Youth Unemployment Rate in Saudi Arabia decreased to 10.50 percent in the second quarter of 2026 from 11 percent in the first quarter of 2026. Youth Unemployment Rate in Saudi Arabia averaged 13.57 percent from 2021 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 22.20 percent in the first quarter of 2021 and a record low of 9.60 percent in the first quarter of 2025. source: General Authority for Statistics, Saudi Arabia
Youth Unemployment Rate in Saudi Arabia is expected to be 10.70 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Saudi Arabia Youth Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 10.70 percent in 2027 and 10.50 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.