Saudi Arabia
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Capital
- Riyadh
- Region
- Western Asia
- Population, 2025
- 37 million
- Currency
- SAR
- Area
- 2,149,690 kmΒ²
Across Saudi Arabia's 29 priced cities, one person needs about $1,502 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $1,648.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
60out of 100
- Purchasing power25%65
- Safety20%77
- Health care15%62
- Climate10%39
- Air quality10%40
- Connectivity10%69
- Cost10%44
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank among countries
- #60
What it costs
Averages over the countryβs cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
49.0
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
15.8
New York = 100
Purchasing power
125.4
New York = 100
One person
$1,502
A month, rent included
Net salary
$1,648
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$767
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
$34,537
2025
Growth
+4.5%
2025
Unemployment
3.0%
2025
Inflation
2.1%
2025
Life expectancy
79.0 years
2024
Internet users
100%
2024
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 0%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Lowest income tax rate
- 0%
- SourceWikipedia
- Corporate tax
- 20%
- SourcePwC
- VAT or sales tax
- 15%
- SourcePwC
- Social security, employee
- 9.8%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Social security, employer
- 11.8%
- SourceTrading Economics
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeoβs crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 76.8
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 23.2
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2019
- 0.9
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median, #47 worldwide
- 174
- Mobile downloadMbps, median, #8 worldwide
- 225
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- +37%
Cities in Saudi Arabia
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Tabuk | 70 | 46.8 | $337 | $1,731 | 190.2 | 667K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 2Abha | 70 | 47.7 | $311 | $2,219 | 246.8 | 210.9K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 3At Ta'if | 69 | 44.8 | β | $3,196 | 344.6 | 688.7K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 4Yanbu | 69 | 43.3 | $311 | $3,462 | 411.9 | 200.2K | Medium confidence, 17 contributors |
| 5Khamis Mushayt | 69 | 42.5 | β | $1,598 | 178.3 | 387.6K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 6Qatif | 68 | 38.5 | $213 | $2,265 | 327.3 | 98.3K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 7Qurayyat | 68 | β | β | β | β | 102.9K | Low confidence |
| 8Yanbu' Al Bahr | 67 | 47.4 | β | $3,198 | 332.6 | 200.2K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 9Arar | 67 | 46.5 | $266 | $1,066 | 126.2 | 148.5K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 10Buraydah | 66 | 54.1 | $692 | $2,530 | 192.2 | 745.4K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 11Najran | 66 | 70.1 | $200 | $1,731 | 157.9 | 505.7K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 12Dhahran (Az-Zahran) | 65 | 54.8 | $360 | $2,841 | 274.7 | 99.5K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 13Jizan | 65 | 45.9 | $266 | $1,634 | 195.5 | 105.2K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 14Ha'il | 65 | β | $240 | $1,066 | β | 605.9K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 15Ar-rass | 64 | 46.7 | $266 | $1,731 | 204.5 | 81.7K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 16AL Kharj | 63 | 37.6 | $689 | $2,822 | 257.3 | 425.3K | Medium confidence, 13 contributors |
| 17Al Hufuf | 63 | 47.5 | $400 | $1,962 | 201.6 | 293.2K | Medium confidence, 13 contributors |
| 18Az Zulfi | 63 | 51.5 | β | β | β | 125K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 19Unaizah | 62 | β | β | β | β | 183.3K | Low confidence |
| 20Hafar Al Batin | 62 | β | β | $1,399 | β | 271.6K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 21BΔ«shah | 62 | β | β | β | β | 115.5K | Low confidence |
| 22Sabt Alalayah | 61 | β | β | β | β | 100K | Low confidence |
| 23Jeddah (Jiddah) | 61 | 49.0 | $767 | $1,648 | 125.4 | 4.7M | High confidence, 61 contributors |
| 24Sakakah | 60 | β | $240 | $932 | β | 128.3K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 25Jubail | 59 | 47.1 | $429 | $1,598 | 160.6 | 237.3K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 26Medina | 59 | 43.3 | $560 | $1,287 | 121.7 | 1.3M | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 27ΕabyΔ | 58 | β | β | β | β | 228.4K | Low confidence |
| 28Mecca | 58 | 41.4 | $587 | $1,081 | 102.3 | 1.6M | High confidence, 32 contributors |
| 29Taif | 58 | 44.8 | $1,225 | $1,798 | 108.2 | 688.7K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 30Maj'mah (Al Majma'ah) | 57 | 51.5 | $213 | β | β | β | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 31Al Khobar | 57 | 52.1 | $634 | $1,847 | 149.1 | 165.8K | High confidence, 23 contributors |
| 32Al Mubarraz | 57 | 49.2 | β | $1,066 | 108.2 | 290.8K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 33Rabigh | 57 | 47.8 | $333 | β | β | 72.9K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 34Al-hawiyah | 57 | 43.6 | β | β | β | β | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 35SulΕ£Δnah | 56 | β | β | β | β | 946.7K | Low confidence |
| 36Khafji | 55 | 42.8 | $666 | β | β | β | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 37Umluj | 55 | β | $400 | $4,261 | β | 33.9K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 38Riyadh | 54 | 51.7 | $1,179 | $2,076 | 121.3 | 4.2M | High confidence, 120 contributors |
| 39Ad Dammam | 54 | 45.3 | $577 | $1,519 | 138.0 | 1.3M | High confidence, 33 contributors |
| 40Thuqbah | 52 | β | β | β | β | 248.9K | Low confidence |