Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia travel safety and lockdown information

Travel and Flight Restriction 29 Dec 2021

1. Passengers are not allowed to enter. - This does not apply to: - nationals of Saudi Arabia; - first degree family members of nationals of Saudi Arabia; - residents of Saudi
Arabia arriving from Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Lebanon or Turkey with a COVID-19 vaccination certificate showing that they were fully vaccinated in Saudi Arabia; - residents of Saudi
Arabia. They must not have been in or transited through Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Lebanon or Turkey in the past 14 days; - nationals of Bahra...

Travel Information 14 Jun 2022

Latest News: Saudi Arabia lifts COVID-19 travel restrictions to Ethiopia, India, Turkey and Vietnam (Reuters, 20.06.2022)

International Restrictions:
*All travellers: You will need a visa to enter or travel through Saudi Arabia as a visitor. You can apply for a tourist visa online. Muslim tourists may perform Umrah on a tourist visa, but a separate visa is needed for Hajj. If you’re t...

COVID-19 Data 26 Oct 2022

Total Cases	821,246
New Cases	326 +18.12%
New Cases (per 1 million citizens)	9.07
Transmission Rate	n/a

COVID-19 Risk

COVID-19 Hazard & Exposure It represents the load that the community has to deal with when exposed to a hazard event like COVID-19. The lower the score the better.	3.1 / 10
Socio-Economic Vulnerability It presents economic, political and social characteristics of the community that can be destabilized in case of a hazard event.	1.2 / 10
Health Conditions The lower the score the better.	0.1 / 10
Access to Health Care The lower the score the better.	1.5 / 10
Infrastructure The lower the score the better.	1.5 / 10
Lack of Coping Capacity (Hazard-Independent) The lower the score the better.	3.2 / 10
Lack of Coping Capacity The ability of a country to cope with disasters in terms of formal, organized activities and the effort of the country’s government as well as the existing infrastructure which contribute to the reduction of disaster risk. The lower the score the better.	3 / 10
COVID-19 Lack of Coping Capacity The ability of a country to cope with COVID-19 epidemy, organized activities and the effort of the country’s government as well as the existing infrastructure which contribute to the reduction of COVID-19 risk. The lower the score the better.	2.8 / 10
COVID-19 Risk The lower the score the better.	2.8 / 10
COVID-19 Risk Class	Low
Rank The higher the score the better.	168

Vaccination

COVID-19 Total Vaccination	67,839,503
COVID-19 Daily Vaccination	32,633
COVID-19 Vacc. (per 100 citizens)	186.33
COVID-19 Daily Vacc. (per 1 million citizens)	896

Vulnerability

Air Transport, Passengers Carried The higher the score the better.	9
Point of Entry	6
Access to Cities The higher the score the better.	4.9
Mobile Cellular Subscriptions (per 100 people)	4
Internet Users	2.6
COVID-19 Vulnerability It presents economic, political and social characteristics. The higher the score the better.	3.2

Hazard and Exposure

Drinking Water The lower the score the better.	0
COVID-19 Hazard & Exposure It represents the load that the community has to deal with when exposed to a hazard event like COVID-19. The lower the score the better.	3.1 / 10
Population Living in Slums The lower the score the better.	2

Lack of Coping Capacity

Corruption Perception Index The lower the score the better.	4.7
Hospital Bed The lower the score the better.	6.8
Health System Capacity The lower the score the better.	5.4
Immunization Coverage The lower the score the better.	0.3
Health Capacity Specific to COVID-19 The lower the score the better.	2.8
COVID-19 Lack of Coping Capacity The ability of a country to cope with COVID-19 epidemy, organized activities and the effort of the country’s government as well as the existing infrastructure which contribute to the reduction of COVID-19 risk. The lower the score the better.	2.8 / 10

Indicator Data

Human Development Index	0.86 / 1
Incidence of Tuberculosis (per 10,000 people)	10
Malaria Incidence (per 1,000 people)	0.07
Estimated Number of People Living With HIV (%)	0.1
Air Transport, Passengers Carried The higher the score the better.	39,141,660
Mobile Cellular Subscriptions (per 100 people)	122.57
Total Population	34,268,529
Land area (sq. km)	2,149,690

Disasters

Year	Type	Total Affected	Total Deaths
2020	Flood	600	3
2019	Flood	1,418	20
2017	Flood	481	4