Saudi GDP falls by 0.5% in Q1

01/07/2017 Argaam Special

Saudi Arabia’s gross domestic product (GDP) declined by 0.53 percent to SAR 642.96 billion in the first quarter of 2017, compared to SAR 646.37 billion in the same period last year, according to the General Authority for Statistics.

 

The non-oil sector’s contribution to GDP rose 0.6 percent year-on-year (YoY) to SAR 368.47 billion.

 

Meanwhile, the oil sector’s contribution to GDP dropped by 2.3 percent to SAR 270.89 billion in Q1, compared to SAR 277.26 billion in the first quarter of last year. The sector’s contribution to GDP accounted for 42.13 percent of the Kingdom’s total GDP down from 42.89 percent last year.

 

GDP Per Sector for Q1-2017

Sector

Q1 2016

Q1 2017

Change

Oil Sector

277.26

270.89

(2.3%)

Non-oil sector

Public sector

113.53

113.39

(0.1%)

Private sector

252.70

255.07

0.9%+

Total

366.23

368.47

0.6%+

Oil and non-oil

643.48

639.35

(0.6%)

Import fees

2.89

3.61

24.9%+

GDP

646.37

642.96

(0.5%)

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