Geography follows the 2011 release; South Sudan is separate. Macroscope analysis. Pew Research Center bears no responsibility for the analyses or interpretations of the data presented here. The opinions expressed herein, including any implications for policy, are those of the author and not of Pew Research Center. Pew Research Center has published the original content in English but has not reviewed or approved this translation.

Source: Pew: Christian traditions, 2010 estimates (2011 release)

Protestants — population, 2010 estimate

100 thousand persons latest value, 2010

Saudi Arabia: Protestants — population, 2010 estimate2010: 100; 2010: 10002040608010012020052010

Historical all-age estimates for 2010 from Pew’s 2011 release, 232 countries/territories. Pew’s 2025 revision does not update this detailed split: do not splice into the revised Christian total series. Affiliation, not practice. Protestant includes Anglicans and independent churches; Orthodox includes Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches. Other Christians include, among others, Latter-day Saints and Jehovah’s Witnesses under the source classification. Counts of at least 10,000 are rounded to 10,000; <1,000 and <10,000 remain bounds in the typed table only. The source states that <10,000 means 1,000–9,999, not zero. World is the sum of the five regions in the same release. Netherlands Antilles and Channel Islands are not assigned to a single present-day country. Geography follows the 2011 release; South Sudan is separate. Macroscope analysis. Pew Research Center bears no responsibility for the analyses or interpretations of the data presented here. The opinions expressed herein, including any implications for policy, are those of the author and not of Pew Research Center. Pew Research Center has published the original content in English but has not reviewed or approved this translation.

Source: Pew: Christian traditions, 2010 estimates (2011 release)

Eastern and Oriental Orthodox — population, 2010 estimate

50 thousand persons latest value, 2010

Saudi Arabia: Eastern and Oriental Orthodox — population, 2010 estimate2010: 50; 2010: 50010203040506020052010

Historical all-age estimates for 2010 from Pew’s 2011 release, 232 countries/territories. Pew’s 2025 revision does not update this detailed split: do not splice into the revised Christian total series. Affiliation, not practice. Protestant includes Anglicans and independent churches; Orthodox includes Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches. Other Christians include, among others, Latter-day Saints and Jehovah’s Witnesses under the source classification. Counts of at least 10,000 are rounded to 10,000; <1,000 and <10,000 remain bounds in the typed table only. The source states that <10,000 means 1,000–9,999, not zero. World is the sum of the five regions in the same release. Netherlands Antilles and Channel Islands are not assigned to a single present-day country. Geography follows the 2011 release; South Sudan is separate. Macroscope analysis. Pew Research Center bears no responsibility for the analyses or interpretations of the data presented here. The opinions expressed herein, including any implications for policy, are those of the author and not of Pew Research Center. Pew Research Center has published the original content in English but has not reviewed or approved this translation.

Source: Pew: Christian traditions, 2010 estimates (2011 release)

Shia among Muslims — lower estimate endpoint, 2009

10 % of Muslims latest value, 2009

Saudi Arabia: Shia among Muslims — lower estimate endpoint, 20092009: 10; 2009: 100246810122005

Historical 2009 expert/ethnographic estimates, not a current census or survey responses. Denominator: all Muslims in the respective country, not its total population. Ranges are the source’s likely estimate ranges, not statistical confidence intervals; Pew does not quantify a margin of error. Lower and upper range endpoints have separate indicators; no midpoint is calculated. Approximate (~) estimates are separate; <1%, <5% and similar are bounds in the typed table only. Missing -- is not zero. The remainder is not automatically called Sunni, which would conceal other traditions. Share of the world’s Shia and Shia share of a country’s Muslims have distinct denominators. Macroscope analysis. Pew Research Center bears no responsibility for the analyses or interpretations of the data presented here. The opinions expressed herein, including any implications for policy, are those of the author and not of Pew Research Center. Pew Research Center has published the original content in English but has not reviewed or approved this translation.

Source: Pew: Shia share ranges, 2009

Shia among Muslims — upper estimate endpoint, 2009

15 % of Muslims latest value, 2009

Saudi Arabia: Shia among Muslims — upper estimate endpoint, 20092009: 15; 2009: 15051015202005

Historical 2009 expert/ethnographic estimates, not a current census or survey responses. Denominator: all Muslims in the respective country, not its total population. Ranges are the source’s likely estimate ranges, not statistical confidence intervals; Pew does not quantify a margin of error. Lower and upper range endpoints have separate indicators; no midpoint is calculated. Approximate (~) estimates are separate; <1%, <5% and similar are bounds in the typed table only. Missing -- is not zero. The remainder is not automatically called Sunni, which would conceal other traditions. Share of the world’s Shia and Shia share of a country’s Muslims have distinct denominators. Macroscope analysis. Pew Research Center bears no responsibility for the analyses or interpretations of the data presented here. The opinions expressed herein, including any implications for policy, are those of the author and not of Pew Research Center. Pew Research Center has published the original content in English but has not reviewed or approved this translation.

Source: Pew: Shia share ranges, 2009

Internet and communication freedom

Communication restrictions: documented cases

1 documented cases a year latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Communication restrictions: documented cases2016: 1; 2025: 1000111120202025

Cases documented by Access Now / #KeepItOn in the reporting calendar year. Ongoing restrictions count in each year they persist, not only when they begin. Country denotes the affected location, not necessarily the imposing actor. Detection coverage varies; missing country-years are not filled with zero. Counts do not measure affected people, disconnected hours or censorship severity. Subcategories overlap. A subcategory zero means no explicit positive flags among the country-year records; unknown attributes remain in the detailed data.

Source: Access Now / #KeepItOn: STOP tracker

Full-network restrictions

0 documented cases a year latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Full-network restrictions2016: 0; 2025: 00120202025

Cases documented by Access Now / #KeepItOn in the reporting calendar year. Ongoing restrictions count in each year they persist, not only when they begin. Country denotes the affected location, not necessarily the imposing actor. Detection coverage varies; missing country-years are not filled with zero. Counts do not measure affected people, disconnected hours or censorship severity. Subcategories overlap. A subcategory zero means no explicit positive flags among the country-year records; unknown attributes remain in the detailed data.

Source: Access Now / #KeepItOn: STOP tracker

Service-based restrictions

1 documented cases a year latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Service-based restrictions2016: 1; 2025: 1000111120202025

Cases documented by Access Now / #KeepItOn in the reporting calendar year. Ongoing restrictions count in each year they persist, not only when they begin. Country denotes the affected location, not necessarily the imposing actor. Detection coverage varies; missing country-years are not filled with zero. Counts do not measure affected people, disconnected hours or censorship severity. Subcategories overlap. A subcategory zero means no explicit positive flags among the country-year records; unknown attributes remain in the detailed data.

