RIYADH – Saudi Arabia’s real gross domestic product (GDP) recorded a growth rate of 4.5% in 2025 compared to the previous year 2024. The Saudi economy also achieved a growth rate of 4.9% in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to a rapid estimates report released by the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) on Sunday.
The authorities announced that in 2025, oil-related business achieved the highest growth rate at 5.6%, followed by non-oil-related business at 4.9%, and government-related business recorded a growth rate of 0.9%.
Non-oil activities made the largest contribution to real GDP growth, contributing 2.7 percentage points, while oil activities contributed 1.4 percentage points. Net taxes on government activities and products contributed 0.1 and 0.2 percentage points, respectively.
Regarding Q4 2025 results, GASTAT revealed that real GDP increased by 4.9 percent compared to Q4 2024. Oil activity increased by 10.4 percent and non-oil activity by 4.1 percent, while government activity decreased by 1.2 percent.
In terms of contribution to real GDP growth in the fourth quarter of 2025, oil activities made the largest contribution with an increase of 2.5 percentage points, followed by non-oil activities with 2.3 percentage points. The contribution of net taxes on products was 0.2 percentage points, while the contribution of government activities was -0.2 percentage points.
The report showed that seasonally adjusted real GDP grew by 1.1% in the fourth quarter of 2025 compared to the third quarter of the same year. Oil-related business recorded the highest growth rate of 1.4%, followed by non-oil-related business at 1.3%, while government-related business decreased by 0.2% for the quarter.
The GASTAT report noted that non-oil activities contributed significantly to seasonally adjusted real GDP growth by 0.7 percentage points, with oil activities contributing 0.4 percentage points and net taxes on products contributing 0.1 percentage points. The contribution from government activities was slightly negative.
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