Investment share of GDP in Saudi Arabia

Investment in Saudi Arabia was equal to 31.6% of GDP in 2025.

Saudi Arabia, 2025 31.6% % of GDP
Change from 2024 −0.1percentage points 2024: 31.7%
World, 2024 26.3% Official aggregate Not the same period as Saudi Arabia (2025).
Median of G20 countries, 2025 22.9% Middle value of 16 countries

Investment share of GDP in Saudi Arabia over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Investment (gross capital formation) as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period Saudi ArabiaWorld
2025 31.6% –
2024 31.7% 26.3%
2023 29.8% 26.7%
2022 26.5% 27.5%
2021 26.3% 27.2%
2020 23.3% 26.5%
2019 25.6% 26.6%
2018 22.4% 26.7%
2017 25.5% 26.1%
2016 28.1% 25.7%
2015 32.4% 25.9%
2014 28.5% 25.9%
2013 26.3% 25.6%
2012 26.5% 25.5%
2011 26.8% 25.3%
2010 30.9% 24.6%
2009 31.7% 23.4%
2008 27.3% 25.5%
2007 26.5% 25.5%
2006 22.2% 25.0%
2005 20.2% 24.5%
2004 19.9% 24.1%
2003 19.5% 23.4%
2002 19.7% 23.3%
2001 19.6% 23.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 31.7% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 32.4%, the figure has changed by −0.8 percentage points.

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Source and dates

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World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NE.GDI.TOTL.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1968 to 2025 for Saudi Arabia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices