Kanin Sarki Fahd, Abdullah, ya zama Sarkin Saudiyya a shekara ta 2005, yana ci gaba da manufar kawo sauyi a tsakankanin bukatun neman sauyi.^{[55 <>]} A lokacin mulkin Abdullah, tattalin arzikin Saudiyya, wanda ya dogara sosai kan man fetur, ya fuskanci kalubale.Abdullah ya inganta iyakantaccen tsari, mai zaman kansa, da saka hannun jari na waje.A shekarar 2005, bayan shafe shekaru 12 ana tattaunawa, Saudiyya ta shiga kungiyar kasuwanci ta duniya.^{[] [56]} Duk da haka, kasar ta fuskanci binciken kasa da kasa game da cinikin makamai na Al-Yamamah na £43bn da Birtaniyya, wanda ya haifar da cece-kuce na dakatar da binciken damfarar Birtaniyya a shekarar 2006. , a cikin takaddamar shari'a a Burtaniya game da dakatar da binciken cin hanci da rashawa.^[58]A cikin dangantakar kasa da kasa, Sarki Abdullah ya yi hulda da shugaban Amurka Barack Obama a shekara ta 2009, kuma a shekarar 2010, Amurka ta tabbatar da cinikin makamai na dala biliyan 60 da Saudiyya.^[60] Hotunan da Wikileaks ya yi a shekara ta 2010 game da tallafin da Saudiyya ke baiwa kungiyoyin ta'addanci ya dagula dangantakar Amurka da Saudiyya, amma ana ci gaba da cinikin makamai.^[60] A cikin gida, kame jama'a wata babbar dabara ce ta tsaro da ta'addanci, tare da tsare daruruwan wadanda ake zargi tsakanin 2007 da 2012. ^[61]Yayin da rikicin Larabawa ya kunno kai a shekara ta 2011, Abdullah ya sanar da karin dala biliyan 10.7 wajen kashe kudaden jin dadin jama'a amma bai gabatar da sauye-sauyen siyasa ba.^[62] Saudiyya ta haramta zanga-zangar jama'a a shekara ta 2011 kuma ta dauki tsatsauran ra'ayi kan tashe tashen hankula a Bahrain.^[63] Kasar ta fuskanci suka kan batutuwan da suka shafi kare hakkin bil adama, ciki har da batun fyade na Qatif da kuma yadda masu zanga-zangar Shi'a ke yi.^[64]Har ila yau, haƙƙin mata ya ci gaba, tare da zanga-zangar alama ta nuna adawa da dokar hana direbobi mata a 2011 da 2013, wanda ya haifar da sauye-sauye ciki har da 'yancin jefa kuri'a da wakilcin mata a majalisar Shura.^{[65 <]} > Yaƙin neman yancin maza na Saudiyya, wanda masu fafutuka irin su Wajeha al-Huwaider ke jagoranta, ya samu karbuwa a lokacin mulkin Abdullah.^[66]A cikin manufofin kasashen waje, Saudiyya ta goyi bayan sojojinMasar kan masu kishin Islama a shekara ta 2013 tare da adawa da shirin nukiliyar Iran .^{[67 <>]} Ziyarar ta shugaba Obama a shekara ta 2014 tana da nufin ƙarfafa dangantakar Amirka da Saudiyya, musamman dangane da Siriya da Iran.^{[67 <>]} A wannan shekarar, Saudi Arabiya ta fuskanci mummunar barkewar cutar numfashi ta Gabas ta Tsakiya (MERS), wanda ya haifar da canji a cikin ministan lafiya.A shekarar 2014, an kama jami’an soji 62 da ake zargi da alaka da ta’addanci, lamarin da ke bayyana matsalolin tsaro da ake fuskanta.^{[68 <>]} Mulkin sarki Abdullah ya ƙare da mutuwarsa a ranar 22 ga Janairu, 2015, ɗan uwansa Salman ya gaje shi.