Source: Access Now / #KeepItOn: STOP tracker

Intentional throttling

0 documented cases a year latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Intentional throttling2016: 0; 2025: 00120202025

Cases documented by Access Now / #KeepItOn in the reporting calendar year. Ongoing restrictions count in each year they persist, not only when they begin. Country denotes the affected location, not necessarily the imposing actor. Detection coverage varies; missing country-years are not filled with zero. Counts do not measure affected people, disconnected hours or censorship severity. Subcategories overlap. A subcategory zero means no explicit positive flags among the country-year records; unknown attributes remain in the detailed data.

Source: Access Now / #KeepItOn: STOP tracker

Mobile internet restrictions

1 documented cases a year latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Mobile internet restrictions2016: 1; 2025: 1000111120202025

Cases documented by Access Now / #KeepItOn in the reporting calendar year. Ongoing restrictions count in each year they persist, not only when they begin. Country denotes the affected location, not necessarily the imposing actor. Detection coverage varies; missing country-years are not filled with zero. Counts do not measure affected people, disconnected hours or censorship severity. Subcategories overlap. A subcategory zero means no explicit positive flags among the country-year records; unknown attributes remain in the detailed data.

Source: Access Now / #KeepItOn: STOP tracker

Broadband internet restrictions

1 documented cases a year latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Broadband internet restrictions2016: 1; 2025: 1000111120202025

Cases documented by Access Now / #KeepItOn in the reporting calendar year. Ongoing restrictions count in each year they persist, not only when they begin. Country denotes the affected location, not necessarily the imposing actor. Detection coverage varies; missing country-years are not filled with zero. Counts do not measure affected people, disconnected hours or censorship severity. Subcategories overlap. A subcategory zero means no explicit positive flags among the country-year records; unknown attributes remain in the detailed data.

Source: Access Now / #KeepItOn: STOP tracker

SMS restrictions

0 documented cases a year latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: SMS restrictions2017: 0; 2025: 00120202025

Cases documented by Access Now / #KeepItOn in the reporting calendar year. Ongoing restrictions count in each year they persist, not only when they begin. Country denotes the affected location, not necessarily the imposing actor. Detection coverage varies; missing country-years are not filled with zero. Counts do not measure affected people, disconnected hours or censorship severity. Subcategories overlap. A subcategory zero means no explicit positive flags among the country-year records; unknown attributes remain in the detailed data.

Source: Access Now / #KeepItOn: STOP tracker

Phone-call restrictions

0 documented cases a year latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Phone-call restrictions2016: 1; 2025: 0000111120202025

Cases documented by Access Now / #KeepItOn in the reporting calendar year. Ongoing restrictions count in each year they persist, not only when they begin. Country denotes the affected location, not necessarily the imposing actor. Detection coverage varies; missing country-years are not filled with zero. Counts do not measure affected people, disconnected hours or censorship severity. Subcategories overlap. A subcategory zero means no explicit positive flags among the country-year records; unknown attributes remain in the detailed data.

Source: Access Now / #KeepItOn: STOP tracker

Facebook restrictions

0 documented cases a year latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Facebook restrictions2017: 0; 2025: 00120202025

Cases documented by Access Now / #KeepItOn in the reporting calendar year. Ongoing restrictions count in each year they persist, not only when they begin. Country denotes the affected location, not necessarily the imposing actor. Detection coverage varies; missing country-years are not filled with zero. Counts do not measure affected people, disconnected hours or censorship severity. Subcategories overlap. A subcategory zero means no explicit positive flags among the country-year records; unknown attributes remain in the detailed data.

Source: Access Now / #KeepItOn: STOP tracker

X / Twitter restrictions

0 documented cases a year latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: X / Twitter restrictions2017: 0; 2025: 00120202025

Cases documented by Access Now / #KeepItOn in the reporting calendar year. Ongoing restrictions count in each year they persist, not only when they begin. Country denotes the affected location, not necessarily the imposing actor. Detection coverage varies; missing country-years are not filled with zero. Counts do not measure affected people, disconnected hours or censorship severity. Subcategories overlap. A subcategory zero means no explicit positive flags among the country-year records; unknown attributes remain in the detailed data.

Source: Access Now / #KeepItOn: STOP tracker

WhatsApp restrictions

0 documented cases a year latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: WhatsApp restrictions2017: 0; 2025: 00120202025

Cases documented by Access Now / #KeepItOn in the reporting calendar year. Ongoing restrictions count in each year they persist, not only when they begin. Country denotes the affected location, not necessarily the imposing actor. Detection coverage varies; missing country-years are not filled with zero. Counts do not measure affected people, disconnected hours or censorship severity. Subcategories overlap. A subcategory zero means no explicit positive flags among the country-year records; unknown attributes remain in the detailed data.

Source: Access Now / #KeepItOn: STOP tracker

Instagram restrictions

0 documented cases a year latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Instagram restrictions2017: 0; 2025: 00120202025

Cases documented by Access Now / #KeepItOn in the reporting calendar year. Ongoing restrictions count in each year they persist, not only when they begin. Country denotes the affected location, not necessarily the imposing actor. Detection coverage varies; missing country-years are not filled with zero. Counts do not measure affected people, disconnected hours or censorship severity. Subcategories overlap. A subcategory zero means no explicit positive flags among the country-year records; unknown attributes remain in the detailed data.

Source: Access Now / #KeepItOn: STOP tracker

Telegram restrictions

0 documented cases a year latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Telegram restrictions2017: 0; 2025: 00120202025

Cases documented by Access Now / #KeepItOn in the reporting calendar year. Ongoing restrictions count in each year they persist, not only when they begin. Country denotes the affected location, not necessarily the imposing actor. Detection coverage varies; missing country-years are not filled with zero. Counts do not measure affected people, disconnected hours or censorship severity. Subcategories overlap. A subcategory zero means no explicit positive flags among the country-year records; unknown attributes remain in the detailed data.

Source: Access Now / #KeepItOn: STOP tracker

Restrictions linked to protests

0 documented cases a year latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Restrictions linked to protests2016: 0; 2025: 00120202025

Cases documented by Access Now / #KeepItOn in the reporting calendar year. Ongoing restrictions count in each year they persist, not only when they begin. Country denotes the affected location, not necessarily the imposing actor. Detection coverage varies; missing country-years are not filled with zero. Counts do not measure affected people, disconnected hours or censorship severity. Subcategories overlap. A subcategory zero means no explicit positive flags among the country-year records; unknown attributes remain in the detailed data.

Source: Access Now / #KeepItOn: STOP tracker

Restrictions linked to elections

0 documented cases a year latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Restrictions linked to elections2016: 0; 2025: 00120202025

Cases documented by Access Now / #KeepItOn in the reporting calendar year. Ongoing restrictions count in each year they persist, not only when they begin. Country denotes the affected location, not necessarily the imposing actor. Detection coverage varies; missing country-years are not filled with zero. Counts do not measure affected people, disconnected hours or censorship severity. Subcategories overlap. A subcategory zero means no explicit positive flags among the country-year records; unknown attributes remain in the detailed data.

