Total Expenditure (central government) — Value Standard Local Currency in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Total Expenditure (central government) — Value Standard Local Currency was 1.37 million million SLC in 2024. ▲ Rising
Total Expenditure (central government) — Value Standard Local Currency in Saudi Arabia, 2010–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million SLC.
Analysis
In 2024, total expenditure (central government) — value standard local currency in Saudi Arabia stood at 1.37 million million SLC. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.3% on the previous year and up 20.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total expenditure (central government) — value standard local currency in Saudi Arabia peaked at 1.37 million million SLC in 2024 and was at its lowest, 653,886 million SLC, in 2010.
That places Saudi Arabia 59th out of 174 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Total Expenditure (central government) — Value Standard Local Currency in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | million SLC | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 653,886 million SLC | — |
| 2011 | 826,700 million SLC | +26.4% |
| 2012 | 917,198 million SLC | +10.9% |
| 2013 | 994,734 million SLC | +8.5% |
| 2014 | 1.14 million million SLC | +14.7% |
| 2015 | 1.00 million million SLC | -12.2% |
| 2016 | 830,513 million SLC | -17.1% |
| 2017 | 929,997 million SLC | +12.0% |
| 2018 | 1.08 million million SLC | +16.1% |
| 2019 | 1.06 million million SLC | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 1.08 million million SLC | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 1.04 million million SLC | -3.4% |
| 2022 | 1.16 million million SLC | +12.1% |
| 2023 | 1.29 million million SLC | +11.1% |
| 2024 | 1.37 million million SLC | +6.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 943,383 million SLC | 653,886 million SLC | 1.14 million million SLC | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.19 million million SLC | 1.04 million million SLC | 1.37 million million SLC | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
- 56 Dominican Republic 1.45 million million SLC compare
- 57 South Africa 1.39 million million SLC compare
- 58 Jamaica 1.39 million million SLC compare
- 60 Equatorial Guinea 1.24 million million SLC compare
- 61 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.23 million million SLC compare
- 62 Poland 1.08 million million SLC compare
More economy & growth data for Saudi Arabia
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.26 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.52 Percent per annum (2029)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) 3.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) 0.2625 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) 9,066 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant LCU), annual 3.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant LCU), per 1.61 constant LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant LCU), per 55,576 constant LCU per person (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), annual growth rate 6.29 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4893 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total expenditure (central government) — value standard local currency in Saudi Arabia?
- Total expenditure (central government) — value standard local currency in Saudi Arabia was 1.37 million million SLC in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest total expenditure (central government) — value standard local currency recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.37 million million SLC in 2024.
- What is the lowest total expenditure (central government) — value standard local currency recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 653,886 million SLC in 2010.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for total expenditure (central government) — value standard local currency?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 59th out of 174 countries with data for 2024.
- Is total expenditure (central government) — value standard local currency rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Total Expenditure (central government) — Value Standard Local Currency. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Statistics Division of FAO collects annually data on Government Expenditure on Agriculture through a questionnaire, which was developed in partnership with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF is the responsible institution for the Government Finance Statistics (GFS) methodology and annually collects GFS data, including Expenditure by Functions of Government (COFOG). The Classification of the Functions of Government (COFOG) is an international classification developed by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and published by the United Nations Statistical Division (UNSD), with the aim of categorise governments' functions according to their purposes. The FAO questionnaire aligns with Table 7 of the IMF GFS questionnaire, replicates the relevant aggregates and drills down to request additional detail related to Agriculture. The FAO dataset consists of a time series, from 2001 onwards, of Total Government Expenditure and expenditure in: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, along with its three disaggregated subsectors of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing; and Environmental Protection. In addition, expenditure in each detailed function are further disaggregated into Recurrent and Capital expenditure. Additional indicators include the Agriculture Share of Government Expenditure, and the Agriculture Orientation Index (ratio between the Agriculture Share of Government Expenditure and the Agriculture Value Added as Share of GDP). Data are reported for the highest level of government available (Consolidated general government, consolidated central government or budgetary central government) and are available for about 100 countries on a regular basis.