The general indicator of population growth over the past years has witnessed a remarkable rise in the Kingdom's demographics, which affected the Kingdom's general inflation rate, which reached 2.2% in July 2015.

The general inflation rate of the Kingdom reached 2.2% in July of the current year 2015.

Rising housing costs and its consequences

<Reports and statistics indicate that there is a noticeable increase in the rise in housing costs in some cities of the Kingdom and a decrease in some of them, as the general inflation rate for housing costs and its dependencies reached 3.6, while Riyadh occupied the highest inflation rate of 13.1, followed by Buraidah with an inflation rate of 12.2, Jizan with 10.5, and Najran with 9.7. Inflation decreased in Tabuk, Makkah and Jeddah.

The beginning of an inflationary trend is observed in the housing and accessories group during the past four months, as the annual inflation rate for the housing and accessories group increased from 2.2% in March 2015 to 3.6% in July 2015.

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General inflation for major cities

Jazan city recorded the highest inflation rates, as the general inflation rate for Jazan city reached 7.2% in July 2015, followed by Al-Baha city with the second highest inflation rate of 6.0%, then Buraydah with an inflation rate of 4.0%, and Arar city came fourth with an inflation rate of 3.9%, Sakaka at 3.6%, Riyadh and Najran with annual inflation rates of 3.5% and 3.4% respectively, these are the seven major cities that recorded an inflation rate higher than the Kingdom's overall inflation rate (2.2%) in July 2015.

These seven major cities recorded an inflation rate higher than the Kingdom's overall inflation rate (2.2%) in July 2015. <The cities of Makkah and Madinah recorded an annual inflation rate of 1.6% in July 2015, followed by Jeddah and Abha with inflation rates of 1.2% and 1.1% respectively, and Hail ranked eleventh with an inflation rate of 1.0%.Dammam came in twelfth place with an inflation rate of 0.6%, while three major cities recorded negative inflation rates (deflation) of -2.5% in Tabuk, -0.5% in Taif, and -0.1% in Hofuf.