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Saudi Arabia

SA · SAU · #12 · 18 cities

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Key indicators

GDP per capita (PPP) (2025)
$73,784
GDP (2025)
$1.3T
GDP growth (2025)
4.5% ↑
Inflation (2025)
2.0% ↑
Unemployment (2025)
3.0% ↓
Population (2025)
36.0M
Population growth (2025)
4.6% →
Government debt (2025)
31.7% of GDP
Current account (2025)
-3.0% of GDP
FDI inflows (2025)
$32.6B
Life expectancy (2024)
79.0 yrs
Health spending (2023)
5.7% of GDP
Internet users (2024)
100.0%
Mobile subscriptions (2024)
159.5/100
Trade openness (2025)
57.9% of GDP
Exchange rate (2025)
3.75/USD
Foreign reserves (2025)
$505.2B
Source: World Bank + IMF World Economic Outlook. Most recent observed data: 2025.

GDP overview

Nominal GDP and real growth. Dashed = IMF forecast.

GDP per capita (PPP)

Purchasing power parity adjusted, in international dollars

Inflation (CPI)

Unemployment

ILO modeled estimate

Population

Fiscal and trade

Government debt (2025)
31.7% of GDP
Current account (2025)
-3.0% of GDP
FDI inflows (2025)
$32.6B

Business environment

New business density (2024)
5.46/1k
Tax revenue (2024)
8.1% of GDP
Services sector (2025)
48.9% of GDP

Financial access and costs

ATMs per 100k (2024)
56.1
Bank branches per 100k (2024)
7.2
ICT service exports (2025)
3.6%
Goods and services tax (2024)
6.7%

Historical data

Historical economic data
Year GDP GDP/cap PPP Growth Inflation Unemp. Population Gini Debt Curr. acct FDI Life exp. Health Internet FX rate
2031 * $1.7T $88,766 3.6% 2.0% No data for this year 40.5M No data for this year 42.2% -3.8% No data for this year No data for this year No data for this year No data for this year No data for this year
2030 * $1.6T $86,325 3.5% 2.0% No data for this year 39.8M No data for this year 40.6% -3.7% No data for this year No data for this year No data for this year No data for this year No data for this year
2029 * $1.6T $83,922 3.5% 2.0% No data for this year 39.0M No data for this year 38.9% -3.6% No data for this year No data for this year No data for this year No data for this year No data for this year
2028 * $1.5T $81,565 3.6% 2.0% No data for this year 38.2M No data for this year 37.1% -3.5% No data for this year No data for this year No data for this year No data for this year No data for this year
2027 * $1.4T $79,549 4.5% 2.1% No data for this year 37.5M No data for this year 34.8% -3.0% No data for this year No data for this year No data for this year No data for this year No data for this year
2026 * $1.4T $78,667 3.1% 2.3% No data for this year 36.7M No data for this year 32.1% -1.6% No data for this year No data for this year No data for this year No data for this year No data for this year
2025 $1.3T $73,784 4.5% 2.0% 3.0% 36.0M No data for this year 31.7% -3.0% $32.6B No data for this year No data for this year No data for this year 3.75
2024 $1.3T $71,936 2.6% 1.5% 3.5% 35.3M No data for this year 25.9% -1.3% $21.3B 79.0 No data for this year 100.0% 3.75
2023 $1.2T $71,624 0.5% 2.5% 4.0% 33.7M No data for this year 23.0% 2.1% $22.8B 78.7 5.7% 100.0% 3.75
2022 $1.2T $71,957 12.0% 2.5% 4.9% 32.2M No data for this year 21.3% 11.7% $26.7B 77.3 5.3% 100.0% 3.75
2021 $982.7B $62,691 6.5% 3.1% 6.1% 30.8M No data for this year 25.5% 4.6% $28.4B 77.1 5.9% 100.0% 3.75
2020 $767.3B $47,518 -3.8% 3.2% 7.7% 31.6M No data for this year 29.7% -4.5% $1.6B 77.6 6.7% 97.9% 3.75
2019 $888.9B $59,560 1.7% -2.0% 5.6% 30.1M No data for this year 20.3% 3.6% $3.1B 78.3 5.5% 95.7% 3.75
2018 $886.6B $59,378 3.2% 2.5% 6.0% 30.2M No data for this year 16.8% 7.9% $12.1B 78.8 5.3% 93.3% 3.75
2017 $741.3B $53,120 1.2% -0.9% 5.9% 31.0M No data for this year 15.9% 1.2% $1.0B 78.7 6.0% 94.2% 3.75
2016 $689.3B $49,937 1.7% 2.9% 5.6% 31.0M No data for this year 12.2% -3.9% $22.0B 78.4 6.2% 74.9% 3.75
2015 $693.4B $53,931 4.7% 1.2% 5.6% 29.8M No data for this year 5.5% -7.9% $4.0B 77.8 5.9% 69.6% 3.75
2014 $787.2B $62,578 4.0% 1.8% 5.7% 28.3M No data for this year 1.5% 9.9% $1.5B 77.1 5.2% 64.7% 3.75
2013 $769.8B $62,203 2.9% 3.1% 5.6% 27.6M No data for this year 2.1% 18.3% $3.4B 76.5 4.4% 60.5% 3.75
2012 $751.9B $65,034 5.8% 2.9% 5.5% 26.2M No data for this year 3.0% 22.6% $5.0B 76.1 4.0% 54.0% 3.75
2011 $680.7B $64,125 11.8% 3.7% 5.8% 25.1M No data for this year 5.3% 24.2% $4.7B 75.8 3.7% 47.5% 3.75
2010 $528.2B $58,829 5.0% 3.7% 5.5% 24.0M No data for this year 8.4% 14.1% $4.9B 75.6 3.7% 41.0% 3.75
2009 $429.1B $54,787 -1.1% 4.3% 5.4% 22.8M No data for this year 14.0% 6.6% $436.4M 75.5 4.3% 38.0% 3.75
2008 $519.8B $57,236 6.2% 6.1% 5.2% 22.2M No data for this year 12.1% 26.9% $5.5B 75.3 3.0% 36.0% 3.75
2007 $415.7B $55,030 2.2% 5.0% 5.6% 21.7M No data for this year 17.1% 23.9% $6.2B 75.1 3.6% 30.0% 3.75
2006 $376.4B $54,639 3.3% 1.9% 6.3% 21.1M No data for this year 25.8% 27.4% $6.0B 74.8 3.6% 19.5% 3.75
2005 $328.2B $53,548 5.9% 0.6% 6.1% 20.6M No data for this year 37.3% 28.1% $4.4B 74.4 3.4% 12.7% 3.75
Source: World Bank + IMF World Economic Outlook. * = IMF forecast.

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