Country profile · Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan · HIC
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
High income. Capital Riyadh. Upper-third GDP/cap (HIC · PEAK) with 43 official series - peers and ranks below.
- 35.3 million
- Population
- $1.2 trillion
- GDP
- $35,122
- GDP / capita
- 79.0 years
- Life expectancy
Upper-third GDP/cap · PEAK
Saudi Arabia ranks 18th of 217 by total GDP and 57th for life expectancy - a high income economy in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan.
- #18
- World GDP rank (of 217)
- $35,122
- GDP per capita
- #57
- Life-expectancy rank
- #45
- Population rank
Saudi Arabia clears the upper third of the GDP/cap roster (#47 of 214) under HIC with a PEAK life-expectancy stamp.
Saudi Arabia vs all countries by total GDP
Where this economy's World Bank total GDP sits among every country with a positive observation (inventory signal, not a virtue ranking)
$1,239,804,533,333 18th of 214 higher than 196 of 214 countries
Countries banded by World Bank total GDP (current US$)
Each bar is a $0.001K-wide band; taller bars hold more countries. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source World Bank, GDP (current US$) · 2026-08-14
Saudi Arabia on the global income map
Saudi Arabia (SAU) sits in the upper GDP/cap third - plotted with largest peers on GDP per capita × life expectancy (PEAK).
- Saudi Arabia: GDP per capita $35,122 (2024), life expectancy 79.0 years (2024), high income.
- India: GDP per capita $2,695 (2024), life expectancy 72.2 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- China: GDP per capita $13,303 (2024), life expectancy 78.0 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- United States: GDP per capita $84,534 (2024), life expectancy 78.9 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Indonesia: GDP per capita $4,925 (2024), life expectancy 71.3 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- Pakistan: GDP per capita $1,479 (2024), life expectancy 67.8 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Nigeria: GDP per capita $1,084 (2024), life expectancy 54.6 years (2024), low income.
- Brazil: GDP per capita $10,311 (2024), life expectancy 76.0 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- Bangladesh: GDP per capita $2,593 (2024), life expectancy 74.9 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Russian Federation: GDP per capita $14,889 (2024), life expectancy 73.4 years (2024), high income.
- Ethiopia: GDP per capita $1,134 (2024), life expectancy 67.6 years (2024), low income.
- Mexico: GDP per capita $14,186 (2024), life expectancy 75.3 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Japan: GDP per capita $32,487 (2024), life expectancy 84.0 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Egypt, Arab Rep.: GDP per capita $3,338 (2024), life expectancy 71.8 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Philippines: GDP per capita $3,985 (2024), life expectancy 69.9 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Congo, Dem. Rep.: GDP per capita $693 (2024), life expectancy 62.1 years (2024), low income.
- Viet Nam: GDP per capita $4,717 (2024), life expectancy 74.7 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- Iran, Islamic Rep.: GDP per capita $5,190 (2024), life expectancy 77.9 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- Turkiye: GDP per capita $15,893 (2024), life expectancy 77.4 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Germany: GDP per capita $56,104 (2024), life expectancy 80.8 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Thailand: GDP per capita $7,387 (2024), life expectancy 76.6 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- United Kingdom: GDP per capita $53,246 (2024), life expectancy 81.4 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Tanzania: GDP per capita $1,193 (2024), life expectancy 67.2 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- France: GDP per capita $46,103 (2024), life expectancy 83.0 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- South Africa: GDP per capita $6,267 (2024), life expectancy 66.3 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- Italy: GDP per capita $40,385 (2024), life expectancy 84.0 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Kenya: GDP per capita $2,133 (2024), life expectancy 63.8 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Myanmar: GDP per capita $1,359 (2024), life expectancy 67.1 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Colombia: GDP per capita $7,951 (2024), life expectancy 77.9 years (2024), upper-middle income, OECD member.
- Korea, Rep.: GDP per capita $36,239 (2024), life expectancy 83.6 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Sudan: GDP per capita $985 (2024), life expectancy 66.5 years (2024), low income.
Overview
Saudi Arabia has a population of 35.3 million, making it the 45th-most populous country out of 217 tracked in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan.
Its economy totals $1.2 trillion - ranked 18th globally by total GDP. GDP per capita stands at $35,122, placing it in the High income category.
Life expectancy at birth is 79.0 years (ranked 57th globally), reflecting overall health outcomes as measured by the World Bank.
