Saudi Arabia (2025)
31.6
% of GDP
-0.1pp YoY
YoY Change
-0.1pp
percentage points
Trend
down
Series length
50
years of data

Data

Saudi Arabia Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP) (2025) — source data. World Bank.
Year % of GDP YoY Change
2025 31.6 -0.1pp
2024 31.7 +1.9pp
2023 29.8 +3.3pp
2022 26.5 +0.2pp
2021 26.3 +3pp
2020 23.3 -2.3pp
2019 25.6 +3.2pp
2018 22.4 -3.1pp
2017 25.5 -2.6pp
2016 28.1 -4.3pp
2015 32.4 +3.9pp
2014 28.5 +2.2pp
2013 26.3 -0.2pp
2012 26.5 -0.3pp
2011 26.8 -4.1pp
2010 30.9 -0.8pp
2009 31.7 +4.4pp
2008 27.3 +0.8pp
2007 26.5 +4.3pp
2006 22.2 +2pp

About this Dataset

Saudi Arabia recorded 31.6 % of GDP in 2025. The latest change was -0.1pp. Across 1976–2025 the series ranges from 15.7 in 1990 to 36.3 in 1978.

This page tracks gross capital formation (investment in fixed assets + inventory changes) as a share of GDP in Saudi Arabia from 1990 to present. Capital formation is the engine of future productive capacity.

Data sourced from World Bank via Open Data API. Values use World Bank standardised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks gross capital formation (investment in fixed assets + inventory changes) as a share of GDP in Saudi Arabia from 1990 to present. Capital formation is the engine of future productive capacity. It is published by World Bank and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2025. World Bank typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 1976–2025 (50 observations).

The series peaked at 36.3 % of GDP in 1978 and reached its lowest recorded value of 15.7 in 1990. The latest reading of 31.6 in 2025 represents a change of -0.1pp.