Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia

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Saudi Arabia, is a country located at Western Asia, it has an area of 2,149,690 Km2 and it may be considered a large country.

Saudi Arabia, with a population of 32,175,000 people, it is ranked at 46º position by population of 196 countries and it has a low population density, 15 people per km2.

It's capital is Riyadh and its currency is Saudi riyals

Saudi Arabia is holding the 17 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2022 was 250,499 millions of euros (263,995 millions of dollars), ( 23.82% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €7,786 euros per inhabitant$8,205 dollars per inhabitant.

The last annual rate of CPI published in Saudi Arabia was on December of 2023 and it was 1.5%.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Saudi Arabia, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.875 points in 2021, leaving it in 37th place in the table of 191 countries published.

If the reason to visit Saudi Arabia are business, you must know it's in the 63th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Saudi Arabia, if you want to see information about other countries click here

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Saudi Arabia Economy
Gouvernement
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]2019Q45,419K
Annual GDP [+]2022€1,051,497M
Annual GDP [+]2022$1,108,150M
GDP per capita [+]2022€32,680
GDP per capita [+]2022$34,441
Quarterly GDP [+]2019Q4€185,443M
Debt (M.€.) [+]2022250,499
Debt ($M) [+]2022263,995
Debt (%GDP) [+]202223.82%
Debt Per Capita [+]2022€7,786
Debt Per Capita [+]2022$8,205
Deficit (M.€) [+]202226,332
Deficit ($M) [+]202227,751
Deficit (%GDP) [+]20222.50%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]2022296,813.8
Expenditure ($M) [+]2022312,805.5
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]202048,128.5
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]202054,928.2
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202118.79%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]201622,688.9
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]201625,107.5
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]201610.06%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]202278,049.8
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]202282,255.0
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202227.79%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202228.23%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022€9,225
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022$9,722
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020€1,375
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020$1,569
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2016€703
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2016$778
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022€2,426
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022$2,556
Moody's Rating [+]03/17/2023A1
S&P Rating [+]03/17/2023A
Fitch Rating [+]04/05/2023A+
Corruption Index [+]202251
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201936º
Fragile States Index [+]201870.2
RTI Raking [+]2022119º
Innovation Ranking [+]201861º
Labour
Unemployment rate [+]2023Q35.1%
Unemployed [+]2016Q2699K
NMW [+]2022$800.0
NMW [+]2022€707.9
Human Capital Ranking [+]201782º
Markets
Euro / Saudi riyals [+]04/25/20244.0200
US Dollar exchange rate [+]04/25/20243.7500
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]04/25/20242.40%
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]December 20231.5%
Business
Doing Business [+]202063º
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 2022519,485
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 202219.16
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2015212.48
Taxes
Standard VAT [+]07/01/202015.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]20200%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]201917,525,636
Exports [+]2023€298,026.0M
Exports [+]2023$322,255.6M
Exports % GDP [+]202237.14%
Imports [+]2023€195,161.6M
Imports [+]2023$211,028.3M
Imports % GDP [+]202217.15%
Trade balance [+]2023€102,864.4M
Trade balance [+]2023$111,227.3M
Trade balance % GDP [+]202219.99%
Socio-Demography
Density [+]202215
Global Peace Ranking [+]2023119º
Remittance received ($M) [+]2017286.5
% Immigrant [+]202038.43%
% Emigrant [+]20200.85%
Birth Rate [+]202117.47‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]201746,724.6
Crude death rate [+]20212.86‰
Fertility Rate [+]20212.43
Population [+]202232,175,000
Immigrant stock [+]202013,454,842
Emigrant stock [+]2020299,268
HDI [+]20210.875
Gender Gap Ranking [+]2023131º
Life expectancy [+]202176.94
Suicides [+]20151,057
Suicide rate [+]20153.40
Number of homicides [+]2019285
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20190.80
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]202216.98
Annual crude oil production [+]20239,733
Crude Oil Reserves [+]2021258,600.0
Consumption GWh [+]2022393,213
Generation GWh [+]2022431,919
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]04/14/20249,646
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]04/14/2024841,469
Fully vaccinated [+]04/25/202325,433,941
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]04/14/2024299.80
Doses administered [+]04/25/202368,534,631