Saudi Arabia Relocation Index

How Saudi Arabia scores

Work migration pathways exist and large-scale economy supports jobs. | Infrastructure investments support major cities and logistics networks.

• Peace and conflict safety48
• Immigrant safety48
• Visa accessibility59
• Residence permit realism58
• Labor market access56
• Healthcare39
• Civil rights62
• Discrimination safety56
• Status security57
• Infrastructure reliability47
• Cost of living sustainability59

Recent news impact

No strong, recent (within ~45 days) news signal was identified that would materially and immediately change Saudi Arabia’s short-term relocation outlook. The provided immigration/deportation and Ebola-related border/entry measures are not clearly within the scoring window for this assessment, or are too general to infer a short-term net shift for relocation access beyond routine enforcement and temporary public-health precautions.

Sources

• Saudi Arabia | Human Rights Watch (report: migrants’ labor abuses, kafala ties, job mobility limits)Human Rights Watch
• Saudi Arabia | Amnesty International (report: migrant worker exploitation and kafala system effects)Amnesty International
• Saudi Arabia: Migrant domestic workers face severe exploitation, racism and exclusion from labour protectionsAmnesty International
• 2021-2025 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Saudi ArabiaU.S. Department of State
• World Bank Data: Logistics performance index (trade and transport infrastructure quality)World Bank
• World Bank: Logistics Performance Index dataset catalog pageWorld Bank
• World Bank Country Data: Saudi Arabia (infrastructure and electrification indicators)World Bank
• Kafala (Sponsorship) System (OHCHR treaty body material related to migrant-worker ties and mobility limits)OHCHR (UN Treaty Body documentation)