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Non-Oil GDP Share: 55% 2025 real GDP |Saudi Unemployment: 7.2% Q4 2025 |PIF AUM: $1.21T 2025 actual |FDI Share of GDP: 2.8% Q1 2026 |Female Participation: 33.9% Q1 2026 |Credit Rating: Aa3/A+/A+ Moody's/Fitch/S&P |GDP Growth: 4.5% 2025 actual |Umrah Pilgrims: 18M+ 2025 foreign |Non-Oil GDP Share: 55% 2025 real GDP |Saudi Unemployment: 7.2% Q4 2025 |PIF AUM: $1.21T 2025 actual |FDI Share of GDP: 2.8% Q1 2026 |Female Participation: 33.9% Q1 2026 |Credit Rating: Aa3/A+/A+ Moody's/Fitch/S&P |GDP Growth: 4.5% 2025 actual |Umrah Pilgrims: 18M+ 2025 foreign |

Expatriate Workforce

Expats Are 78% of Saudi Arabia's Employed Workforce

Expatriates hold 14.8 million of the 19.03 million jobs recorded in Saudi Arabia at the end of 2025 — 78% of all employment. The share is higher today than when Saudisation was relaunched, and this analysis explains the arithmetic behind why.

Updated Jul 31, 2026

Foreign Workers in Saudi Arabia

Detailed analysis of Saudi Arabia's foreign worker population, labour market dynamics, Nitaqat nationalisation policies, and the evolving role of expatriate labour in the Kingdom's economic transformation.

Updated Apr 18, 2026