A total of 541,000 expatriates left Saudi Arabia to their native countries last year.
The Saudi General Directorate of Passports announced the updated statistics on its official Twitter account.
The directorate issued 541,000 visas for expatriates who decided to leave without any plans of returning to Saudi Arabia.
The authorities issued more than 3 million return visas and 403,000 others for new expatriates who arrived in Saudi Arabia.