Nominal GDP
$1.28T
current US$ · 2025
World Bank
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Economy Snapshot
Saudi Arabia Economy and Trade
RiyadhLocal time
GDP $1.28T · real growth 4.5% · latest verified annual data
Saudi Arabia's output measure stands at $1.28T in 2025; real GDP growth is listed separately at 4.5% for 2025. For household-scale context, GDP per capita is $34,537 in 2025, while consumer-price inflation is 2.1% in 2025. Each measure keeps its own reference period below, avoiding a false same-year comparison between series released on different schedules.
GDP per capita
$34,537
current US$ · 2025
Source listed below
Real GDP growth
4.5%
annual % · 2025
Source listed below
Inflation
2.1%
CPI annual % · 2025
Source listed below
Saudi Arabia at a Glance
Each measure keeps its actual reference year and definition.
Output trend
Nominal GDP · annual observations · current US$ · World Bank
2015: $693.41B2016: $689.28B2017: $741.27B2018: $886.56B2019: $888.89B2020: $767.95B2021: $982.66B2022: $1.24T2023: $1.22T2024: $1.25T2025: $1.28T
GDP per capita$34,537
Real growth4.5%
GDP year2025
2025 Inflation
2.1%
CPI annual %
2025 Unemployment
3.0%
labor-market measure
2025 GDP per capita
$34,537
current US$
Macro signals
Available measures are shown with their reported reference periods.
Macro signals
World Bank annual observations
Real growth20254.5%
Unemployment20253.0%
Inflation20252.1%
Understand the numbers
What Saudi Arabia's economic profile is telling you
Saudi Arabia's economy expanded by 4.5 percent in 2025, with nominal GDP around $1.3 trillion in the current World Bank series. Inflation remained contained at 2.1 percent and modeled unemployment was 3.0 percent. Merchandise trade is not forced into the dashboard without a separately verified matched pair.
Reading the macro data
Nominal GDP measures current-dollar size. Real growth, inflation and unemployment describe different economic conditions and can have different reference years.
Reading the trade data
Merchandise trade covers goods. A balance appears only when exports and imports have a verified matching year and currency basis.
Detailed Economic Data
| Indicator | Saudi Arabia | Reference period | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDPcurrent US$ | $1.28T | 2025 | Actual |
| GDP per capitacurrent US$ | $34,537 | 2025 | Actual |
| Real GDP growthannual % | 4.5% | 2025 | Actual |
| InflationCPI annual % | 2.1% | 2025 | Actual |
| Unemploymentmodeled ILO estimate | 3.0% | 2025 | Estimate |
| Merchandise balancematched year required | Not calculated | Unavailable | Unavailable |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Saudi Arabia's latest GDP?
The verified World Bank nominal GDP observation used here is about $1.28T for 2025 in current US dollars.
What does merchandise trade show for Saudi Arabia?
A matched merchandise export and import pair was not independently resolved on this page, so no goods balance is calculated.
Sources & methodology
Sources for the economic indicators and definitions shown above.
View sources used for this page
Core macroeconomic indicators with explicit reference years.
Official data: GDP · GDP per capita · Real growth · Inflation · Unemployment
Matched-year merchandise trade where independently resolved.
Official data: WTO economy profiles