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GDP growth in Saudi Arabia

Is that economy growing or stalling?

Saudi Arabia's gdp growth is 4.50 % — #29 of 127 countries on the atlas (higher is better). Period 2025.

4.50%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

GDP growth in Saudi Arabia over time

12.00 %4.10 %-3.80 %12.00 % · 2022-3.80 % · 20202000: 4.72 %2001: 0.34 %2002: -0.69 %2003: 8.77 %2004: 8.63 %2005: 5.94 %2006: 3.31 %2007: 2.21 %2008: 6.24 %2009: -1.07 %2010: 5.04 %2011: 11.76 %2012: 5.76 %2013: 2.95 %2014: 4.02 %2015: 4.66 %2016: 1.70 %2017: 1.18 %2018: 3.23 %2019: 1.65 %2020: -3.80 %2021: 6.52 %2022: 12.00 %2023: 0.54 %2024: 2.65 %2025: 4.50 %2000201220254.50 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#29 of 127
higher is better
Ranked behind
77 %
98 of 127 countries
Latest move
▲ 1.85 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
7.50 pp
peak 12.00 % in 2022
Full series
▼ 0.22 pp
since 2000

In Asia: #15 of 36vs median 2.90 %: +1.60 pp (better)

Among 127 countries

4 of 127 countries between -2.71 % and -2.14 %2 of 127 countries between -2.14 % and -1.56 %1 of 127 countries between -1.56 % and -0.99 %3 of 127 countries between -0.99 % and -0.41 %12 of 127 countries between 0.16 % and 0.74 %11 of 127 countries between 0.74 % and 1.31 %12 of 127 countries between 1.31 % and 1.89 %9 of 127 countries between 1.89 % and 2.47 %14 of 127 countries between 2.47 % and 3.04 %13 of 127 countries between 3.04 % and 3.62 %11 of 127 countries between 3.62 % and 4.19 %10 of 127 countries between 4.19 % and 4.77 %6 of 127 countries between 4.77 % and 5.34 %3 of 127 countries between 5.34 % and 5.92 %1 of 127 countries between 5.92 % and 6.49 %2 of 127 countries between 6.49 % and 7.07 %3 of 127 countries between 7.07 % and 7.64 %2 of 127 countries between 7.64 % and 8.22 %2 of 127 countries between 8.22 % and 8.79 %2 of 127 countries between 9.37 % and 9.95 %4 of 127 countries between 10.52 % and 11.10 %median 2.90 %Saudi Arabia: ahead of 77 % of the 127 countries with a published gdp growthSaudi Arabia 4.50 %-2.71 %11.10 %
Half of all 127 countries sit between 1.30 % and 4.37 %. Saudi Arabia is ahead of 77 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGDP growthvs Saudi Arabia
27 Morocco4.60 %+0.09 pp
28 Costa Rica4.56 %+0.06 pp
29 Saudi Arabia4.50 %—
30 Nepal4.43 %−0.07 pp
31 Philippines4.40 %−0.10 pp

Annual real GDP growth (World Bank).

How to read this figure

Annual growth of real GDP (World Bank) — the size of the economy adjusted for inflation. Population growth matters: a country can grow 2 % while its GDP per person stands still.

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