Saudi Arabia Economic Indicators

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Economic forecasts - General economic indicators - Investments - Foreign Trade

Economic forecasts Indicators

Indicators	2006	2007
GDP (USD billion)	363.7	403.4
GDP (constant prices, annual % change)	5.8	6.5
GDP per capita (USD)	15352.2	16612.2
Inflation, consumer prices (annual % change)	1	1

Source : IMF - World Economic Outlook Databases

General economic indicators

Indicators	2003	2004	2005
GDP (USD billion) (1)	214.9	250.7	309.9
GDP (constant prices, annual % change) (1)	7.7	5.3	6.6
GDP per capita (USD) (1)	9758	11055.8	13409.9
Inflation, consumer prices (annual % change) (1)	0.6	0.4	0.7
Unemployment rate (%) (2)	..	..	..
External debt (USD billion) (3)	..	..	..
Official exchange rate per USD (period average) (3)	3.7507	3.7505	3.7506

Sources : (1) IMF - World Economic Outlook Databases,(2) ILO - Key Indicators of the Labour Market, (3) World Bank - World Development Indicators

GDP per activity sector	2003	2004	2005
Agriculture and fishing (%)	4.5	4	..
Industry and mining (%)	54.4	58.9	..
Services (%)	41.1	37.1	..

Sources : World Bank - World Development Indicators

Investments

Foreign Direct Investments	2003	2004	2005	World rank (*) 2005
FDI inflows (USD million)	778	1942	4 628	110/141

Source : UNCTAD - World Investment Report
Note : (*) World Rank = UNCTAD Inward FDI Performance Index. It is a measure of the extend to which a host country receives inward FDI relative to its economic size. It is calculated as a ratio of the country's share in global FDI inflows to its share in global GDP.

Foreign Trade

General indicators

Indicators (USD billion)	2003	2004	2005
Imports of goods	36.9	44.5	56.1
Export of goods	93.2	125.7	178.8
Trade balance	47.2	69.6	106.2
Current account	28	51.9	87.1

Sources : World Bank - World Development Indicators

Indicators (%)	2003	2004	2005
Share of foreign trade in GDP	70.2	77.5	87.1
Share of imports of goods and services in GDP	24.1	24.9	26.4
Share of exports of goods and services in GDP	46.1	52.7	60.7
Imports of goods and services (annual % change)	11.5	..	..
Exports of goods and services (annual % change)	20	..	..

Sources : World Bank - World Development Indicators

Trade in goods/services by major category

2004	Imports	Exports
Total Trade in Goods (USD billion):	44.5	125.7
Agricultural raw materials	..	..
Food products	..	..
Hydrocarbons	..	..
Manufactured products (chemicals, machines,...)	..	..
Ores and metals	..	..

2004	Imports	Exports
Total Trade in Services (USD billion):	11.1	5.9
Transport	30.1	..
Tourisme	..	..

Sources : World Bank - World Development Indicators

Trade Data, by HS Code :
Import Statistics	Export Statistics
Source : www.intracen.org, last available data

Trade by partner countries

Main suppliers (% of imports)
USA	14.8%
Japan	9.0%
Germany	8.2%
China	7.4%
United Kingdom	4.7%

Sources : Comtrade, 2005.

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