<The number of factories operating in Saudi Arabia reached 6471 factories by the end of 2013, a growth of 52.98% from 4230 factories, and factory financing increased by 208% by the end of last year to reach 883.35 billion riyals compared to 208.7 billion riyals in 2014, according to statistics from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. The number of workers also doubled to 843.9 thousand workers compared to 388.7 thousand employees in 2014, an increase of 117%, according to statistics from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.