Unknown things about Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia has about 8.412 million workers, of which 80% (about 6 million) are foreigners. Most of the foreign workers come here to work in the service and oil sectors. Currently, the government of the capital Riyadh is struggling to reduce the unemployment rate of Saudi citizens.

Saudi Arabia's Ghawar oil field has enough reserves to fill 4,770,897 Olympic swimming pools. It is the world's largest oil field with an estimated remaining reserves of 75 billion barrels. Each Olympic swimming pool can hold 660,253.09 gallons of liquid.

Saudi Arabia's annual military spending is three times the GDP of Afghanistan ($20.7 billion). In 2013, the country's military spent about $67 billion, up 14% from 2012. Saudi Arabia is the world's fourth-largest military spender, after the United States, China, and Russia. It also has the world's highest military spending as a percentage of GDP.

With an area of ​​2.149 million km2, Saudi Arabia is the 13th largest country in the world and the 2nd largest in the Arab world (after Algeria). Saudi Arabia is 6 times the size of Germany (357,023 km2).²). However, 95% of the territory is desert or semi-desert. The largest deserts in the country include Al Nafud and Rub al-Khali. Only 1.45% of Saudi Arabia's land area is arable.

Saudi Arabia is building the world's tallest building, Kingdom Tower. When completed in 2018, the building will be 1 km tall. The estimated cost of Kingdom Tower is $1.23 billion.

Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world that bans women from driving. According to Reuters, “The conservative Islamic state has no law prohibiting women from driving, but under Saudi law, all citizens must have a driver's license to drive. And these licenses are not issued to women. Therefore, it is illegal for women to drive.” In addition, in Saudi Arabia, more than 54.4% of women are unemployed.

47% of Saudi Arabia's population is under 24 years old. People under 14 make up more than a quarter of the country's population.

Petroleum accounts for 45% of Saudi Arabia's GDP, about 335.372 billion USD, equal to the combined GDP of Iraq, Morocco, Rwanda and Tonga. The GDP of Iraq, Morocco, Rwanda and Tonga is 222.879 billion USD, 104.4 billion USD, 7.451 billion USD and 466 million USD respectively.

Saudi Arabia's health spending is 4.5 times the GDP of Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone's GDP is $4.9 billion.

Saudi Arabia is 14.5 times larger than Bangladesh but has 6 times less population. Bangladesh covers 147,578 square kilometers. Bangladesh has a population of about 166.280 million while Saudi Arabia has a population of only 27.345 million. More than 80% of Saudi Arabia's population lives in cities, leaving many areas sparsely populated.

Saudi Arabia is building six “economic cities” that are estimated to add $150 billion to its GDP, 3.5 times that of Kenya ($44.1 billion). The cities, located across the country, are expected to create 1.3 million jobs and raise GDP per capita from $13,000 to $33,500.

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