What is the current inflation rate in Saudi Arabia?

Saudi Arabia's consumer price inflation is 1.8% year-on-year as of Jul 2026.

How big is Saudi Arabia's economy?

Saudi Arabia's nominal GDP was $1.28T in 2025.

We use primary economic sources for every country. See our methodology page for how we source and verify it.

Name: Saudi Arabia economic indicators
Creator: EconomicsAPI

Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Last updated	Frequency
GDP, current prices, USD	$1.28T	$1.25T	$1.28T	$1.7B	Dec 2025	Annual
Real GDP growth, YoY	-3.7%	3.1%	15.0%	-6.7%	Jun 2026	Quarterly
Inflation rate, CPI YoY	1.8%	1.6%	11.1%	-2.3%	Jul 2026	Monthly
Policy / benchmark interest rate	4.3%	4.3%	7.0%	1.0%	Jul 2026	Monthly
Government debt % GDP	31.7%	25.9%	103.0%	1.5%	Dec 2025	Annual

Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Last updated	Frequency
GDP, current prices, USD	$1.28T	$1.25T	$1.28T	$1.7B	Dec 2025	Annual
Full-Year GDP Growth	4.5%	2.6%	12.0%	-16.1%	Dec 2025	Annual
GDP per capita, PPP	Int$73,784	Int$71,936	Int$73,784	Int$45,466	Dec 2025	Annual
GDP per capita, current USD	$34,537	$35,528	$38,510	$718	Dec 2025	Annual
GDP, PPP, international $	Int$2.73T	Int$2.54T	Int$2.73T	Int$491.8B	Dec 2025	Annual
Real GDP growth, YoY	-3.7%	3.1%	15.0%	-6.7%	Jun 2026	Quarterly

Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Last updated	Frequency
Total population	37.0M	35.3M	37.0M	2.4M	Dec 2025	Annual

Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Last updated	Frequency
Inflation rate, CPI YoY	1.8%	1.6%	11.1%	-2.3%	Jul 2026	Monthly

Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Last updated	Frequency
Policy / benchmark interest rate	4.3%	4.3%	7.0%	1.0%	Jul 2026	Monthly
Official / period-average FX vs USD	3.75 per USD	3.75 per USD	4.50 per USD	3.30 per USD	Aug 2026	Monthly
Foreign-exchange reserves (ex-gold)	$488.6B	$494.6B	$745.9B	$426.0B	Jul 2026	Monthly

Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Last updated	Frequency
Current account % GDP	-2.6%	-1.3%	50.7%	-20.8%	Dec 2025	Annual
Current Account Goods	$30.1B	$20.7B	$73.3B	$1.9B	Mar 2026	Quarterly
Current Account Services	$-10.7B	$-14.3B	$-4.3B	$-26.7B	Mar 2026	Quarterly
FDI inflows	$32.6B	$21.3B	$32.6B	$-3.7B	Dec 2025	Annual
Gold Reserves	$432.9M	$432.9M	$433.1M	$432.9M	Jul 2026	Monthly
Personal remittances, received	$350.6M	$338.5M	$350.6M	$93.9M	Dec 2025	Annual
Tourism Revenues	$11.8B	$10.5B	$13.2B	$69.2M	Mar 2026	Quarterly

Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Last updated	Frequency
Budget balance % GDP	-5.8%	-2.5%	29.8%	-14.9%	Dec 2025	Annual
Government debt % GDP	31.7%	25.9%	103.0%	1.5%	Dec 2025	Annual
Military expenditure	7.3%	7.3%	19.0%	5.9%	Dec 2024	Annual
Military expenditure, current USD	$80.3B	$77.8B	$87.2B	$71.6M	Dec 2024	Annual
Government Spending to GDP	29.0%	29.2%	41.2%	25.3%	Dec 2025	Annual
Tax revenue % GDP	8.1%	7.8%	8.6%	2.3%	Dec 2024	Annual

Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Last updated	Frequency
Industrial production YoY	5.1%	5.0%	94.5%	-5.1%	Dec 2025	Annual

Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Last updated	Frequency
Age-dependency ratio	36.4%	36.6%	93.8%	36.4%	Dec 2025	Annual
Total fertility rate	2.31 births per woman	2.28 births per woman	7.67 births per woman	2.14 births per woman	Dec 2024	Annual
Life expectancy at birth	78.98 years	78.73 years	78.98 years	45.31 years	Dec 2024	Annual
Working-age population	27.1M	25.9M	27.1M	1.3M	Dec 2025	Annual

Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Last updated	Frequency
Hospital beds per 1,000	2.41 per 1,000 people	2.44 per 1,000 people	2.63 per 1,000 people	0.77 per 1,000 people	Dec 2023	Annual
Health expenditure % GDP	5.7%	5.3%	6.6%	3.0%	Dec 2023	Annual

Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Last updated	Frequency
CO2 emissions	653 Mt CO₂	635 Mt CO₂	653 Mt CO₂	52.01 Mt CO₂	Dec 2024	Annual
Energy use per capita	7,149 kg oil eq. per capita	7,525 kg oil eq. per capita	7,979 kg oil eq. per capita	5,452 kg oil eq. per capita	Dec 2023	Annual

Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Last updated	Frequency
ICT goods exports, % of goods exports	2.3%	1.0%	2.3%	0.0%	Dec 2024	Annual
ICT service exports, % of service exports	3.6%	3.5%	14.3%	1.4%	Dec 2025	Annual
Research & development expenditure % GDP	0.6%	0.5%	0.9%	0.0%	Dec 2024	Annual
High-technology exports, % of manufactured exports	0.5%	0.6%	1.3%	0.3%	Dec 2024	Annual

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