Riyadh – Mubasher: The rate of Saudi unemployment has increased to 12.9% in the first three months of 2018, compared to the last quarter of 2017..
Unemployment among males reached 7.6%, compared to the last quarter in 2017, data released by the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) showed on Thursday.
The rate of joblessness among Saudi women jumped to 30.9%, the data indicated.
Unemployment among the kingdom's residents (Saudi and non-Saudi) hit 6.1%.
