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Some 97.4% of adults aged 15 and older in the Kingdom view their health as good or better than good, with 69.6% rating it as excellent, 18.5% as very good, and 9.3% as good in 2024, according to the Health Status Statistics report (pdf) from the General Authority for Statistics. The findings are based on self-reported data from the National Health Survey and the Woman and Child Health Survey for 2024.
A big improvement: The results of this year’s report see an improvement in participants’ perception of their health than last year, when only 53% of adults aged 15 and above described their health as being good or very good.
Chronic conditions: Some 19% of adults in the Kingdom reported at least one chronic condition during the same period, with the most common being diabetes (9.1%), followed by hypertension (7.9%), high cholesterol (3.6%), cardiovascular diseases (1.5%), and cancer (0.6%). Some 9.4% of children had chronic conditions, with asthma (4.1%) being the most prevalent, followed by allergies (2%), and skin conditions (1.6%) hyperactivity
(0.8%), autism (0.6%), diabetes (0.5%), and cancer (0.3%).
Mental health: Some 1.8% of adults in Saudi Arabia reported severe depression, with greater prevalence among women than men. Women also constituted a larger portion of the 0.2% of adults who reported experiencing anxiety in 2024.