Source: Access Now / #KeepItOn: STOP tracker

Restrictions linked to conflict

0 documented cases a year latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Restrictions linked to conflict2016: 0; 2025: 00120202025

Cases documented by Access Now / #KeepItOn in the reporting calendar year. Ongoing restrictions count in each year they persist, not only when they begin. Country denotes the affected location, not necessarily the imposing actor. Detection coverage varies; missing country-years are not filled with zero. Counts do not measure affected people, disconnected hours or censorship severity. Subcategories overlap. A subcategory zero means no explicit positive flags among the country-year records; unknown attributes remain in the detailed data.

Source: Access Now / #KeepItOn: STOP tracker

Restrictions linked to exams

0 documented cases a year latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Restrictions linked to exams2016: 0; 2025: 00120202025

Cases documented by Access Now / #KeepItOn in the reporting calendar year. Ongoing restrictions count in each year they persist, not only when they begin. Country denotes the affected location, not necessarily the imposing actor. Detection coverage varies; missing country-years are not filled with zero. Counts do not measure affected people, disconnected hours or censorship severity. Subcategories overlap. A subcategory zero means no explicit positive flags among the country-year records; unknown attributes remain in the detailed data.

Source: Access Now / #KeepItOn: STOP tracker

Internet freedom: overall score

25 points out of 100 latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Internet freedom: overall score2019: 25; 2025: 25010203020202025

Freedom House expert assessment; higher scores mean more freedom, not a percentage of people or sites. Year denotes the edition, assessing June 1 of the previous year through May 31 of that year. Total is access (0–25) plus content (0–35) plus user rights (0–40). Country coverage is neither a random sample nor the entire world. History starts in 2019, when the source reversed its scale; the 2025 production process was reduced due to budget constraints. Detailed questions cover 2025 only; gaps remain missing.

Source: Freedom House: Freedom on the Net

Internet freedom: access score

13 points out of 25 latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Internet freedom: access score2019: 11; 2025: 1305101520202025

Freedom House expert assessment; higher scores mean more freedom, not a percentage of people or sites. Year denotes the edition, assessing June 1 of the previous year through May 31 of that year. Total is access (0–25) plus content (0–35) plus user rights (0–40). Country coverage is neither a random sample nor the entire world. History starts in 2019, when the source reversed its scale; the 2025 production process was reduced due to budget constraints. Detailed questions cover 2025 only; gaps remain missing.

Source: Freedom House: Freedom on the Net

Internet freedom: content score

7 points out of 35 latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Internet freedom: content score2019: 10; 2025: 702468101220202025

Freedom House expert assessment; higher scores mean more freedom, not a percentage of people or sites. Year denotes the edition, assessing June 1 of the previous year through May 31 of that year. Total is access (0–25) plus content (0–35) plus user rights (0–40). Country coverage is neither a random sample nor the entire world. History starts in 2019, when the source reversed its scale; the 2025 production process was reduced due to budget constraints. Detailed questions cover 2025 only; gaps remain missing.

Source: Freedom House: Freedom on the Net

Internet freedom: user-rights score

5 points out of 40 latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Internet freedom: user-rights score2019: 4; 2025: 5012345620202025

Freedom House expert assessment; higher scores mean more freedom, not a percentage of people or sites. Year denotes the edition, assessing June 1 of the previous year through May 31 of that year. Total is access (0–25) plus content (0–35) plus user rights (0–40). Country coverage is neither a random sample nor the entire world. History starts in 2019, when the source reversed its scale; the 2025 production process was reduced due to budget constraints. Detailed questions cover 2025 only; gaps remain missing.

Source: Freedom House: Freedom on the Net

Connectivity freedom: infrastructure control

4 points out of 6 latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Connectivity freedom: infrastructure control2025: 4; 2025: 401234520202025

Freedom House expert assessment; higher scores mean more freedom, not a percentage of people or sites. Year denotes the edition, assessing June 1 of the previous year through May 31 of that year. Total is access (0–25) plus content (0–35) plus user rights (0–40). Country coverage is neither a random sample nor the entire world. History starts in 2019, when the source reversed its scale; the 2025 production process was reduced due to budget constraints. Detailed questions cover 2025 only; gaps remain missing.

Source: Freedom House: Freedom on the Net

Content freedom: website and VPN blocking

1 points out of 6 latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Content freedom: website and VPN blocking2025: 1; 2025: 1000111120202025

Freedom House expert assessment; higher scores mean more freedom, not a percentage of people or sites. Year denotes the edition, assessing June 1 of the previous year through May 31 of that year. Total is access (0–25) plus content (0–35) plus user rights (0–40). Country coverage is neither a random sample nor the entire world. History starts in 2019, when the source reversed its scale; the 2025 production process was reduced due to budget constraints. Detailed questions cover 2025 only; gaps remain missing.

Source: Freedom House: Freedom on the Net

Content freedom: forced removal

1 points out of 4 latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Content freedom: forced removal2025: 1; 2025: 1000111120202025

Freedom House expert assessment; higher scores mean more freedom, not a percentage of people or sites. Year denotes the edition, assessing June 1 of the previous year through May 31 of that year. Total is access (0–25) plus content (0–35) plus user rights (0–40). Country coverage is neither a random sample nor the entire world. History starts in 2019, when the source reversed its scale; the 2025 production process was reduced due to budget constraints. Detailed questions cover 2025 only; gaps remain missing.

Source: Freedom House: Freedom on the Net

Online rights: punishment for online activity

0 points out of 6 latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Online rights: punishment for online activity2025: 0; 2025: 00120202025

Freedom House expert assessment; higher scores mean more freedom, not a percentage of people or sites. Year denotes the edition, assessing June 1 of the previous year through May 31 of that year. Total is access (0–25) plus content (0–35) plus user rights (0–40). Country coverage is neither a random sample nor the entire world. History starts in 2019, when the source reversed its scale; the 2025 production process was reduced due to budget constraints. Detailed questions cover 2025 only; gaps remain missing.

Source: Freedom House: Freedom on the Net

Online rights: anonymity and encryption

1 points out of 4 latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Online rights: anonymity and encryption2025: 1; 2025: 1000111120202025

Freedom House expert assessment; higher scores mean more freedom, not a percentage of people or sites. Year denotes the edition, assessing June 1 of the previous year through May 31 of that year. Total is access (0–25) plus content (0–35) plus user rights (0–40). Country coverage is neither a random sample nor the entire world. History starts in 2019, when the source reversed its scale; the 2025 production process was reduced due to budget constraints. Detailed questions cover 2025 only; gaps remain missing.

Source: Freedom House: Freedom on the Net

Online rights: state surveillance

0 points out of 6 latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Online rights: state surveillance2025: 0; 2025: 00120202025

Freedom House expert assessment; higher scores mean more freedom, not a percentage of people or sites. Year denotes the edition, assessing June 1 of the previous year through May 31 of that year. Total is access (0–25) plus content (0–35) plus user rights (0–40). Country coverage is neither a random sample nor the entire world. History starts in 2019, when the source reversed its scale; the 2025 production process was reduced due to budget constraints. Detailed questions cover 2025 only; gaps remain missing.

