Saudi Arabia Unemployment Rate 1999-2017 | Data | Chart | Calendar

Unemployment Rate in Saudi Arabia decreased to 5.60 percent in the fourth quarter of 2016 from 5.70 percent in the third quarter of 2016. Unemployment Rate in Saudi Arabia averaged 5.53 percent from 1999 until 2016, reaching an all time high of 6.30 percent in the fourth quarter of 2006 and a record low of 4.35 percent in the fourth quarter of 1999.

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Saudi Arabia Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	5.60	5.70	6.30	4.35	percent	[+]
Unemployed Persons	751811.00	699164.00	751811.00	437648.00		[+]
Population	31.74	31.52	31.74	4.04	Million	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	56.50	55.30	56.50	47.80	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	11067.67	11067.70	11067.70	6167.00	Thousand	[+]
Retirement Age Men	62.00	62.00	62.00	60.00		[+]
Retirement Age Women	55.00	55.00	55.00	55.00		[+]

Saudi Arabia Unemployment Rate Notes

In Saudi Arabia, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. This page provides - Saudi Arabia Unemployment Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Saudi Arabia Unemployment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on May of 2017.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	5.60	5.70	6.30	4.35	1999 - 2016	percent	Quarterly

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unemployment rate by Country

	Last		Previous	Highest	Lowest
Spain	18.75	Mar/17	18.63	26.94	4.41	%	Quarterly
Brazil	13.70	Mar/17	13.2	13.7	6.2	%	Monthly
Turkey	12.60	Feb/17	13	14.8	7.3	%	Monthly
Italy	11.70	Mar/17	11.5	13	5.7	%	Monthly
France	9.60	Mar/17	10	10.7	7.2	%	Quarterly
Euro Area	9.50	Mar/17	9.5	12.1	7.3	%	Monthly
Canada	6.50	Apr/17	6.7	13.1	2.9	%	Monthly
Australia	5.70	Apr/17	5.88	11.2	3.98	%	Monthly
Indonesia	5.33	Mar/17	5.61	11.24	2	%	Quarterly
Russia	5.30	Apr/17	5.4	14.1	4.8	%	Monthly
Netherlands	5.10	Apr/17	5.1	7.9	3.6	%	Monthly
India	4.90	Dec/13	5.2	9.4	4.9	%	Yearly
United Kingdom	4.60	Mar/17	4.7	12	3.4	%	Monthly
United States	4.40	Apr/17	4.5	10.8	2.5	%	Monthly
South Korea	4.00	Apr/17	3.7	7.1	2.9	%	Monthly
China	3.97	Mar/17	4.02	4.3	3.9	%	Quarterly
Germany	3.90	Mar/17	3.9	11.5	0.4	%	Monthly
Mexico	3.50	Apr/17	3.19	6.42	2.22	%	Monthly
Switzerland	3.30	Apr/17	3.4	5.4	1.6	%	Monthly
Japan	2.80	Mar/17	2.8	5.5	1	%	Monthly