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Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia's retirement age (men) is 47 years, the lowest of 49. And its retirement age (women) is 47 years, the lowest of 49.
Of 14 fields published for Saudi Arabia, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
47 % of US prices
Average monthly salary
$3,480 PPP/mo
The average employee in Saudi Arabia earns about $3,480 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Money's value
55.30 %
100 saved in Saudi Arabia in 2000 buys what 55 buys today — 45 % of its purchasing power is gone.
What is left after the state takes its share?
Average monthly salary
$3,480 PPP/mo
The average employee in Saudi Arabia earns about $3,480 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Minimum wage
$2,125 PPP/mo
The law in Saudi Arabia sets the floor at about $2,125 a month, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Inflation rate
2.08 %
At 2.1 % a year, prices double in about 35 years if it holds.
Inflation rate
2.08 %
the 2nd lowest of 123
Minimum wage
$2,125 PPP/mo
ranked 7th of 85
Real policy rate
2.17 %
ranked 12th of 53
Where Saudi Arabia sits, field by field
Each dot is Saudi Arabia’s position among every country that publishes that field. Sorted by distance from the middle, so what is unusual about the country comes first.
- Retirement age (men)47 years1 of 49
- Retirement age (women)47 years1 of 49
- Inflation rate2.08 %2 of 123
- Minimum wage$2,125 PPP/mo7 of 85
- Government debt31.70 %23 of 124
- Unemployment rate3.04 %25 of 124
- Real policy rate2.17 %12 of 53
- GDP growth4.50 %29 of 127
- Money's value55.30 %32 of 116
- GDP per capita$34,53735 of 127
- Debt per person$10,94883 of 123
- Average monthly salary$3,480 PPP/mo32 of 92
- Corporate tax20.00 %35 of 96
- Price level47 % of US prices69 of 125
- Cost of money
- Work & income
- Housing & living
- Macro
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
Hong Kong
avg gap 13.2 pp · 11 shared fields
Most separates them: price level — 47 % of US prices (Saudi Arabia) vs 71 % of US prices
Czech Republic
avg gap 16.7 pp · 13 shared fields
Most separates them: retirement age (women) — 47 years (Saudi Arabia) vs 64.2 years
Malaysia
avg gap 17.7 pp · 11 shared fields
Most separates them: government debt — 31.70 % (Saudi Arabia) vs 70.70 %
South Korea
avg gap 18.3 pp · 14 shared fields
Most separates them: GDP growth — 4.50 % (Saudi Arabia) vs 1.01 %
| Money's value | 55.30 % | ranked 32nd of 116 | |
| GDP per capita | $34,537 | ranked 35th of 127 | |
| Debt per person | $10,948 | ranked 83rd of 123 | |
| Average monthly salary | $3,480 PPP/mo | ranked 32nd of 92 | |
| Corporate tax | 20.00 % | ranked 35th of 96 | |
| Price level | 47 % of US prices | ranked 69th of 125 |
✓ 14 fields published for Saudi Arabia, every one dated and sourced · 21 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Saudi Arabia: mortgage rate, lending rate, deposit rate, savings vs inflation, bank spread, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, house price growth, rent, petrol, electricity, tax wedge, minimum wage, average salary, median earnings, median income, vat, top income tax, public holidays, currency.
Sources for all 14 figures
- Retirement age (men) — OECD Pensions at a Glance — current normal retirement age (DF_DPS, CRPLF22) · 2024
- Retirement age (women) — OECD Pensions at a Glance — current normal retirement age (DF_DPS, CRPLF22) · 2024
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2025
- Minimum wage — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Real policy rate — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2026-07
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Average monthly salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2022
- Corporate tax — OECD Corporate Tax Statistics · 2026
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2025