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The annual inflation rate in Saudi Arabia reached 2.1% in December 2025, compared to December 2024, while it recorded a monthly increase of 0.1% compared to November 2025. In the same context, the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) increased by 3.1% in December 2025 compared to the same period in 2024 and rose by 1.0% on a monthly basis. It is worth noting that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) reflects changes in prices paid by consumers for a fixed basket of 582 goods and services, while the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) measures the price movements of goods at pre-retail stages, based on a fixed basket of 343 items.

The General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT), in collaboration with Open Data Watch and PARIS21, will co-organize a virtual panel discussion on Commit to Data on Tuesday, 20 January 2026, as part of Road to Riyadh events. It aims to strengthen international and cross-sector partnerships to support the development of resilient and sustainable data systems, promote sustainable financing to drive innovation across the statistical ecosystem, enhance capacity-building efforts within national statistical offices through skills development and knowledge exchange, and showcase the Commit to Data initiative.

General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) issued the Industrial Production Index (IPI) publication for November 2025. According to the preliminary results, the Industrial Production Quantity Index increased by 10.4% on an annual basis, compared with the same month in 2024. This growth was supported by the performance of mining and quarrying activities, manufacturing activities, as well as water supply, sewerage, waste management, and remediation activities. On a monthly basis, the index recorded a decrease of 0.7% compared with October 2025.
The sub-index for mining and quarrying activities registered an annual increase of 12.6% in November 2025, driven by higher oil production levels, which rose to 10.1 million barrels per day compared with 8.9 million barrels per day in November 2024. On a monthly basis, the sub-index increased by 0.5%.
It is worth noting that IPI reflects changes in the volume of industrial production quantities, based on data from the Industrial Production Survey conducted on a sample of establishments operating in mining and quarrying, manufacturing, electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning supply, as well as water supply, sewerage, waste management, and remediation activities. The data are classified according to National Classification of Economic Activities (ISIC4), and results are published on a monthly basis in accordance with approved statistical methodologies.

The General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) released today the results of Tourism Establishments Statistics for Q3 of 2025. The findings indicate that the hotel room occupancy rate reached 49.1% during Q3 2025, representing an increase of 2.9 percentage points compared to the same quarter of 2024, when the occupancy rate was 46.1%. In contrast, the occupancy rate for serviced apartments and other hospitality facilities stood at 57.4% in Q3 2025, compared to 58.0% in the corresponding quarter of 2024, reflecting a decline of 0.5 percentage points.
Results indicated that the total number of licensed tourism hospitality facilities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia amounted to 5,622 facilities during Q3 2025, an increase of 40.6% compared to the same quarter of 2024, when the number reached 3,998 facilities. Serviced apartments and other hospitality facilities constituted 52.6% of the total, with 2,955 facilities, while hotels accounted for 47.4%, totaling 2,667 hotels.
The average length of stay for hotel guests during Q3 2025 was approximately 4.1 nights, recording a decrease of 1% compared to the same quarter of 2024, when the average stay was 4.2 nights. Meanwhile, the average length of stay for guests in serviced apartments and other hospitality facilities reached about 2.1 nights during the same period, declining slightly by 0.2% compared to Q3 2024, according to the publication.
The publication also revealed that the total number of employees engaged in tourism activities during Q3 2025 reached around 1,009,691, marking a growth of 6.4% compared to the same quarter of 2024, when employment totaled 948,629 employees. Saudi employees accounted for 245,171 employees, representing 24.3% of the total, while non-Saudi workers numbered 764,520, or 75.7%. In terms of gender distribution, male employees totaled 875,658, accounting for 86.7% of the total, whereas female employees numbered 134,033, representing a participation rate of 13.3%.
It is worth noting that the Tourism Establishments Statistics for Q3 2025 are compiled from multiple sources to ensure comprehensive coverage of tourism activities in the Kingdom. These sources include administrative records, statistical surveys, and secondary data.