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Saudi Riyal
SARSaudi Arabia · Issued by Saudi Central Bank (SAMA)
Price (USD)
$0.266667
Inflation (2024)
+1.69%
10y M2 change
+128%
M69 Score
83.9
USD-pegged since 1986
Market Cap (USD)
$482.71B
via M2 · 2017
M2 (local currency)
1.81T SAR
current LCU
CPI YoY (2024)
+1.69%
World Bank · annual
Country
Saudi Arabia
ISO 4217 · SAR
Last Update
2026-04-25
Daily ingest · 02:00 UTC
Saudi Riyal M2 money supply
Broad money in SAR (cash + deposits + close substitutes), annual back to ~1960 via World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN. Log scale auto-engages for hyperinflation outliers.
Saudi Riyal inflation history
Annual CPI YoY since 2001 — World Bank consumer price index for Saudi Arabia. Inflation volatility is one of three inputs into the Money2069 sound-money score.
Purchasing power calculator
How much would your Saudi Riyal be worth today if you'd held it since…?
100 SAR in 2001 buys today
17.44 SARworth of goods
Lost 83% of purchasing power since 2001.
To match 2001 purchasing power, you need today
573.51 SAR
69 years of cumulative inflation.
Calculation: cumulative product of (1 + CPI YoY) from the chosen year through 2024. Source: World Bank consumer price index (annual). Daily-refreshed.
Data sources & methodology
- FX (USD):
- Frankfurter / ECB · daily
- CPI YoY:
- World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · annual
- M2 broad money:
- World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN · annual (LCU)
- Market cap (USD):
- M2 / FX rate · daily
- 10-year M2 change:
- (M2 today / M2 10y ago) − 1
- M69 score:
- Weighted: CPI (50%), 10y M2 growth (40%), 1y FX stability (10%)
- Last fetched:
- 2026-04-25 15:53:40
- Country code (ISO 3166-1):
- SAU
Note: USD-pegged since 1986
Raw data: /api/v1/currencies/current/SAR
Frequently asked questions
Who issues the Saudi Riyal?+
The Saudi Riyal (SAR) is issued by Saudi Central Bank (SAMA). As the monetary authority for Saudi Arabia, it sets policy interest rates, manages foreign reserves, and controls the money supply.
What is the inflation rate of the Saudi Riyal?+
Latest available consumer price inflation for the Saudi Riyal: 1.69% YoY (2024). Source: World Bank annual series (FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG). Daily-refreshed historical chart on this page.
Has the Saudi Riyal been debased?+
Every fiat currency loses purchasing power over time as central banks expand the money supply. M2 has grown by approximately 128% over the past decade. Combined with cumulative inflation, this is the gap between SAR as accounting unit and SAR as a store of value.
Is the Saudi Riyal sound money?+
On the Money2069 0–100 sound-money scale, the Saudi Riyal currently scores 83.9. The score weights inflation volatility, 10-year money-supply growth, and 1-year FX stability. Higher = closer to sound. No fiat scores 100 because no fiat has zero issuance.
How does the Saudi Riyal compare to gold or the US dollar?+
Use the table on the listing page to sort all 138 tracked currencies by inflation, 10-year M2 change, or M69 score. Pegged currencies (USD-pegged dirham, riyal, etc.) inherit the dollar's debasement profile; floating currencies tell their own story.
How often is this data updated?+
We pull fresh exchange rates daily from Frankfurter (ECB-sourced) and refresh the inflation series from the World Bank. The page is statically rendered with 24-hour ISR. Source data is publicly accessible via our /api/v1/currencies endpoints.