Saudi Arabia releases report on GDP growth between July and September 2024
General Authority for Statistics
Saudi airports welcomed 112m passengers in 2023, up 26% on previous year
Saudi airports traffic sees major increase with international travel up 46 per cent
Saudi R&D spending tops $3.9bn
Saudi research and development sector employs more than 30,000 people in Kingdom
Saudi exports jump 83 percent in May to reach $38.3 billion
Imports to the country also see an increase of 21.8 percent to SAR53.9 billion in May this year
Why Saudi Arabia’s unemployment rate is set to fall further from 10-year low
Analysts say decrease in jobless figure reflects the broader recovery seen in the Saudi economy which is set to continue into 2022
Saudi exports surge by nearly 80% in the first half of 2021
Non-oil exports also increase by 17.9% year-on-year in July, according to the General Authority for Statistics
Saudi private sector shrinks as Covid-19 recovery wobbles
Private sector accounted for 48 percent of economic output, compared to nearly 52 percent in the previous three-month period
Saudi second-quarter exports jump on eased lockdown, oil rally
Total revenue was $63.6bn, up from $17bn a year earlier, according to the General Authority for Statistics
Saudi non-oil economy grows for first time since pandemic
The non-oil sector grew 3.3 percent from a year earlier, according to a preliminary estimates released by the kingdom’s General Authority for Statistics
Saudi Arabia to start tracking tourism’s contribution to economy
Tourism Establishment Survey will provide industry data, including the size of the workforce, pay and revenue and expenditure
Saudi exports dropped in November, with oil revenue down 40%
China was the top destination for Saudi exports, followed by India and the UAE
‘It’s time to open up technology to empower Saudi youth’, says Dhahran Valley CEO
Craig Smith, CEO of Dhahran Valley, said Saudi Arabia needs to incubate more SMEs to accelerate progress towards a knowledge economy