Non-oil activities in Saudi Arabia recorded growth of 0.9% during the second quarter of 2026 compared to the second quarter of 2025, according to estimates by the General Authority for Statistics .
This growth came at a time when real GDP fell by 4.7% year-on-year, impacted by a decline in oil activities by 24.8%, while government activities rose by 0.9%.
Community, social and personal services activities led the growth rates during the second quarter with an increase of 4.1% on an annual basis, followed by financial, insurance and business services activities with a growth of 3.3%, and then agriculture, forestry and fisheries activities with an increase of 2.6%.
Non-oil activities contributed positively to the real GDP growth rate during the second quarter by 0.6 percentage points, compared to a negative contribution of 5.4 percentage points from oil activities.
On a quarterly basis, non-oil activities decreased by 0.4%, while government activities grew by 0.2%, while oil activities declined by 21.6%.
