Saudi GDP slips to SAR 2.6 trln by end of 2017

10/01/2018 Argaam Special

 

Saudi Arabia’s gross domestic product (GDP) shrank by a marginal 0.74 percent year-on-year (YoY) to SAR 2.6 trillion in 2017, according to Saudi General Authority for Statistics.

 

The Kingdom’s Ministry of Economy and Planning expects GDP to rise 2.7 percent in 2018, on higher non-oil sector growth and a budget focused on investment spending.

 

The non-oil sector’s contribution to GDP rose 1 percent YoY to SAR 1.4 trillion in 2017.

 

Meanwhile, the oil sector’s contribution to GDP dropped by nearly 3 percent YoY to SAR 1.1 trillion in 2017. The sector accounted for 43 percent of the Kingdom’s total GDP in 2017, down from 44 percent a year earlier.

 

GDP Per Sector for 2017

Sector

2017 (SAR bln)

Change %

Percentage in 2017

Oil sector

1104.52

(2.97%)

43.00% 

Non-oil sector

Private sector

1007.29

 0.71%+

39.21% 

Public sector

435.78

 1.72%+ 

16.96% 

Total

1443.07

 1.01%+ 

56.18% 

Oil and Non-oil

2547.60

(0.75%)

99.18% 

Import Duties

21.13

% 1.44+

0.82% 

GDP

2568.73

(0.74%)

100.00% 

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