Saudi Arabia

  • Key Indicators

    Summary statistics
    Region  2015: Western Asia          
    Surface area (sq. km): 2206714         
    Population 2023: 36,947,025
    Capital city: Riyadh           
    Currency: Saudi Riyal (SAR)           

     

    Description 2021 2022 2023
    National Accounts
    Real GDP Growth (annual percent change) 3.2 7.6 3.7
    GDP (current prices, billions of US$) 833.54 1,010.59 996.39
    GDP per capita (current prices, $US per capita) 23,507.28 27,941.49 27,008.76
    Inflation rate, average consumer prices (annual % change) 3.10 2.70 2.20
    Trade
    Imports in Services (current prices, millions of $US) 73,281    
    Exports in Services (current prices, millions of $US) 10,303    
    Merchandise Imports (current prices, millions of $US) 152,850    
    Merchandise Exports (current prices, millions of $US) 276,179    
    Gas + Petrol Imports (in thousands of $US) 5,084,232    
    Gas + Petrol Exports (in thousands of $US) 201,027,360    
    BOP (BALANCE OF PAYMENTS)
    Current account, balance (billions of $US) 44.324 161.522 122.692
    Current account, balance (% of GDP) 5.3 16 12.3
    FINANCE
    General government net lending/borrowing (% of GDP) -2.3 5.5 3.9
    General government gross debt (% of GDP) 30 24.8 25.1
    EMPLOYMENT & SOCIAL INDICATORS
    Population 35,950,396 36,408,820 36,947,025
    Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 6.69    

     

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