Source: Freedom House: Freedom on the Net

Markets and valuations

Equity price change (WDI)

−8.5 % per year latest value, 2022

Saudi Arabia: Equity price change (WDI)1998: −26.79; 2022: −8.505010015020002005201020152020

Annual equity index price change, without adding dividends. WDI describes USD S&P BMI indices but separately specifies local prices and CAC40, DAX, Nikkei, FTSE and S&P500 for France, Germany, Japan, the UK and US. Do not treat all countries as one USD portfolio. Coverage and currency bases differ; a historical sample, not live quotes. Source definition: S&P Global Equity Indices measure the U.S. dollar price change in the stock markets covered by the S&P BMI country indices.

Source: World Bank WDI: financial markets (WFE, IMF)

Stock market capitalisation / GDP

184.71 % of GDP latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Stock market capitalisation / GDP2009: 74.28; 2025: 184.7101002003004002010201520202025

Year-end market value of listed domestic equities divided by annual GDP: a stock/flow ratio, not P/E or a bubble diagnosis. Foreign revenues and the share of business outside exchanges vary across countries. India, 2025: WDI reports USD 10.56 trillion of capitalisation, while NSE Market Pulse January 2026 reports about USD 5.3 trillion for India. The reason is unresolved. That year’s capitalisation and capitalisation/GDP are retained in the typed dataset with quality=source_discrepancy but excluded from annual charts and automatic analysis pending review. Source definition: Market capitalization (also known as market value) is the share price times the number of shares outstanding (including their several classes) for listed domestic companies. Investment funds, unit trusts, and companies whose only business goal is to hold shares of other listed companies are excluded. Data are end of year values.

Source: World Bank WDI: financial markets (WFE, IMF)

Listed domestic equity capitalisation

2,358.62 US$ bn latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Listed domestic equity capitalisation2009: 318.73; 2025: 2,358.6201,0002,0003,0004,0002010201520202025

Price times outstanding shares at year end, in current US dollars. Funds and companies that only hold other companies’ shares are excluded. Changes include repricing, listings, delistings and exchange rates; this is not portfolio return. India, 2025: WDI reports USD 10.56 trillion of capitalisation, while NSE Market Pulse January 2026 reports about USD 5.3 trillion for India. The reason is unresolved. That year’s capitalisation and capitalisation/GDP are retained in the typed dataset with quality=source_discrepancy but excluded from annual charts and automatic analysis pending review. Source definition: Market capitalization (also known as market value) is the share price times the number of shares outstanding (including their several classes) for listed domestic companies. Investment funds, unit trusts, and companies whose only business goal is to hold shares of other listed companies are excluded. Data are end of year values converted to U.S. dollars using corresponding year-end foreign exchange rates.

Source: World Bank WDI: financial markets (WFE, IMF)

Equity trading value / GDP

26.08 % of GDP latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Equity trading value / GDP2001: 12.11; 2025: 26.08010020030040020052010201520202025

Annual value of domestic and foreign shares traded divided by GDP, counting one side of each transaction. Trading volume is neither market capitalisation nor invested savings. Source definition: The value of shares traded is the total number of shares traded, both domestic and foreign, multiplied by their respective matching prices. Figures are single counted (only one side of the transaction is considered). Companies admitted to listing and admitted to trading are included in the data. Data are end of year values.

Source: World Bank WDI: financial markets (WFE, IMF)

Domestic equity turnover ratio

17.38 % per year latest value, 2024

Saudi Arabia: Domestic equity turnover ratio2009: 105.14; 2024: 17.38050100150201020152020

Domestic shares traded relative to their capitalisation; WDI annualises the monthly average by multiplying by 12. High turnover measures trading activity, not investment return. Source definition: Turnover ratio is the value of domestic shares traded divided by their market capitalization. The value is annualized by multiplying the monthly average by 12.

Source: World Bank WDI: financial markets (WFE, IMF)

Listed domestic companies

391 companies latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Listed domestic companies2002: 68; 2025: 391010020030040020052010201520202025

Companies with listed shares at year end, including foreign companies exclusively listed locally. Multiple share classes count as one company; investment funds are excluded. Source definition: Listed domestic companies, including foreign companies which are exclusively listed, are those which have shares listed on an exchange at the end of the year. Investment funds, unit trusts, and companies whose only business goal is to hold shares of other listed companies, such as holding companies and investment companies, regardless of their legal status, are excluded. A company with several classes of shares is counted once. Only companies admitted to listing on the exchange are included.

Source: World Bank WDI: financial markets (WFE, IMF)

Private-sector credit / GDP

50.14 % of GDP latest value, 2017

Saudi Arabia: Private-sector credit / GDP1960: 6.98; 2017: 50.140204060196019701980199020002010

Financial resources supplied to the private sector by financial corporations relative to GDP. Includes loans and other debt claims; country coverage differs. Neither government debt nor mortgages alone. Source definition: Domestic credit to private sector refers to financial resources provided to the private sector by financial corporations, such as through loans, purchases of nonequity securities, and trade credits and other accounts receivable, that establish a claim for repayment. For some countries these claims include credit to public enterprises. The financial corporations include monetary authorities and deposit money banks, as well as other financial corporations where data are available (including corporations that do not accept transferable deposits but do incur such liabilities as time and savings deposits). Examples of other financial corporations are finance and leasing companies, money lenders, insurance corporations, pension funds, and foreign exchange companies. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

Source: World Bank WDI: financial markets (WFE, IMF)

Bank nonperforming loans

1.04 % of gross loans latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Bank nonperforming loans2009: 3.29; 2025: 1.04012342010201520202025

Loans 90+ days overdue or unlikely to be repaid in full divided by gross loans, before provisions and collateral deductions. National rules and coverage can differ. Source definition: The indicator measures the proportion of a deposit taker’s loan portfolio that is impaired or at risk of default. It is calculated as the ratio of non-performing loans (NPLs) to total gross loans, where NPLs are defined as loans that are past due by 90 days or more or are otherwise considered unlikely to be repaid in full without the realization of collateral. Both non-performing loans and total gross loans should be reported at their gross book value, without deducting for loan-loss provisions or collateral. This indicator provides a key measure of asset quality and potential credit risk in the banking system.

Source: World Bank WDI: financial markets (WFE, IMF)

Industry and waste

Municipal waste per person

81 kg per person a year latest value, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Municipal waste per person2020: 81; 2020: 8102040608010020152020

Municipal waste generated in the year per inhabitant. Municipal waste is collected by or on behalf of municipalities: household waste and similar waste of shops, offices and institutions. Industrial, construction and mining waste are outside it; national scopes differ. OECD, MUNW.

