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 33,703,000 people, it is ranked at 46º position by population of 196 countries and it has a low population density, 16 people per km2.

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

Saudi Arabia is holding the 19 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2024 was 299,657 millions of euros (324,245 millions of dollars), ( 29.87% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €8,891 euros per inhabitant$9,621 dollars per inhabitant.

The last annual rate of CPI published in Saudi Arabia was on March of 2025 and it was 2.3%.

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 2022, leaving it in 41th place in the table of 193 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 [+]2019Q46,168K
Annual GDP [+]2024€1,003,053M
Annual GDP [+]2024$1,085,358M
GDP per capita [+]2024€28,415
GDP per capita [+]2024$30,746
Quarterly GDP [+]2019Q4€185,443M
Debt (M.€.) [+]2024299,657
Debt ($M) [+]2024324,245
Debt (%GDP) [+]202429.87%
Debt Per Capita [+]2024€8,891
Debt Per Capita [+]2024$9,621
Deficit (M.€) [+]2024-28,511
Deficit ($M) [+]2024-30,850
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2024-2.84%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]2024338,792.1
Expenditure ($M) [+]2024366,591.3
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]202050,243.1
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]202057,341.5
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202118.79%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]202238,092.4
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]202240,111.3
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]202212.81%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]202369,946.8
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]202375,653.1
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202324.04%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202433.78%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024€10,052
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024$10,877
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020€1,592
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020$1,817
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022€1,184
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022$1,247
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023€2,075
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023$2,245
Moody's Rating [+]11/22/2024Aa3
S&P Rating [+]03/14/2025A+
Fitch Rating [+]04/05/2023A+
Corruption Index [+]202352
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201936º
Fragile States Index [+]202463.2
RTI Raking [+]2024130º
Innovation Ranking [+]202447º
Labour
Unemployment rate [+]2024Q33.7%
Unemployed [+]2016Q2699K
NMW [+]2024$1,066.7
NMW [+]2024€971.2
Human Capital Ranking [+]201782º
Markets
Euro / Saudi riyals [+]04/24/20254.2660
US Dollar exchange rate [+]04/28/20253.7500
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]04/28/2025-2.09%
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]March 20252.3%
Business
Doing Business [+]202063º
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 2023645,723
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 202322.51
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2015221.36
Taxes
Standard VAT [+]07/01/202015.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]20200%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]202216,638,000
Exports [+]2023€295,957.1M
Exports [+]2023$320,018.4M
Exports % GDP [+]202329.98%
Imports [+]2023€191,380.6M
Imports [+]2023$206,939.8M
Imports % GDP [+]202319.39%
Trade balance [+]2023€104,576.6M
Trade balance [+]2023$111,227.3M
Trade balance % GDP [+]202310.59%
Socio-Demography
Density [+]202316
Global Peace Ranking [+]2024102º
Remittance received ($M) [+]2017286.5
% Immigrant [+]202042.64%
% Emigrant [+]20200.95%
Birth Rate [+]202216.92‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]201746,724.6
Crude death rate [+]20222.75‰
Fertility Rate [+]20222.39
Population [+]202333,703,000
Immigrant stock [+]202013,454,842
Emigrant stock [+]2020299,268
HDI [+]20220.875
Gender Gap Ranking [+]2024126º
Life expectancy [+]202277.91
Suicides [+]20151,057
Suicide rate [+]20153.55
Number of homicides [+]2019285
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20190.94
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]202317.15
Annual crude oil production [+]20249,242
Crude Oil Reserves [+]2021258,600.0
Consumption GWh [+]2023383,512
Generation GWh [+]2023421,786
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]08/04/20249,646
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]08/04/2024841,469
Fully vaccinated [+]04/25/202325,433,941
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]08/04/2024286.21
Doses administered [+]04/25/202368,534,631