[DJ Elliott]

It hasn’t changed since.

Saudi has a small population to begin with.
The number willing to actually work is a very small minority of that.

[MasterGunner01]

I read that Saudi is woefully deficient in such mundane things as auto mechanics. Saudis have a hangup on Mercedes-Benz cars, but the don't (or can't) fix even small maintenance related items — like disc brake pads. Saudis will just dump the car and get a new one. There must be tons of good used, low mileage cars in Saudi that wouldn't take much to fix and put back on the road.