The unemployment rate for female citizens fell to 15.7 per cent, from 19.3 per cent a year ago
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 increased its value-added tax from 5 per cent to 15 per cent on July 1
The exodus comes after more than 277,000 expats left their jobs in the fourth quarter