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Saudi Arabia unemployment rate

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Last release
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Observation period
Q4 2024
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Forecast
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Highest
9.00 % on Jun 30, 2020
Lowest
3.30 % on Jun 30, 2024

About Saudi Arabia unemployment rate


Category
Labor
Source
Central Department of Statistics and Information
Frequency
Quarterly
Units
%
In Saudi Arabia, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.

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Frequently Asked Questions


To calculate Saudi Arabia unemployment rate you need to take the number of the country residents without a job and looking for work divided by the total number of residents in the labor force.
The lowest ever Saudi Arabia unemployment rate is 3.30%.
The highest figure Saudi Arabia unemployment rate has ever reached is 9.00%.
Last quarter Saudi Arabia unemployment rate was 3.50%, and the quarter before it reached 3.70%.