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Saudi Arabia — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Saudi Arabia, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
65.10%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +26.8% since 1990
Labor participation for Saudi Arabia was 65.10% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 65.34% in 2023. The lowest was 47.89% in 2003 (about 1.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.68% per year.
Saudi Arabia ranks 59 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 32%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 44.99%, so Saudi Arabia sits above it. It peaked in 2023 and has fallen 0% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 9%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
65.10%
First (1990)
51.35%
Change
+26.8%
Highest
65.34%
in 2023
Lowest
47.89%
in 2003
Average
54.10%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.68%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 65.1% |
| 2024 | 65.2% |
| 2023 | 65.34% |
| 2022 | 63.8% |
| 2021 | 63.51% |
| 2020 | 62.41% |
| 2019 | 61.2% |
| 2018 | 59.42% |
| 2017 | 58.99% |
| 2016 | 60.69% |
| 2015 | 59.75% |
| 2014 | 58.41% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. 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
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. 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.