Indonesians in Saudi Arabia
Indonesian Islamic scholars in Makkah, 1955 | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 1,500,000 (2019)(Indonesian ancestry) >610,000 (2018) (Indonesian citizen) 175,342 (2022) (Indonesian citizen in SA 2022 census) 857,613 (2024) (Indonesian citizen registered in KBRI) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Jeddah, Mecca, Madinah, Riyadh | |
| Languages | |
| Indonesian, Arabic, Javanese | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam |
Indonesians in Saudi Arabia consist largely of female domestic workers, with a minority of other types of labour migrants. As of 2018, an estimated 600,000 Indonesians (excluding Indonesian ancestry) were believed to be working in Saudi Arabia, comparable to the numbers of migrants are the groups from Bangladesh, India, Philippines and Pakistan, which number between 1 and 4 million people each.
A large number of Indonesian expatriates in Saudi Arabia also work in diplomatic sectors or are employees to local or foreign companies located in various provinces of Saudi Arabia such as Saudia Airlines, SABIC, Schlumberger, Halliburton, or Indomie. Many Indonesians are also employees to the world's biggest oil company Saudi Aramco with their families locating in the Dhahran area. Most Indonesians in Saudi Arabia reside in Riyadh, Jeddah, Mecca, Medina, and all around Dammam area.