Source: OECD, Municipal waste: generation and treatment (MUNW)

Manufacturing, share of GDP

15.8 % of GDP latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Manufacturing, share of GDP1968: 7.7; 2025: 15.805101520197019801990200020102020

Manufacturing value added (ISIC section C: factories, excluding mining, utilities and construction) as a percentage of GDP. The share can fall while output grows if the rest of the economy grows faster. World Bank, WDI. Source note: Manufacturing includes industries classified in ISIC (Rev. 3) major division C and is defined as the physical or chemical transformation of materials or components into new products. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

Source: World Bank WDI: national accounts (industry)

Industry incl. construction, share of GDP

43 % of GDP latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Industry incl. construction, share of GDP1968: 62; 2025: 43020406080100197019801990200020102020

Value added of industry in the broad sense (mining, manufacturing, utilities and construction; ISIC B-F) as a percentage of GDP. World Bank, WDI. Source note: Industry (including construction) corresponds to ISIC (Rev.4) divisions 05-43. It is comprised of mining, manufacturing, construction, electricity, water, and gas industries. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

Source: World Bank WDI: national accounts (industry)

Manufacturing value added per person

3,800 constant 2015 US$ per person latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Manufacturing value added per person1968: 924; 2025: 3,80001,0002,0003,0004,000197019801990200020102020

Manufacturing value added at constant 2015 US dollars divided by population (UN WPP 2024): factory output net of inputs, not revenue. World Bank, WDI. Source note: Manufacturing includes industries classified in ISIC (Rev. 3) major division C and is defined as the physical or chemical transformation of materials or components into new products. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed in constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment is 2015. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.

Source: World Bank WDI: national accounts (industry)

Manufacturing value added per person (UNIDO)

4,170 constant 2020 US$ per person latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Manufacturing value added per person (UNIDO)2000: 2,045; 2025: 4,17001,0002,0003,0004,0005,000200020052010201520202025

Manufacturing value added (ISIC section C) per person at constant 2020 US dollars. UNIDO National Accounts Database via the UN SDG database (indicator 9.2.1). Differs from the World Bank series by its base year (2020 rather than 2015) and UNIDO estimates for countries without recent accounts. Series: Manufacturing value added per capita (constant 2020 United States dollars).

Source: UNIDO via the UN SDG database: manufacturing value added

Manufacturing, share of GDP (UNIDO)

14.7 % of GDP latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Manufacturing, share of GDP (UNIDO)2000: 8.6; 2025: 14.7051015200020052010201520202025

Manufacturing value added as a percentage of GDP, constant prices. UNIDO via the UN SDG database (indicator 9.2.1). Series: Manufacturing value added (constant 2020 United States dollars) as a proportion of GDP (%).

Source: UNIDO via the UN SDG database: manufacturing value added

Oil production

535.8 million tonnes a year latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Oil production1965: 111; 2025: 535.80200400600197019801990200020102020

Crude oil, shale oil, oil sands, condensates and natural gas liquids (NGLs), million tonnes a year. Source: Energy Institute, Statistical Review of World Energy 2026 (via the Our World in Data copy).

Source: Energy Institute: Statistical Review of World Energy 2026

Natural gas production

133.8 billion cubic metres a year latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Natural gas production1970: 1.5; 2025: 133.8050100150197019801990200020102020

Marketed natural gas production, excluding gas flared or reinjected, billion cubic metres a year. Source: Energy Institute, Statistical Review of World Energy 2026 (via the Our World in Data copy).

Source: Energy Institute: Statistical Review of World Energy 2026

Crude steel production

10.8 million tonnes a year latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Crude steel production2017: 4.8; 2025: 10.805101520202025

Crude steel output by all processes (basic oxygen and electric arc furnaces), million tonnes a year. The 20 largest producers of the latest year and the world; each year from the newest World Steel in Figures edition. Source: World Steel Association.

Source: World Steel Association: World Steel in Figures and Short Range Outlook

Cement production

54,000 thousand tonnes a year latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Cement production2020: 53,000; 2025: 54,000020,00040,00060,00020202025

Portland and other hydraulic cement, thousand tonnes a year. USGS rounds large values (China to 100 million tonnes); the latest year of each edition is an estimate. US Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries.

Source: US Geological Survey: Mineral Commodity Summaries 2020–2026

E-waste generated

16.7 kg per person a year latest value, 2018

Saudi Arabia: E-waste generated2018: 16.7; 2018: 16.7051015202015

Discarded electrical and electronic equipment — from phones and lamps to fridges and solar panels — kg per person a year. A UNITAR model estimate from sales and lifetimes, not weighed waste. UNITAR (Global E-waste Monitor) via the UN SDG database.

Source: UNITAR Global E-waste Monitor via the UN SDG database

Municipal waste per person (World Bank)

659 kg per person a year latest value, 2022

Saudi Arabia: Municipal waste per person (World Bank)2022: 659; 2022: 65902004006008002020

Municipal solid waste generation, kg per person a year (kg a day × 365). Municipal solid waste: households plus similar waste from shops, institutions and streets — excluding industrial, construction and mining waste. One reported year a country, the years differ. World Bank, What a Waste 3.0 (2026).

Source: World Bank: What a Waste 3.0 (2026)

Municipal waste sent to recycling

4 % of municipal waste latest value, 2022

Saudi Arabia: Municipal waste sent to recycling2022: 4; 2022: 4012342020

Share of municipal waste sent to recycling, as reported by the country. Sent is not the same as recycled: sorting rejects and exports are included; composting and incineration are not. Municipal solid waste: households plus similar waste from shops, institutions and streets — excluding industrial, construction and mining waste. One reported year a country, the years differ. World Bank, What a Waste 3.0 (2026).

Source: World Bank: What a Waste 3.0 (2026)

Education and skills

PISA: reading, mean score of 15-year-olds

383 PISA points latest value, 2022

Saudi Arabia: PISA: reading, mean score of 15-year-olds2018: 399; 2022: 38301002003004002020

Mean score in the OECD PISA test of reading literacy. Tested: 15-year-old students (aged 15y3m-16y2m, grade 7 or above), a sample in each country; every three years, the 2021 cycle postponed to 2022 because of COVID. PISA scale: in the cycle when the domain was first the major one (2000) the OECD mean = 500, standard deviation = 100; the series is comparable from 2000. A 10-15 point change between cycles is often within the error (standard errors and significance are in the education_pisa dataset). In 2015 the test moved from paper to computer and to a new scaling model: the link to earlier cycles holds, with a link error of a few points. In 2022 several countries (United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Netherlands, Ireland, Denmark, Australia, New Zealand and others) missed sampling standards — compare with caution. Values come from the trend tables of the latest OECD report listing the country (PISA 2022, else 2018, 2015, 2012, 2009 Vol. V). China took part only as provinces (B-S-J-G/Z, Shanghai), not shown here; Russia took part 2000-2018, not in 2022; Argentina, Kazakhstan and Malaysia 2015 are not comparable and not shown, nor is Viet Nam reading 2022. Source: OECD, PISA 2022 Results, Vol. I.

