Saudi Arabia
Labor force participation rate
Labor-force participation measures the share of people working or actively looking for work. It helps distinguish weak employment from people leaving the labor force.
Labor force participation rate - Saudi Arabia
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The reading right now
As of January 2025, Labor force participation rate for Saudi Arabia stood at 65.1%. That is down 0.1 percentage points from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 64.6%, ranging from a low of 63.5% in January 2021 to a high of 65.3% in January 2023. The current reading sits 2.5 percentage points above its trailing ten-year mean of 62.6%.
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