Economy of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia has a high-income developing economy highly reliant on its petroleum sector. Oil and gas account for approximately 22.3% of Saudi GDP and 55% of government revenue, with... Wikipedia

  • Currency:  Saudi riyal (SAR,)
  • Fixed exchange rates:  1 USD=3.75 SAR
  • Fiscal year:  Calendar year
  • Trade organisations:  G20, OPEC, WTO, and GCC
  • Population:  32,175,224 (2022 census)
  • GDP:  $1.389 trillion (nominal, 2026), $2.895 trillion (PPP, 2026)
  • GDP rank:  19th (nominal, 2025), 17th (PPP, 2025)
  • GDP growth:  -0.8% (2023), 1.5% (2024f), 4.6% (2025f)
  • GDP per capita:  $37,811 (nominal, 2026), $78,815 (PPP, 2026)
  • GDP per capita rank:  34th (nominal, 2024), 25th (PPP, 2024)
  • GDP by sector:  Agriculture: 2.7%, Industry: 46%, Services: 51.3% (2023 est.)
  • Inflation (CPI):  1.6% (2024)
  • Gini coefficient:  45.9 high (2013 est.)
  • Human Development Index:  0.900 very high (2023) (37th)
  • Labour force:  16.934 million (2023 est.), 63.9% employment rate (2023)
  • Labour force by occupation:  (2005 est.), agriculture: 6.7%, industry: 21.4%, services: 71.9%
  • Unemployment:  4.88% (2023 est.)
  • Main industries:  Crude oil production, petroleum refining, petrochemicals, ammonia, industrial gases, sodium hydroxide, cement, fertilizer, plastics, metals
  • Exports:  $370.974 billion (2023 est.)
  • Export goods:  Crude petroleum, refined petroleum, polymers, industrial alcohols, natural gas (2019)
  • Main export partners:  21.5%, 11.6%, 11.6%, 5.5% (2022), 4.5% (2023)
  • Imports:  $291.565 billion (2023 est.)
  • Import goods:  Machinery and equipment, chemicals, packaged medicine, motor vehicles, textiles, broadcasting equipment, telephones
  • Main import partners:  21.3%, 7.6%, 7.3%, 5.7% (2022), 4.7% (2023)
  • Current account:  $34.07 billion (2023 est.)
  • Gross external debt:  $205.1 billion (31 December 2017 est.)
  • Public debt:  31.8% of GDP (2025 est.)
  • Revenues:  398.023 billion (2022 est.)
  • Expenses:  315.007 billion (2023 est.)
  • Foreign reserves:  $457.949 billion (2023) (7th)
  • Data source:  DuckDuckGo