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Saudi Arabia — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Saudi Arabia, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
4.50%
GDP Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -62.1% since 1961
GDP growth for Saudi Arabia was 4.50% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 52.59% in 1970. The lowest was -16.11% in 1982 (about -3.6× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.50% per year.
Saudi Arabia ranks 63 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 30%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 2.93%, so Saudi Arabia sits above it. It peaked in 1970 and has fallen 91% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 3%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
4.50%
First (1961)
11.88%
Change
-62.1%
Highest
52.59%
in 1970
Lowest
-16.11%
in 1982
Average
5.33%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.50%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.5% |
| 2024 | 2.65% |
| 2023 | 0.54% |
| 2022 | 12% |
| 2021 | 6.52% |
| 2020 | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 1.65% |
| 2018 | 3.23% |
| 2017 | 1.18% |
| 2016 | 1.7% |
| 2015 | 4.66% |
| 2014 | 4.02% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage growth rate of GDP at constant market prices. A negative value means the economy contracted that year. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.