Saudi Arabia GDP Annual Growth Rate  1969-2017 | Data | Chart | Calendar

Saudi Arabia´s GDP shrank 1.03 percent year-on-year in the second quarter 2017, following a 0.5 percent decrease in the previous period. It is the biggest contraction since 2009, as output shrank for mining and quarrying (-2.4 percent from -2.3 percent in Q1), namely crude and natural gas (-2.5 percent) and wholesale & retail trade, restaurants and hotels (-0.1 percent from 0.3 percent). Also, growth slowed for manufacturing (1.6 percent from 2.3 percent) and transport (0.8 percent from 1 percent). Meanwhile, the output for construction fell less (-1.6 percent from -3.2 percent), rebounded for electricity, gas and water (1.1 percent from -1.6 percent) and rose further for finance, insurance, real estate sector (1.9 percent from 1.1 percent). GDP Annual Growth Rate in Saudi Arabia averaged 4.31 percent from 1969 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 24.20 percent in the fourth quarter of 1973 and a record low of -20.70 percent in the fourth quarter of 1982.

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Calendar GMT Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2017-03-29 05:30 PM GDP Growth Rate YoY 1.2% 0.9% 1.6%
2017-06-30 02:40 PM GDP Growth Rate YoY -0.5% 2.2% 1.7%
2017-10-02 11:00 AM GDP Growth Rate YoY -1.03% -0.5% 1.9%
2017-12-28 09:00 AM GDP Growth Rate YoY -1.03% 2.1%


Saudi Arabia GDP Last Previous Highest Lowest Unit
GDP Growth Rate -1.03 -0.50 24.20 -20.70 percent [+]
GDP Annual Growth Rate -1.03 -0.50 24.20 -20.70 percent [+]
GDP 646.44 654.27 756.35 4.19 USD Billion [+]
GDP Constant Prices 628194.00 642962.83 1925394.03 476504.51 SAR Million [+]
Gross Fixed Capital Formation 148922.00 143142.00 199621.00 101572.00 SAR Million [+]
GDP per capita 21395.40 21508.00 39125.40 14253.50 USD [+]
GDP per capita PPP 50458.20 50723.70 50723.70 39194.80 USD [+]
GDP From Agriculture 15986.00 16032.00 16032.00 10354.00 SAR Million [+]
GDP From Construction 29081.00 29589.00 31972.00 21969.00 SAR Million [+]
GDP From Manufacturing 76643.00 81393.00 81393.00 53468.00 SAR Million [+]
GDP From Mining 251630.00 248631.00 266625.00 189221.00 SAR Million [+]
GDP From Transport 37264.00 38657.00 38853.00 24028.00 SAR Million [+]
GDP From Utilities 9955.00 3676.00 13693.00 3141.00 SAR Million [+]


Saudi Arabia GDP Annual Growth Rate

Saudi Arabia is the world´s biggest producer of oil and oil extraction accounts for 46 percent of GDP. The services sector represents 36 percent of the wealth. Within services the largest segments are: government services (13 percent of GDP), wholesale and retail trade and restaurants and hotels (8 percent) and financing, insurance and real estate (7.9 percent). Manufacturing constitutes 10 percent of GDP, construction and electricity, gas and water distribution - 6 percent and agriculture, forestry and fishing - 2 percent. This page provides the latest reported value for - Saudi Arabia GDP Annual Growth Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Saudi Arabia GDP Annual Growth Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on October of 2017.

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
-1.03 -0.50 24.20 -20.70 1969 - 2017 percent Quarterly




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