Labour Force (Total) fell 1.11% to 16.1 mil in Saudi Arabia in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, Labour Force (Total) in Saudi Arabia reached an all time high of 16.2 mil in 2020 and an all time low of 5.11 mil in 1990. When compared to Saudi Arabia's main peers, Labour Force (Total) in Iraq amounted to 11.2 mil, 2.86 mil in Jordan, 6.07 mil in United Arab Emirates and 7.30 mil in Yemen in 2021.
Saudi Arabia has been ranked 40th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Labour Force (Total), 4 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Labour Force (Total) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Bahrain | mil | 0.776 | 0.806 | 0.837 | 0.858 | 0.863 | ||||||||||||||||
| Djibouti | mil | 0.216 | 0.221 | 0.226 | 0.231 | 0.235 | ||||||||||||||||
| Eritrea | mil | 1.54 | 1.56 | 1.58 | 1.61 | 1.65 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | mil | 25.9 | 27.0 | 28.1 | 28.6 | 28.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | mil | 9.71 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.4 | 10.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Israel | mil | 3.86 | 3.93 | 4.00 | 4.07 | 4.13 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | mil | 2.46 | 2.61 | 2.70 | 2.71 | 2.79 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | mil | 2.24 | 2.34 | 2.40 | 2.53 | 2.61 | ||||||||||||||||
| Oman | mil | 2.27 | 2.42 | 2.50 | 2.52 | 2.49 | ||||||||||||||||
| Qatar | mil | 1.83 | 1.98 | 2.06 | 2.10 | 2.12 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | mil | 12.8 | 13.4 | 13.8 | 14.4 | 15.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Syria | mil | 4.96 | 4.95 | 5.04 | 5.27 | 5.66 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | mil | 6.14 | 6.21 | 6.27 | 6.19 | 6.22 | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | mil | 6.08 | 6.30 | 6.53 | 6.75 | 6.97 |
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