2025.12.1506:19:15UTC+00Saudi Arabia Inflation Lowest in 11 Months

In November 2025, Saudi Arabia experienced a decrease in its annual inflation rate to 1.9%, down from October's 2.1%, falling short of the anticipated 2%. This rate represents the lowest since December 2024. The deceleration in inflation was most noticeable in several categories: food and beverages saw a slowdown (1.3% as opposed to 1.5% in October), as did housing, utilities, and fuels (falling to 4.3% from 4.5%), and the transport sector (down to 1.5% from 1.6%). Additionally, a significant reduction was observed in recreation and culture (dropping sharply to 1.3% from 2.4%) and in insurance and financial services (decreasing from 8.2% to 5.1%). Conversely, costs fell for furnishings and household maintenance (-0.3%, improving slightly from -0.5%) and for restaurant and accommodation services (-0.5%, which was previously at a growth of 1.1%). However, inflation increased for tobacco (from 0.9% to 1%), educational services (marginally increasing to 1.5% from 1.4%), and personal care, social protection, and miscellaneous items (rising to 6.6% from 5.9%). Month-on-month, consumer prices edged up by 0.1%, following a rise of 0.3% in the preceding period.