Unemployment rate among Saudis down to 11.7% in Q1 2021

30/06/2021 Argaam Special

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The unemployment rate among Saudis fell to 11.7% in Q1 2021 from 12.6% in Q4 2020, according to data from the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT).

 

Unemployment rate among males and females stood at 7.2% and 21.2%, respectively, in the same period.

 

According to GASTAT, by the end of Q1 2021, unemployment rate for Saudis was lower than what it was before the pandemic - at 11.8% in Q1 2020.

 

Meanwhile, unemployment among total working age population (15 years and above) declined from 7.4% to 6.5% in the first quarter. 

 

Unemployment Rate in Saudi Arabia

Period

Unemployment rate

Unemployment rate among Saudis

Q1 2017

5.8 %

12.7 %

Q2 2017

6.0 %

12.8 %

Q3 2017

5.8 %

12.8 %

Q4 2017

6.0 %

12.8 %

Q1 2018

6.1 %

12.9 %

Q2 2018

6.0 %

 12.9%

Q3 2018

6.0 %

 12.8%

Q4 2018

6.0 %

 12.7%

Q1 2019

5.7 %

12.5%

Q2 2019

5.6 %

12.3 %

Q3 2019

5.5 %

12.0 %

Q4 2019

5.7 %

12.0 %

Q1 2020

5.7 %

11.8 %

Q2 2020

9.0 %

15.4 %

Q3 2020

8.5 %

14.9 %

Q4 2020

7.4 %

12.6 %

Q1 2021

6.5 %

11.7 %

 

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