Source: OECD, PISA — Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA 2009-2022 results, StatLink tables)

PISA: mathematics, mean score of 15-year-olds

389 PISA points latest value, 2022

Saudi Arabia: PISA: mathematics, mean score of 15-year-olds2018: 373; 2022: 38901002003004002020

Mean score in the OECD PISA test of mathematical literacy. Tested: 15-year-old students (aged 15y3m-16y2m, grade 7 or above), a sample in each country; every three years, the 2021 cycle postponed to 2022 because of COVID. PISA scale: in the cycle when the domain was first the major one (2003) the OECD mean = 500, standard deviation = 100; the series is comparable from 2003. A 10-15 point change between cycles is often within the error (standard errors and significance are in the education_pisa dataset). In 2015 the test moved from paper to computer and to a new scaling model: the link to earlier cycles holds, with a link error of a few points. In 2022 several countries (United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Netherlands, Ireland, Denmark, Australia, New Zealand and others) missed sampling standards — compare with caution. Values come from the trend tables of the latest OECD report listing the country (PISA 2022, else 2018, 2015, 2012, 2009 Vol. V). China took part only as provinces (B-S-J-G/Z, Shanghai), not shown here; Russia took part 2000-2018, not in 2022; Argentina, Kazakhstan and Malaysia 2015 are not comparable and not shown, nor is Viet Nam reading 2022. Source: OECD, PISA 2022 Results, Vol. I.

Source: OECD, PISA — Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA 2009-2022 results, StatLink tables)

PISA: science, mean score of 15-year-olds

390 PISA points latest value, 2022

Saudi Arabia: PISA: science, mean score of 15-year-olds2018: 386; 2022: 39001002003004002020

Mean score in the OECD PISA test of scientific literacy. Tested: 15-year-old students (aged 15y3m-16y2m, grade 7 or above), a sample in each country; every three years, the 2021 cycle postponed to 2022 because of COVID. PISA scale: in the cycle when the domain was first the major one (2006) the OECD mean = 500, standard deviation = 100; the series is comparable from 2006. A 10-15 point change between cycles is often within the error (standard errors and significance are in the education_pisa dataset). In 2015 the test moved from paper to computer and to a new scaling model: the link to earlier cycles holds, with a link error of a few points. In 2022 several countries (United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Netherlands, Ireland, Denmark, Australia, New Zealand and others) missed sampling standards — compare with caution. Values come from the trend tables of the latest OECD report listing the country (PISA 2022, else 2018, 2015, 2012, 2009 Vol. V). China took part only as provinces (B-S-J-G/Z, Shanghai), not shown here; Russia took part 2000-2018, not in 2022; Argentina, Kazakhstan and Malaysia 2015 are not comparable and not shown, nor is Viet Nam reading 2022. Source: OECD, PISA 2022 Results, Vol. I.

Source: OECD, PISA — Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA 2009-2022 results, StatLink tables)

PISA: reading, share of 15-year-olds below baseline

62.6 % of students latest value, 2022

Saudi Arabia: PISA: reading, share of 15-year-olds below baseline2018: 52.4; 2022: 62.60204060802020

Share of 15-year-olds who did not reach Level 2 in the PISA reading literacy test (below 407 points) — the level the OECD treats as the baseline for full participation in life and learning. Tested: 15-year-old students (aged 15y3m-16y2m, grade 7 or above), a sample in each country; every three years, the 2021 cycle postponed to 2022 because of COVID. Shares are comparable from 2009 (for reading, the latest OECD reports give shares only from 2009). In 2015 the test moved from paper to computer and to a new scaling model: the link to earlier cycles holds, with a link error of a few points. In 2022 several countries (United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Netherlands, Ireland, Denmark, Australia, New Zealand and others) missed sampling standards — compare with caution. Values come from the trend tables of the latest OECD report listing the country (PISA 2022, else 2018, 2015, 2012, 2009 Vol. V). China took part only as provinces (B-S-J-G/Z, Shanghai), not shown here; Russia took part 2000-2018, not in 2022; Argentina, Kazakhstan and Malaysia 2015 are not comparable and not shown, nor is Viet Nam reading 2022. Source: OECD, PISA 2022 Results, Vol. I.

Source: OECD, PISA — Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA 2009-2022 results, StatLink tables)

PISA: mathematics, share of 15-year-olds below baseline

70 % of students latest value, 2022

Saudi Arabia: PISA: mathematics, share of 15-year-olds below baseline2018: 72.7; 2022: 700204060802020

Share of 15-year-olds who did not reach Level 2 in the PISA mathematical literacy test (below 420 points) — the level the OECD treats as the baseline for full participation in life and learning. Tested: 15-year-old students (aged 15y3m-16y2m, grade 7 or above), a sample in each country; every three years, the 2021 cycle postponed to 2022 because of COVID. Shares are comparable from 2003 (for reading, the latest OECD reports give shares only from 2009). In 2015 the test moved from paper to computer and to a new scaling model: the link to earlier cycles holds, with a link error of a few points. In 2022 several countries (United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Netherlands, Ireland, Denmark, Australia, New Zealand and others) missed sampling standards — compare with caution. Values come from the trend tables of the latest OECD report listing the country (PISA 2022, else 2018, 2015, 2012, 2009 Vol. V). China took part only as provinces (B-S-J-G/Z, Shanghai), not shown here; Russia took part 2000-2018, not in 2022; Argentina, Kazakhstan and Malaysia 2015 are not comparable and not shown, nor is Viet Nam reading 2022. Source: OECD, PISA 2022 Results, Vol. I.

Source: OECD, PISA — Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA 2009-2022 results, StatLink tables)

PISA: science, share of 15-year-olds below baseline

62.2 % of students latest value, 2022

Saudi Arabia: PISA: science, share of 15-year-olds below baseline2018: 62.3; 2022: 62.20204060802020

Share of 15-year-olds who did not reach Level 2 in the PISA scientific literacy test (below 410 points) — the level the OECD treats as the baseline for full participation in life and learning. Tested: 15-year-old students (aged 15y3m-16y2m, grade 7 or above), a sample in each country; every three years, the 2021 cycle postponed to 2022 because of COVID. Shares are comparable from 2006 (for reading, the latest OECD reports give shares only from 2009). In 2015 the test moved from paper to computer and to a new scaling model: the link to earlier cycles holds, with a link error of a few points. In 2022 several countries (United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Netherlands, Ireland, Denmark, Australia, New Zealand and others) missed sampling standards — compare with caution. Values come from the trend tables of the latest OECD report listing the country (PISA 2022, else 2018, 2015, 2012, 2009 Vol. V). China took part only as provinces (B-S-J-G/Z, Shanghai), not shown here; Russia took part 2000-2018, not in 2022; Argentina, Kazakhstan and Malaysia 2015 are not comparable and not shown, nor is Viet Nam reading 2022. Source: OECD, PISA 2022 Results, Vol. I.

