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 Employment
in Saudi Arabia
Civilian employment grew at an annual rate of 2.6 percent during the fifth plan. The
number of civilian employees increased by 818,300 (from 6,049,400 in 1990 to 6,867,700 in
1994). The total number of Saudis employed increased at an average annual rate of 3.8
percent from 1,981,500 in 1990 to 2,384,200 in 1994. Thus, the Saudi share of total
employment increased from 32.8 percent to 34.7 percent during the fifth development plan
period 1990-1994.
INFLATION
Due to the second Gulf war in 1990, prices rose sharply in the early years of the
fifth development plan then subsided in the later years. The overall annual rate of
inflation, as measured by the non-oil deflator, was 3.2 percent for the 1990-1994 period.
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