The Saudi Arabia (KSA) Labor Market Comparative Report compares the country with other regional and international countries across key labor market indicators, showcasing Saudi Arabia s international position across the KPIs, while analyzing historical developments to gauge improvements. Countries in this report are selected to ensure a proper geographical and economic mix.

Comparison of the labor market KPIs between Saudi Arabia and selected countries suggests a decent relative improvement in the Saudi labor market. However, despite recent improvements, several poor performing sub groups are consistently evident.

While Saudi Arabia is showing a strong dynamic in employment growth, workforce growth, labor participation growth and professional / skilled labor migration, due in part to the strong economic development, the overall ranking in other KPIs (e.g., employment rate, unemployment rate, NEET rate, etc.) leaves room for improvement.