Unemployment rate: Saudi Arabia
3.038% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.038 |
| 2024 | 3.518 |
| 2023 | 4.008 |
| 2022 | 5.589 |
| 2021 | 6.621 |
| 2020 | 7.66 |
| 2019 | 5.636 |
| 2018 | 6.029 |
| 2017 | 5.89 |
| 2016 | 5.6 |
| 2015 | 5.6 |
| 2014 | 5.877 |
| 2013 | 5.6 |
| 2012 | 5.622 |
| 2011 | 5.77 |
| 2010 | 5.55 |
| 2009 | 5.377 |
| 2008 | 5.085 |
| 2007 | 5.734 |
| 2006 | 6.254 |
| 2005 | 6.051 |
| 2004 | 5.822 |
| 2003 | 5.563 |
| 2002 | 5.265 |
| 2001 | 4.618 |
| 2000 | 4.57 |
| 1999 | 4.346 |
| 1998 | 4.752 |
| 1997 | 5.283 |
| 1996 | 5.804 |
| 1995 | 6.365 |
| 1994 | 6.733 |
| 1993 | 7.002 |
| 1992 | 7.2 |
| 1991 | 7.316 |