Regardless of the sturdy year-on-year progress, the determine represented a 7 per cent decline from This autumn 2024.
The report additionally highlighted that FDI inflows into the Kingdom totalled SR24bn ($6.4bn) in Q1 2025 — a 24 per cent enhance from SR19.4bn ($5.2bn) in Q1 2024.
Saudi funding growth
Nevertheless, this was 6 per cent decrease than inflows recorded in This autumn 2024.
On the identical time, FDI outflows from Saudi Arabia dropped considerably to SR1.8bn ($480m), representing a 54 per cent decline from Q1 2024, however a 7 per cent enhance in comparison with the earlier quarter.
The Authority additionally reported Saudi unemployment falling to 7.6 per cent, down from 8.4 per cent, with male unemployment sliding from 5.1 per cent to 4.7 per cent and feminine easing from 14.3 per cent to 13 per cent.
The labour power participation charge for Saudis stood at 47.6 per cent, with 66.6 per cent for males and 35.4 per cent for females, whereas the employment-to-population ratio was 92.4 per cent.
The info confirmed that almost all of job seekers are within the 20-29 age group, with the best numbers in:
- Riyadh
- Makkah
- Japanese Province
- Aseer
- Qassim
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