Saudi Arabia’s real gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 4.5% in 2025 compared to the previous year, 2024, This growth is attributed to increases across all economic sectors, with the oil sector growing by 5.7%, the non-oil sector by 4.9%, and the government sector by 0.9%.

According to the results of the real GDP statistics for the year 2025 and the fourth quarter thereof, released by the General Authority for Statistics today, GDP at current prices reached 4,789 billion riyals in 2025, with crude oil and natural gas activities accounting for the highest share among economic activities at 17.1%, followed by government activities at 14.0%, then wholesale and retail trade, restaurants, and hotels at 12.3%, followed by manufacturing (excluding oil refining) with a contribution of 11.1%, and then construction with 8.0%.

On another note, the bulletin’s results showed that the Saudi economy achieved growth of 5.0% in the fourth quarter of 2025, The report’s findings also showed that a number of economic sectors continued to achieve remarkable growth rates, with crude oil and natural gas activities recording the highest growth rates during the fourth quarter at 12.4% year-over-year, and 4.2% quarter-over-quarter, followed by wholesale and retail trade, restaurants, and hotels, which grew by 5.4% year-over-year.

Oil-related activities were the largest contributor to real GDP growth in the fourth quarter of 2025, contributing 2.6 percentage points, while non-oil activities contributed 2.4 percentage points. On a seasonally adjusted basis, non-oil activities contributed 0.9 percentage points, while oil activities contributed 0.5 percentage points in the fourth quarter of 2025.