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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 |

International Schools

Saudi Arabia's New Education Law, Explained: In Force 20 January 2027

Saudi Arabia's General Education Law was gazetted in Umm al-Qura on 24 July 2026 and takes effect 180 days later, on 20 January 2027. Its 68 articles replace seven instruments dating to 1969, create a General Education Affairs Council, and for the first time write foreign investment in schools into statute.

Updated Jul 31, 2026

International Schools in Saudi Arabia

Analysis of Saudi Arabia's international schools sector covering demand drivers, regulation, curriculum diversity, and investment.

Updated Apr 18, 2026