#General Authority for Statistics

Saudi unemployment plunges to 4.9% in Q2 2023

Saudi unemployment plunges to 4.9% in Q2 2023

The unemployment rate for female citizens fell to 15.7 per cent, from 19.3 per cent a year ago

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Saudi unemployment falls to lowest since 2008 as economy booms

Citizen unemployment peaked at over 15 per cent at the height of the pandemic in mid-2020 and has since fallen almost every quarter

Saudi Arabia’s inflation rate surged to 6.1% in July on VAT hike

Saudi Arabia increased its value-added tax from 5 per cent to 15 per cent on July 1

Saudi unemployment rises in Q1, 234,000 foreign workers leave jobs

The exodus comes after more than 277,000 expats left their jobs in the fourth quarter