The capital is Riyadh.
👥 Demographics
💰 Economy
🏥 Health
📚 Education
🌍 Environment
🏗️ Infrastructure
⚖️ Social
💼 Labor & Wages
🌐 Livability Score
One composite verdict from 4 of 5 World Bank series (life expectancy, under-5 mortality, electricity access, clean-water access, homicide rate), each benchmarked against every country tracking that series. A missing series never silently drags the score down: its weight redistributes across the series Saudi Arabia does report.
All indicators for Saudi Arabia
43 latest observations from World Bank WDI, WHO GHO, and ILO ILOSTAT (vintage through 2026-08-14). Values match the topic cards above; this table is the machine-readable export view analysts expect on a country profile.
🫀 Disease Burden
Road-traffic deaths at 18.5 per 100,000 are Saudi Arabia's sharpest GHO outlier versus the fleet midpoint (12.3). Summary metrics use 2021 data; cause-specific cards show their own observation year.
Non-communicable Diseases
Injuries & External Causes
Sources: WHO Global Health Observatory. NCD mortality rate: 2021. Rates are age-standardized per 100,000 population. Premature NCD risk covers cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory disease.
Compare Saudi Arabia with near GDP/cap peers
Side-by-side pages for the closest ABS GDP/cap neighbours - not a full-roster dropdown.
Read with Saudi Arabia
Nearest GDP/cap peers and LE poles for Saudi Arabia (HIC · PEAK), replacing the old fixed guide and region clone strip.
HIC PEAK
Spain · HIC
Spain GDP/cap $35,327 is higher by $205 than Saudi Arabia; LE stamp PEAK vs PEAK.
Slovenia · HIC
Slovenia GDP/cap $34,301 is lower by $821 than Saudi Arabia; LE stamp PEAK vs PEAK.
Korea, Rep. · HIC
Korea, Rep. GDP/cap $36,239 is higher by $1,117 than Saudi Arabia; LE stamp PEAK vs PEAK.
Brunei Darussalam · HIC
Brunei Darussalam GDP/cap $33,153 is lower by $1,968 than Saudi Arabia; LE stamp LONG vs PEAK.
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan WDI roster
Saudi Arabia stamps HIC · PEAK inside Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan - open the region roster after the ABS peers.
GDP/cap leaderboard (#47)
Saudi Arabia ranks #47 of 214 on NY.GDP.PCAP.CD under the HIC Atlas band.
What the data says about Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia sits in the high-income bracket but outside the OECD's harmonized reporting network, so its statistics come straight from the World Bank, WHO, and ILO source series rather than a jointly reconciled OECD dataset - still official, but with less cross-checking between agencies than an OECD member gets. Because output and income figures are converted at market exchange rates into current dollars, they can swing with currency movements independent of any real change in living standards, and for a small economy like this one that swing shows up more visibly in the headline numbers than it would for a larger country. The fuller picture comes from comparing Saudi Arabia against income-tier peers of a similar size.
Saudi Arabia clears the upper third of the GDP/cap roster (#47 of 214) under HIC with a PEAK life-expectancy stamp.
In Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, Saudi Arabia's 35.3 million residents produce $1.2 trillion of GDP (18th worldwide) at $35,122 per person. Life expectancy 79.0 years (57th) stamps PEAK. The 43-series panel below is the working surface - not a restated national brochure.
Nearest ABS GDP/cap peer: Spain at $35,327 (Δ $205). Open that profile or the GDP/cap leaderboard before treating any single year as destiny.
What to do with Saudi Arabia's numbers
Saudi Arabia is classified HIC with PEAK. Use that context before comparing any single figure to another country.
- Compare Saudi Arabia directly against any other country, side by side, on the indicators that matter to you. Compare countries
- See exactly where Saudi Arabia ranks among all 217 tracked countries on a specific indicator, not just the ones shown here. Indicator rank finder
- Learn the common mistakes people make citing country statistics before you quote a number from this page. Reading country profiles
Figures above are sourced from World Bank, WHO, and ILO (OECD where applicable) as cited below; always verify against the primary source before citing a specific number.
Source: World Bank Open Data, Source: WHO Global Health Observatory, Source: ILO ILOSTAT. World Bank and ILO data licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Disclaimer: This information is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical, financial, or legal advice. See our full disclaimer and editorial policy.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced and computed.