Key data points
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Observation period
Q4 2023
Highest
9.00%Jun 30, 2020
Lowest
4.35%Dec 31, 1999
About Saudi Arabia unemployment rate
In Saudi Arabia, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.
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Frequently Asked Questions
To calculate Saudi Arabia unemployment rate you need to take the number of the country residents without a job and looking for work divided by the total number of residents in the labor force.
The lowest ever Saudi Arabia unemployment rate is 4.35%.
The highest figure Saudi Arabia unemployment rate has ever reached is 9.00%.
Last quarter Saudi Arabia unemployment rate was 4.40%, and the quarter before that it amounted to 5.10%.