GASTAT: Over 70.7 Million Passengers Traveled Through Land Ports in 2025

The General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) has issued its Road Transport Statistics 2025 publication, which showed that the number of arriving and departing passengers through land ports exceeded 70.7 million, an increase of 7.2% compared to 2024.

 Arriving passengers exceeded 37.0 million, while departing passengers reached approximately 33.7 million, representing 47.7% of the total. King Fahd Causeway port accounted for 49.1% of passenger traffic, followed by Al-Khafji port at 12.2%. January recorded the highest traffic during the year, with more than 7.4 million passengers, while March recorded the lowest, at approximately 4.6 million.

 Freight exported and imported through land ports exceeded 26.8 million tons, up 4.4%. Exports rose 6.3% to 14.3 million tons, while imports rose 2.4% to 12.5 million tons. Al-Batha port recorded the highest share of both exports, at 27.9%, and imports, at 31.9%.

 The number of registered and roadworthy vehicles exceeded 16.7 million by the end of 2025, up 5.3% from the end of 2024, with private vehicles accounting for 71.2% of the total. Valid driving licenses exceeded 11.3 million, and newly issued licenses reached approximately 1.2 million, down 8.1% from 2024.

 The Road Transport Statistics publication provides indicators on passenger and freight traffic, road infrastructure, and road traffic, and serves as a reference for studies and comparisons.