# Net migration in Saudi Arabia

Net migration in Saudi Arabia was 325,691 in 2023. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `net_migration`
- Place id: `sa`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Immigrants minus emigrants during the year, citizens and noncitizens together. A negative value means more people left than arrived.
- Source: World Bank, Net migration (SM.POP.NETM) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SM.POP.NETM)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Net migration (SM.POP.NETM). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SM.POP.NETM. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/net-migration/saudi-arabia
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=net_migration&place=sa

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 325,691 |
| 2022 | 977,072 |
| 2021 | -106,287 |
| 2020 | -74,725 |
| 2019 | 191,582 |
| 2018 | -988,751 |
| 2017 | -920,812 |
| 2016 | -26,997 |
| 2015 | 465,292 |
| 2014 | 469,144 |
| 2013 | 485,794 |
| 2012 | 479,206 |
| 2011 | 491,253 |
| 2010 | 504,955 |
| 2009 | 496,229 |
| 2008 | 491,337 |
| 2007 | 489,136 |
| 2006 | 504,661 |
| 2005 | 518,565 |
| 2004 | 523,472 |
| 2003 | 514,606 |
| 2002 | 500,508 |
| 2001 | 484,252 |
| 2000 | 468,515 |
| 1999 | 160,263 |
| 1998 | 159,898 |
| 1997 | 160,066 |
| 1996 | 160,532 |
| 1995 | 160,512 |
| 1994 | 160,306 |
| 1993 | 158,074 |
| 1992 | 160,908 |
| 1991 | 162,857 |
| 1990 | 160,416 |
| 1989 | 159,273 |
| 1988 | 146,918 |
| 1987 | 175,075 |
| 1986 | 172,606 |
| 1985 | 148,208 |
| 1984 | 153,562 |
| 1983 | 157,930 |
| 1982 | 153,528 |
| 1981 | 140,355 |
| 1980 | 121,220 |
| 1979 | 112,826 |
| 1978 | 105,263 |
| 1977 | 96,015 |
| 1976 | 85,083 |
| 1975 | 73,960 |
| 1974 | 69,653 |
| 1973 | 63,995 |
| 1972 | 55,439 |
| 1971 | 43,989 |
| 1970 | 31,097 |
| 1969 | 25,312 |
| 1968 | 21,366 |
| 1967 | 17,947 |
| 1966 | 15,054 |
| 1965 | 15,000 |
| 1964 | 15,000 |
| 1963 | 15,000 |
| 1962 | 15,000 |
| 1961 | 15,000 |
| 1960 | 15,000 |