Share of voting rights in international organizations in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Share of voting rights in international organizations was 0.2% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of voting rights in international organizations in Saudi Arabia, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs - Financing for Development Office – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 0.2% for share of voting rights in international organizations in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of voting rights in international organizations in Saudi Arabia peaked at 0.3% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2023.
That places Saudi Arabia 58th out of 82 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Share of voting rights in international organizations in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.2% | — |
| 2005 | 0.2% | -4.3% |
| 2010 | 0.2% | -4.5% |
| 2014 | 0.2% | -4.8% |
| 2015 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.3% | +40.0% |
| 2021 | 0.2% | -32.1% |
| 2022 | 0.2% | +5.3% |
| 2023 | 0.2% | -10.0% |
| 2024 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries
- Saudi Arabia's 0.2% is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.1%, 17% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Saudi Arabia's 0.2% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1.4%, 12% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of voting rights in international organizations in Saudi Arabia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +40.0% | 0.2% | 0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
More social development data for Saudi Arabia
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 448 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 2,368 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 7 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 7 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0001 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 2,368 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of voting rights in international organizations in Saudi Arabia?
- Share of voting rights in international organizations in Saudi Arabia was 0.2% in 2024, according to United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs - Financing for Development Office – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of voting rights in international organizations recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of voting rights in international organizations recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2023.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for share of voting rights in international organizations?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 58th out of 82 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of voting rights in international organizations rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs - Financing for Development Office – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of voting rights in international organizations. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Proportion of voting rights of developing countries in international organizations, by organization (%).