Labour Force Participation Rate for Saudi Females Increases: Statistics

In the first quarter of 2024, the labour market indicators in the Kingdom showed an increase in the employment-to-population ratio for Saudi females by 0.6 percentage points, reaching 30.7%.

Additionally, the labour force participation rate of Saudi females increased by 0.8 percentage points to reach 35.8%. At the same time, the unemployment rate of Saudi females increased by 0.3 percentage points to reach 14.2%, compared to the previous quarter of 2023.

Regarding Saudi male workers, the employment-to-population ratio increased, as did the labour force participation rate, by 1.2 and 1.0 percentage points, reaching 63.6% and 66.4%, respectively. However, the unemployment rate decreased by 0.4 percentage points to reach 4.2% compared to the previous quarter of 2023.