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Saudi Arabia: Unemployment rate

Percent · 1992–2024 · 27 observations · unemp

2024
3.50%percent
Change on 2023
−0.5 pointsfrom 4.00%
Average, 2015–2024
5.49%10 years
Record high and low
7.65% (2020)low 3.50% (2024)

Unemployment rate

Report error
3%4%5%6%7%8%199520002005201020152020Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia, 1992: 7.16%Saudi Arabia
Percent

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20243.50
20234.00
20224.88
20216.13
20207.65
20195.63
20186.03
20175.90
20165.60
20155.59

Sources

  • IMF International Financial Statistics1992–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1999–2024
  • World Bank Global Economic Monitor1999–2024
  • International Labour Organization2000–2023
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024

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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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