Source: OECD, PISA — Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA 2009-2022 results, StatLink tables)

PISA: mathematics, share of top performers (Levels 5-6)

0.2 % of students latest value, 2022

Saudi Arabia: PISA: mathematics, share of top performers (Levels 5-6)2018: 0.2; 2022: 0.200.10.10.20.22020

Share of 15-year-olds reaching Level 5 or 6 in the PISA mathematics test (607 points or more): they solve complex modelling and reasoning tasks. Tested: 15-year-old students (aged 15y3m-16y2m, grade 7 or above), a sample in each country; every three years, the 2021 cycle postponed to 2022 because of COVID. Shares are comparable from 2003. In 2015 the test moved from paper to computer and to a new scaling model: the link to earlier cycles holds, with a link error of a few points. In 2022 several countries (United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Netherlands, Ireland, Denmark, Australia, New Zealand and others) missed sampling standards — compare with caution. Values come from the trend tables of the latest OECD report listing the country (PISA 2022, else 2018, 2015, 2012, 2009 Vol. V). China took part only as provinces (B-S-J-G/Z, Shanghai), not shown here; Russia took part 2000-2018, not in 2022; Argentina, Kazakhstan and Malaysia 2015 are not comparable and not shown, nor is Viet Nam reading 2022. Source: OECD, PISA 2022 Results, Vol. I.

Source: OECD, PISA — Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA 2009-2022 results, StatLink tables)

TIMSS: mathematics, grade 4

420 TIMSS score latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: TIMSS: mathematics, grade 42011: 410; 2023: 420010020030040050020152020

Average score of students in their fourth year of school (usually grade 4, about 10 years old) in the international TIMSS mathematics test. The TIMSS scale was set in 1995: 500 is the mean of that cycle's countries and 100 points is one standard deviation; the test is repeated every 4 years, and a country's scores from different cycles are comparable when IEA includes them in its trend table. Year is the test year. In 2019 about half the countries tested on computer (eTIMSS), linked to paper through a bridge sample; in 2023 almost all did. Some countries test the next grade up (Norway, South Africa, Turkey) to keep the average age above the IEA minimum. Values IEA flags as not reliably measured (more than 25% of students too low to estimate) are left out. Russia took part until 2019 and is not in TIMSS 2023. Figures come from the TIMSS 2023 trend tables; for countries absent in 2023, from the TIMSS 2019 report. Source: IEA, TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center.

Source: IEA Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)

TIMSS: mathematics, grade 8

397 TIMSS score latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: TIMSS: mathematics, grade 82011: 394; 2023: 397010020030040020152020

Average score of students in their eighth year of school (usually grade 8, about 14 years old) in the international TIMSS mathematics test. The TIMSS scale was set in 1995: 500 is the mean of that cycle's countries and 100 points is one standard deviation; the test is repeated every 4 years, and a country's scores from different cycles are comparable when IEA includes them in its trend table. Year is the test year. In 2019 about half the countries tested on computer (eTIMSS), linked to paper through a bridge sample; in 2023 almost all did. Some countries test the next grade up (Norway, South Africa, Turkey) to keep the average age above the IEA minimum. Values IEA flags as not reliably measured (more than 25% of students too low to estimate) are left out. Russia took part until 2019 and is not in TIMSS 2023. Figures come from the TIMSS 2023 trend tables; for countries absent in 2023, from the TIMSS 2019 report. Source: IEA, TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center.

Source: IEA Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)

TIMSS: grade 8 students below the Low benchmark in mathematics

54 % of students latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: TIMSS: grade 8 students below the Low benchmark in mathematics2011: 53; 2023: 54020406020152020

Share of students in their eighth year of school (about 14) who score below 400 TIMSS points in mathematics, the Low International Benchmark: basic whole-number operations and reading simple graphs. Computed as 100 minus the IEA-published percentage reaching 400 (whole percentages). The TIMSS scale was set in 1995: 500 is the mean of that cycle's countries and 100 points is one standard deviation; the test is repeated every 4 years, and a country's scores from different cycles are comparable when IEA includes them in its trend table. Year is the test year. In 2019 about half the countries tested on computer (eTIMSS), linked to paper through a bridge sample; in 2023 almost all did. Some countries test the next grade up (Norway, South Africa, Turkey) to keep the average age above the IEA minimum. Values IEA flags as not reliably measured (more than 25% of students too low to estimate) are left out. Russia took part until 2019 and is not in TIMSS 2023. Figures come from the TIMSS 2023 trend tables; for countries absent in 2023, from the TIMSS 2019 report. Source: IEA, TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center.

Source: IEA Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)

TIMSS: science, grade 4

428 TIMSS score latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: TIMSS: science, grade 42011: 429; 2023: 428010020030040050020152020

Average score of students in their fourth year of school (usually grade 4, about 10 years old) in the international TIMSS science test. The TIMSS scale was set in 1995: 500 is the mean of that cycle's countries and 100 points is one standard deviation; the test is repeated every 4 years, and a country's scores from different cycles are comparable when IEA includes them in its trend table. Year is the test year. In 2019 about half the countries tested on computer (eTIMSS), linked to paper through a bridge sample; in 2023 almost all did. Some countries test the next grade up (Norway, South Africa, Turkey) to keep the average age above the IEA minimum. Values IEA flags as not reliably measured (more than 25% of students too low to estimate) are left out. Russia took part until 2019 and is not in TIMSS 2023. Figures come from the TIMSS 2023 trend tables; for countries absent in 2023, from the TIMSS 2019 report. Source: IEA, TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center.

Source: IEA Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)

TIMSS: science, grade 8

419 TIMSS score latest value, 2023

Saudi Arabia: TIMSS: science, grade 82011: 436; 2023: 419010020030040050020152020

Average score of students in their eighth year of school (usually grade 8, about 14 years old) in the international TIMSS science test. The TIMSS scale was set in 1995: 500 is the mean of that cycle's countries and 100 points is one standard deviation; the test is repeated every 4 years, and a country's scores from different cycles are comparable when IEA includes them in its trend table. Year is the test year. In 2019 about half the countries tested on computer (eTIMSS), linked to paper through a bridge sample; in 2023 almost all did. Some countries test the next grade up (Norway, South Africa, Turkey) to keep the average age above the IEA minimum. Values IEA flags as not reliably measured (more than 25% of students too low to estimate) are left out. Russia took part until 2019 and is not in TIMSS 2023. Figures come from the TIMSS 2023 trend tables; for countries absent in 2023, from the TIMSS 2019 report. Source: IEA, TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center.

Source: IEA Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)

PIRLS: reading, grade 4

449 PIRLS score latest value, 2021

Saudi Arabia: PIRLS: reading, grade 42011: 430; 2021: 449010020030040050020152020

Average score of students in their fourth year of school (usually grade 4, about 10 years old) in the international PIRLS reading comprehension test. The PIRLS scale was set in 2001: 500 is the mean of that cycle's countries and 100 points is one standard deviation; the test is repeated every 5 years, and a country's scores from different cycles are comparable when IEA includes them in its trend table. Year is the cycle year. In 2021, because of COVID-19, some countries tested the same children at the beginning of grade 5 (at least 4 months older: the United States, Ireland, Hungary, Croatia, Lithuania and others) and six tested a year later (England, Australia, Brazil, Iran, Israel, South Africa); about half the countries tested on computer (digitalPIRLS). Some countries test the next grade up (Norway, grade 5). Values IEA flags as not reliably measured (more than 25% of students too low to estimate) are left out. Russia took part in every cycle 2001-2021; Moscow City is a separate participant. Figures come from the PIRLS 2021 trend tables; for countries absent there, from the PIRLS 2016 report. Source: IEA, TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center.

