Middle East · SAU

Saudi Arabia market indicators

A compact view of economic scale, momentum and digital access. Each card uses the latest observation available from the source.

Capital
Riyadh
Income group
High income
World Bank region
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Country codes
SAU · SA

GDP per capita

$34,537
2025current US$

Economic output per person at current market exchange rates.

GDP growth

4.50%
2025annual %

Annual percentage growth of inflation-adjusted GDP.

Inflation

2.08%
2025annual %

Annual change in consumer prices.

Population

36,973,555
2025people

Total resident population.

Internet use

100.00%
2024% of population

Share of people who used the internet recently.

Unemployment

3.04%
2025% of labor force

Modeled ILO estimate of unemployment.

Trade openness

57.92%
2025% of GDP

Exports plus imports as a share of GDP.

Data-led reading

What the latest series says

Automatically calculated from the observations above; descriptive, not a forecast.

Income trend

$34,537 per person

Saudi Arabia's GDP per capita was $34,537 in 2025. In current-dollar terms it increased by 41.9% from the closest observation around five years earlier; exchange rates and inflation are part of that movement.

Economic pulse

4.50% real growth

Real GDP growth was 4.50% in 2025. Consumer-price inflation was 2.08% in 2025 and modeled unemployment was 3.04% in 2025. These series may refer to different reporting years.

Digital reach

100.00% online

Internet use reached 100.00% of the population in 2024, while fixed broadband subscriptions were 44.07 per 100 people in 2024. A subscription can serve multiple users, so the measures answer different questions.

People & connections

36,973,555 residents

The population grew at 4.63% in 2025. Life expectancy was 78.98 years, while exports plus imports equaled 57.92% of GDP in their respective latest observations.

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