Saudi Arabia — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Saudi Arabia, 1964–2025.
Latest value · 2025
2.08%
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) · annual % · -25.6% since 1964
Inflation for Saudi Arabia was 2.08% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 62 years, from 1964 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 34.58% in 1975. The lowest was -3.20% in 1986 (about -1.5× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.48% per year.
Saudi Arabia ranks 127 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 68%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 2.08%, so Saudi Arabia sits level with it. It peaked in 1975 and has fallen 94% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 70%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
2.08%
First (1964)
2.80%
Change
-25.6%
Highest
34.58%
in 1975
Lowest
-3.20%
in 1986
Average
3.37%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.48%
Years of data
62
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.08% |
| 2024 | 1.69% |
| 2023 | 2.33% |
| 2022 | 2.47% |
| 2021 | 3.06% |
| 2020 | 3.37% |
| 2019 | -1.19% |
| 2018 | 2.47% |
| 2017 | -0.83% |
| 2016 | 2.05% |
| 2015 | 1.22% |
| 2014 | 2.24% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services. A negative value means deflation. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %). 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.