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Saudi Arabia

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PROCLAMATION OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA · 23 SEPTEMBER 1932
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1933 - present · Oil, Modernization and Contemporary Saudi Arabia
5 EVENTS
1933 · The oil concession is granted 2 REFS
1938 · Oil struck at Dammam Well No. 7 2 REFS
1902 - 1932 · Unification and the Founding of the Kingdom (1902-1932)
4 EVENTS
January 1902 · Abdulaziz captures Riyadh 2 REFS
23 September 1932 · Proclamation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 4 REFS
1744 - 1891 · The First and Second Saudi States and the Al Saud-Wahhab Alliance
5 EVENTS
1744 · The Diriyah pact founds the First Saudi State 3 REFS
1811 - 1818 · The Ottoman-Egyptian campaign against the Saudis 2 REFS
632 - 1744 CE · The Caliphates and the Hejaz under Outside Rule
4 EVENTS
632 - 661 CE · Medina as capital of the early caliphate 2 REFS
661 - 750 CE · Umayyad and Abbasid rule over the Hejaz 1 REF
c. 570 - 632 CE · The Birth of Islam: Muhammad, Mecca and Medina
5 EVENTS
c. 570 CE · Birth of Muhammad in Mecca 2 REFS
c. 610 CE · The first revelations 2 REFS
c. 3000 BCE - 6th century CE · Ancient Arabia and the Caravan Kingdoms
4 EVENTS
c. 5th century BCE · The kingdom of Lihyan rises at Dadan 2 REFS
c. 1st century BCE · The Nabataeans make Hegra their southern capital 2 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Riyadh
Population
29 m
Area
2,149,690 km²
Region
Western Asia
Languages
Arabic
Currency
Saudi riyal (ر.س)
Demonym
Saudi Arabian
UN member
Yes
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Economy

GDP
$1.28 T’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$34,537’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
4.5%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
2.1%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
57.9%’25 WB-WDI

Society

Population
37 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
79.0 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
84.6%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
2.3’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
97.9%’24 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
29.8’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
65.1’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
66.6’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
66.1’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
60.6’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
63.1’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
5.7%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
3.41’23 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
6.0’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
96.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO

Education

Adult literacy
97.9%’24 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
4.5%’23 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
104.0%’24 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
110.7%’24 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
83.9%’24 WB-UNESCO

Technology

R&D spending
0.6%’24 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
1,235’24 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
100.0%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
160’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
0.5%’24 WB-WDI

Geography

Land area
2,149,690 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
0.5%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
80.8%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
18.5’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
0.1%’21 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
25.6%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
23.7%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.2%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
100.0%’24 WB-WDI
Bauxite
5.7 Mt’25 USGS-MCS
Phosphate rock
10 Mt’25 USGS-MCS

Military

Military burden
7.3%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$80 B’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
282,000’20 WB-SIPRI

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