Inflation rate
How much prices rose over a single year..
Purchasing power: what cost SAR 100 a year ago costs SAR 101.36 today.
A note on the economics: slowing inflation means prices are rising more slowly, not that they have fallen back..
Definition
The change in the cost of living and in the basket of essential consumer goods and services — housing, food, transport and education — against the same period a year earlier..
Business brokerage
It sets the real value of income and what it can buy: any rise in revenue or salary is worth that much less once annual inflation is taken out..
Reading the path
Shown: the last 120 readings. the published series runs longer: 164 readings starting January 2013.
Down by 0.01% against July 2026, the lowest reading of the year, and falling for 4 consecutive months now.
The last 12 periodic readings
| Period | Value (%) | Periodic change |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | 1.36 | ▼ 0.01 |
| Jul 2026 | 1.37 | ▼ 0.05 |
| Jun 2026 | 1.42 | ▼ 0.13 |
| May 2026 | 1.55 | ▲ 0.05 |
| Apr 2026 | 1.50 | ▼ 0.21 |
| Mar 2026 | 1.71 | ▲ 0.12 |
| Feb 2026 | 1.59 | ▼ 0.17 |
| Jan 2026 | 1.76 | ▼ 0.15 |
| Dec 2025 | 1.91 | ▲ 0.17 |
| Nov 2025 | 1.74 | ▼ 0.37 |
| Oct 2025 | 2.11 | ▲ 0.06 |
| Sep 2025 | 2.05 | ▼ 0.07 |
Source record
Official data retrieved automatically from GASTAT, and archived daily in the historical record so a reading is kept with its date even if the source revises it later. Figures are never entered by hand, and never changed after publication.