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Saudi Arabia: Inflation

Percent · 1964–2025 · 62 observations · forecasts to 2031 · infl

2025
2.03%percent
Change on 2024
+0.3 pointsfrom 1.69%
Average, 2016–2025
1.66%10 years
Record high and low
34.6% (1975)low −3.17% (1986)

Inflation

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-10%0%10%20%30%40%1970198019902000201020202030Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia
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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20312.00Forecast
20302.00Forecast
20292.00Forecast
20282.00Forecast
20272.11Forecast
20262.32Forecast
20252.03
20241.69
20232.33
20222.47
20213.06
20203.45
2019-2.09
20182.47
2017-0.852
20162.05

Sources

  • Mitchell1964–1969
  • Clio Infra1964–2010
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1964–2025
  • World Development Indicators1964–2025
  • World Bank (inflation)1970–2024
  • WDI (archive)1971–1997
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1981–2025
  • World Bank Global Economic Monitor1987–2025
  • Bank for International Settlements1991–2025
  • OECD Key Economic Indicators1996–2024
  • OECD Economic Outlook1996–2025
  • Arab Monetary Fund2016–2021
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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Saudi Arabia documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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