Source: IEA Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS)

PIRLS: grade 4 students below the Low reading benchmark

29 % of students latest value, 2021

Saudi Arabia: PIRLS: grade 4 students below the Low reading benchmark2011: 35; 2021: 2901020304020152020

Share of students in their fourth year of school (about 10) who score below 400 PIRLS points, the Low International Benchmark: finding an explicitly stated detail in a simple text. Computed as 100 minus the IEA-published percentage reaching 400 (whole percentages). The PIRLS scale was set in 2001: 500 is the mean of that cycle's countries and 100 points is one standard deviation; the test is repeated every 5 years, and a country's scores from different cycles are comparable when IEA includes them in its trend table. Year is the cycle year. In 2021, because of COVID-19, some countries tested the same children at the beginning of grade 5 (at least 4 months older: the United States, Ireland, Hungary, Croatia, Lithuania and others) and six tested a year later (England, Australia, Brazil, Iran, Israel, South Africa); about half the countries tested on computer (digitalPIRLS). Some countries test the next grade up (Norway, grade 5). Values IEA flags as not reliably measured (more than 25% of students too low to estimate) are left out. Russia took part in every cycle 2001-2021; Moscow City is a separate participant. Figures come from the PIRLS 2021 trend tables; for countries absent there, from the PIRLS 2016 report. Source: IEA, TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center.

Source: IEA Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS)

Education and work

Unemployment aged 25 and over: basic education (ILO)

2.4 % of labour force latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Unemployment aged 25 and over: basic education (ILO)2017: 1.5; 2025: 2.40123420202025

Unemployed as a share of the labour force, people aged 25 and over with basic education. ILO (ILOSTAT) from national labour force and other surveys: a country appears only in years with a survey; these are not ILO modelled estimates. Levels are the ILO aggregate of national classifications (by ISCED): basic up to lower secondary, intermediate upper secondary and post-secondary, advanced tertiary. Unreliable flags and survey type are in the labour_education_ilostat dataset. Source: ILO, UNE_DEAP_SEX_AGE_EDU_RT_A.

Source: ILO, ILOSTAT — unemployment and employment by level of education (national surveys)

Unemployment aged 25 and over: intermediate education (ILO)

2.3 % of labour force latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Unemployment aged 25 and over: intermediate education (ILO)2017: 4.4; 2025: 2.3024620202025

Unemployed as a share of the labour force, people aged 25 and over with intermediate education. ILO (ILOSTAT) from national labour force and other surveys: a country appears only in years with a survey; these are not ILO modelled estimates. Levels are the ILO aggregate of national classifications (by ISCED): basic up to lower secondary, intermediate upper secondary and post-secondary, advanced tertiary. Unreliable flags and survey type are in the labour_education_ilostat dataset. Source: ILO, UNE_DEAP_SEX_AGE_EDU_RT_A.

Source: ILO, ILOSTAT — unemployment and employment by level of education (national surveys)

Unemployment aged 25 and over: advanced (tertiary) education (ILO)

3.7 % of labour force latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Unemployment aged 25 and over: advanced (tertiary) education (ILO)2017: 8.3; 2025: 3.7024681020202025

Unemployed as a share of the labour force, people aged 25 and over with advanced (tertiary) education. ILO (ILOSTAT) from national labour force and other surveys: a country appears only in years with a survey; these are not ILO modelled estimates. Levels are the ILO aggregate of national classifications (by ISCED): basic up to lower secondary, intermediate upper secondary and post-secondary, advanced tertiary. Unreliable flags and survey type are in the labour_education_ilostat dataset. Source: ILO, UNE_DEAP_SEX_AGE_EDU_RT_A.

Source: ILO, ILOSTAT — unemployment and employment by level of education (national surveys)

Unemployment aged 15-24: basic education (ILO)

12.5 % of labour force latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Unemployment aged 15-24: basic education (ILO)2017: 11; 2025: 12.50510152020202025

Unemployed as a share of the labour force, people aged 15-24 with basic education. ILO (ILOSTAT) from national labour force and other surveys: a country appears only in years with a survey; these are not ILO modelled estimates. Levels are the ILO aggregate of national classifications (by ISCED): basic up to lower secondary, intermediate upper secondary and post-secondary, advanced tertiary. Unreliable flags and survey type are in the labour_education_ilostat dataset. Source: ILO, UNE_DEAP_SEX_AGE_EDU_RT_A.

Source: ILO, ILOSTAT — unemployment and employment by level of education (national surveys)

Unemployment aged 15-24: advanced (tertiary) education (ILO)

25.2 % of labour force latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Unemployment aged 15-24: advanced (tertiary) education (ILO)2017: 64.6; 2025: 25.202040608020202025

Unemployed as a share of the labour force, people aged 15-24 with advanced (tertiary) education. ILO (ILOSTAT) from national labour force and other surveys: a country appears only in years with a survey; these are not ILO modelled estimates. Levels are the ILO aggregate of national classifications (by ISCED): basic up to lower secondary, intermediate upper secondary and post-secondary, advanced tertiary. Unreliable flags and survey type are in the labour_education_ilostat dataset. Source: ILO, UNE_DEAP_SEX_AGE_EDU_RT_A.

Source: ILO, ILOSTAT — unemployment and employment by level of education (national surveys)

Employment aged 25 and over: basic education (ILO)

73.1 % of population latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Employment aged 25 and over: basic education (ILO)2017: 61.8; 2025: 73.102040608020202025

Employed as a share of the population, people aged 25 and over with basic education. ILO (ILOSTAT) from national labour force and other surveys: a country appears only in years with a survey; these are not ILO modelled estimates. Levels are the ILO aggregate of national classifications (by ISCED): basic up to lower secondary, intermediate upper secondary and post-secondary, advanced tertiary. Unreliable flags and survey type are in the labour_education_ilostat dataset. Source: ILO, EMP_DWAP_SEX_AGE_EDU_RT_A.

Source: ILO, ILOSTAT — unemployment and employment by level of education (national surveys)

Employment aged 25 and over: advanced (tertiary) education (ILO)

77.6 % of population latest value, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Employment aged 25 and over: advanced (tertiary) education (ILO)2017: 71.1; 2025: 77.602040608020202025

Employed as a share of the population, people aged 25 and over with advanced (tertiary) education. ILO (ILOSTAT) from national labour force and other surveys: a country appears only in years with a survey; these are not ILO modelled estimates. Levels are the ILO aggregate of national classifications (by ISCED): basic up to lower secondary, intermediate upper secondary and post-secondary, advanced tertiary. Unreliable flags and survey type are in the labour_education_ilostat dataset. Source: ILO, EMP_DWAP_SEX_AGE_EDU_RT_A.

Source: ILO, ILOSTAT — unemployment and employment by level of education (national surveys)

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