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Saudi Arabia unemployment rate

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Key data points


Last release
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Observation period
Q1 2025
Next release
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Forecast
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Highest
9.00 % on Jun 30, 2020
Lowest
2.80 % on Mar 31, 2025

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.

Saudi Arabia in figures — see more economic indicators tied to SAUR.
Employed Persons
SAEMP
Labor Force Participation Rate
SALFPR
Population
SAPOP
Retirement Age Men
SARAM
Retirement Age Women
SARAW
Unemployed Persons
SAUP
Unemployment Rate
SAUR

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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 2.80%.
The highest figure Saudi Arabia unemployment rate has ever reached is 9.00%.
Last quarter Saudi Arabia unemployment rate was 2.80%, and the quarter before it reached 3.50%.