Saudi Arabia
Inflation in Saudi Arabia
Inflation in Saudi Arabia: 4.4% a year in 1980 and 2% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 2% a year
- Since 1980
- −2.4 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 118 of 179
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 2% a year
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 2% a year in 2031.
- The highest was 6.1% a year in 2008, the lowest -3.1% a year in 1986.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1.5 |
| 2023 | 2.5 |
| 2022 | 2.5 |
| 2021 | 3.1 |
| 2020 | 3.2 |
| 2019 | -2 |
| 2018 | 2.5 |
| 2017 | -0.9 |
| 2016 | 2.9 |
| 2015 | 1.2 |
| 2014 | 1.8 |
| 2013 | 3.1 |
| 2012 | 2.9 |
| 2011 | 3.7 |
| 2010 | 3.7 |
| 2009 | 4.3 |
| 2008 | 6.1 |
| 2007 | 5 |
| 2006 | 1.9 |
| 2005 | 0.6 |
| 2004 | 0.3 |
| 2003 | 0.5 |
| 2002 | 0.1 |
| 2001 | -1.1 |
| 2000 | -1 |
| 1999 | -2.1 |
| 1998 | -0.4 |
| 1997 | -0.2 |
| 1996 | 0.3 |
| 1995 | 5.1 |
| 1994 | 1.4 |
| 1993 | 1.2 |
| 1992 | -1 |
| 1991 | 3.9 |
| 1990 | -1.1 |
| 1989 | 1.2 |
| 1988 | -0.4 |
| 1987 | -2.4 |
| 1986 | -3.1 |
| 1985 | -2.3 |
| 1984 | -0.7 |
| 1983 | 0.6 |
| 1982 | 1.9 |
| 1981 | 3.6 |
| 1980 | 4.4 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.9 |
| 2027 | 2.2 |
| 2028 | 2 |
| 2029 | 2 |
| 2030 | 2 |
| 2031 | 2 |
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 179 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending6.48% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$81.5B in 2025
- Military spending per person$2,428 in 2025
- Military share of state spending23.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel282,000 people in 2020
- National power1.34% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.92% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports3.04 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exports3 million TIV in 2023