Economic reports revealed, according to data from the International Monetary Fund and Arab statistical authorities, that Saudi Arabia's share of the Arab economy in 2022 will reach about 29.7% “was the same share in 2021” as the largest Arab economy with about 1.01 trillion dollars “3.8 trillion riyals”, as the report included 20 Arab countries. According to the report, the size of the Arab economy in 2022 surpasses the world's sixth largest economy, the United Kingdom, with a GDP of 3.2 trillion dollars, while coming below the world's fifth largest economy, India, with a GDP of 3.47 trillion dollars.

According to the report, the size of the Arab economy in 2022 surpasses the sixth largest economy in the world, the United Kingdom, with a GDP of 3.2 trillion dollars. Three countries are expected to account for 58.3 percent of the Arab economy in 2022: Saudi Arabia with GDP of $1.01 trillion (29.7 percent), the UAE the second largest Arab economy with output of $503.9 billion (14.8 percent of the total), and Egypt the third largest Arab economy with output of $469.1 billion (13.8 percent of the total).

The GCC economy is expected to account for 58.3 percent of the Arab economy in 2022 with GDP of $1.01 trillion (29.7 percent). <The Gulf economy with its six countries (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Bahrain) will constitute about 61 percent of the Arab economy in 2022, as the GDP of the Gulf countries is expected to reach about 2.07 trillion dollars.
Regarding the ranking of Arab countries in terms of GDP at current prices in 2022, Iraq came behind Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the UAE as the fourth largest Arab economy with a GDP of 282.9 billion dollars, accounting for 8.3 percent of the GDP of the Arab countries combined.