Saudi Arabia GDP Annual Growth Rate

Last Release

Sep 30, 2025

Actual

Units In

3.9

Frequency

Quarterly

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N/A

Time to Release

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Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
24.2 Dec 1973	-20.7 Dec 1982	3.45 %	1969-2025	Central Department Of Statistics & Information

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 including government services (13 percent), wholesale and retail trade and restaurants and hotels (8 percent) and financing, insurance and real estate (7.9 percent). Other sectors are: manufacturing (10 percent), construction and electricity, gas and water distribution (6 percent) and agriculture, forestry and fishing (2 percent).

Latest Updates

Saudi Arabia’s economy expanded by 4.8% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2025, revised down from an initial estimate of 5%,but still above the upwardly revised 4.5% growth in the second quarter. This marked the fastest pace of expansion since the fourth quarter of 2024. Oil-sector activity accelerated, rising 8.3% after a 3.9% increase in the previous period. Non-oil activity continued to rise, though growth moderated to 4.3% from 5.6%. Government activities picked up as well, posting a 1.4% increase following a 0.5% growth in the prior quarter. On the production side, the strongest gains came from mining and quarrying (7.2% vs 4.2% in Q2) and manufacturing (7% vs 4.1%), particularly petroleum refining (11.9% vs 2.7%). On a seasonally adjusted quarterly basis, GDP rose 1.4%, easing from an upwardly revised 1.9% increase in the June quarter.