Saudi GDP edges down 0.4% in Q3 2019

31/12/2019 Argaam

 

Saudi Arabia’s gross domestic product (GDP) saw a marginal decrease of 0.4% year-on-year (YoY) to SAR 651.4 billion by the end of Q3 2019, data issued by the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) showed.

 

The non-oil sector’s GDP rose by 4.3% YoY to SAR 376.07 billion in the same period.

 

On the other hand, the oil sector’s GDP dropped by 6.4% YoY to SAR 271.22 billion in Q3 2019. The sector contributed 41.5% to the Kingdom’s GDP during the quarter, down from 44.3% in the same period last year.

 

GDP

Sector

Q3 2018

Q3 2019*

Variation

Oil Sector

289.87

271.22

(6.4%)

Non-Oil Sector

Private Sector

261.60

272.63

+4.2%

Public Sector

98.88

103.44

+4.6%

Total

360.48

376.07

+4.3%

Total oil & non-oil sectors

 

650.35

647.29

(0.5%)

Import fees

 

4.03

4.10

+1.7%

GDP

 

654.37

651.39

(0.45%)

* Preliminary data.

 

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