Unemployment among Saudi nationals

How many Saudis are looking for work and have not found it..

6.48% من المواطنين في سوق العمل يبحثون عن فرصة وظيفية.

Definition

The share of working-age Saudis who want work and are looking for it without finding a job. Students, retirees and those not seeking work are excluded..

Business brokerage

A central measure of how well Saudisation is working, and of whether the private sector can create jobs that absorb Saudi talent..

Reading the path

Shown: the whole series as the agency published it, 41 readings since Q2 2016.

Up by 0.11% against Q1 2026, and holding below its annual average of 7.23%.

The last 12 periodic readings

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.