Saudi Arabia — GDP per capita (PPP)
GDP per Capita (PPP) for Saudi Arabia, 1990–2025.
GDP per capita (PPP) for Saudi Arabia was 73,784 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 45,466 in 2002 (about 1.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.35% per year.
Saudi Arabia ranks 25 of 201 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 12%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 18,586, so Saudi Arabia sits above it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 37%. Within Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan it ranks 3 of 22 economies; Malta (72,210) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 32% in 2021. That is 20% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
Doubling roughly every 52 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 4th of 186 in 1990 → 8th of 194 in 2000 → 12th of 200 in 2010 → 33rd of 198 in 2020 → 19th of 185 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1990 to 2025
| Year | current international $ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 73,783.56 | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 71,936.25 | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 71,623.79 | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 71,956.67 | +14.8% |
| 2021 | 62,690.5 | +31.9% |
| 2020 | 47,518.49 | -20.2% |
| 2019 | 59,560.25 | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 59,377.8 | +11.8% |
| 2017 | 53,120.46 | +6.4% |
| 2016 | 49,937.07 | -7.4% |
| 2015 | 53,930.83 | -13.8% |
| 2014 | 62,578.07 | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 62,202.89 | -4.4% |
| 2012 | 65,033.62 | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 64,125.22 | +9.0% |
| 2010 | 58,828.73 | +7.4% |
| 2009 | 54,787.36 | -4.3% |
| 2008 | 57,236.05 | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 55,029.87 | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 54,638.76 | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 53,548.2 | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 51,225.33 | +6.5% |
| 2003 | 48,078.12 | +5.7% |
| 2002 | 45,466.03 | -4.0% |
| 2001 | 47,380.8 | -2.6% |
| 2000 | 48,643.61 | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 47,494.67 | -2.8% |
| 1998 | 48,867.25 | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 48,795.67 | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 48,569.16 | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 48,052.41 | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 48,903.58 | -1.2% |
| 1993 | 49,503.23 | -1.7% |
| 1992 | 50,355.41 | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 49,295.47 | +6.7% |
| 1990 | 46,214.22 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Saudi Arabia’s GDP per capita (PPP) in 1991?
49,295.47 (1991). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Saudi Arabia’s GDP per capita (PPP) figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current international $ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Saudi Arabia’s GDP per capita (PPP) growing or shrinking?
Between 1990 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +59.7% in total — about 1.3% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 73,783.56; 2024: 71,936.25; 2023: 71,623.79; 2022: 71,956.67; 2021: 62,690.5. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD — GDP per Capita (PPP). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.