Business Confidence in Saudi Arabia decreased to -2 points in the third quarter of 2016 from 3 points in the second quarter of 2016. Business Confidence in Saudi Arabia averaged 29.06 points from 2009 until 2016, reaching an all time high of 63.00 points in the third quarter of 2011 and a record low of -12.00 points in the first quarter of 2016. source: Dun & Bradstreet

Related	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
Changes in Inventories	-5645.00	51611.00	SAR Million	Sep 2025
Corruption Index	57.00	59.00	Points	Dec 2025
Corruption Rank	45.00	38.00		Dec 2025
Crude Oil Rigs	107.00	102.00		Jan 2026
Industrial Production YoY	8.90	10.40	percent	Dec 2025
Industrial Production Mom	-0.10	-1.30	percent	Dec 2025
Manufacturing Production	3.20	8.10	percent	Dec 2025
Mining Production	13.20	12.60	percent	Dec 2025

Saudi Arabia Business Confidence

In Saudi Arabia, the Business Optimism Index (BOI) assesses the level of optimism that business executives in the hydrocarbon sector have about current and expected developments regarding sales, profits, selling prices, orders, inventories and employment. The index is based on a sample which includes business executives from Saudi Arabia´s mining, oil and gas companies. Business confidence is measured on a scale of -100 to 100, where levels above 0 indicate optimism, 0 neutrality and below 0 pessimism.