Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Share of GDP Standard Local in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Share of GDP Standard Local was 11.93 % in 2023. ▲ Rising
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Share of GDP Standard Local in Saudi Arabia, 1970–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for value added (total manufacturing) — share of gdp standard local in Saudi Arabia is 11.93 %, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 2.7% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value added (total manufacturing) — share of gdp standard local in Saudi Arabia peaked at 13.33 % in 2017 and was at its lowest, 2.96 %, in 1976.
That places Saudi Arabia 79th out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Share of GDP Standard Local in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 4.75 % | — |
| 1971 | 4.2 % | -11.5% |
| 1972 | 3.73 % | -11.2% |
| 1973 | 3.3 % | -11.6% |
| 1974 | 3.08 % | -6.6% |
| 1975 | 3.1 % | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 2.96 % | -4.5% |
| 1977 | 3 % | +1.3% |
| 1978 | 3.23 % | +8.0% |
| 1979 | 3.19 % | -1.4% |
| 1980 | 3.16 % | -1.0% |
| 1981 | 3.31 % | +4.7% |
| 1982 | 4.27 % | +29.2% |
| 1983 | 5.18 % | +21.2% |
| 1984 | 5.99 % | +15.8% |
| 1985 | 7.1 % | +18.4% |
| 1986 | 7.11 % | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 7.33 % | +3.1% |
| 1988 | 7.13 % | -2.8% |
| 1989 | 7.12 % | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 6.79 % | -4.7% |
| 1991 | 6.3 % | -7.2% |
| 1992 | 6.24 % | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 6.46 % | +3.5% |
| 1994 | 6.73 % | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 7.21 % | +7.1% |
| 1996 | 7.97 % | +10.6% |
| 1997 | 8.12 % | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 8.03 % | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 8.4 % | +4.6% |
| 2000 | 8.41 % | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 8.74 % | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 9.11 % | +4.3% |
| 2003 | 9.03 % | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 9.46 % | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 9.58 % | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 10.08 % | +5.2% |
| 2007 | 10.68 % | +6.0% |
| 2008 | 11.01 % | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 11.35 % | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 11.68 % | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 11.66 % | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 11.53 % | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 11.69 % | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 12.44 % | +6.4% |
| 2015 | 12.83 % | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 13.05 % | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 13.33 % | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 12.57 % | -5.7% |
| 2019 | 12.45 % | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 11.82 % | -5.0% |
| 2021 | 12.23 % | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 12.26 % | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 11.93 % | -2.7% |
Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries
- Saudi Arabia's 11.93 % is above the median for high income countries, which is 10.59 %, 1.1× the median. (68 countries reporting)
- Saudi Arabia's 11.93 % is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 10.08 %, 1.2× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Share of GDP Standard Local in Saudi Arabia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | +29.2% | 3.31 % | 4.27 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.45 % | 2.96 % | 4.75 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.77 % | 3.16 % | 7.33 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 7.22 % | 6.24 % | 8.4 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.74 % | 8.41 % | 11.35 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.32 % | 11.53 % | 13.33 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.06 % | 11.82 % | 12.26 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
- 76 United Arab Emirates 12.06 % compare
- 77 Pakistan 12.05 % compare
- 78 Colombia 11.97 % compare
- 80 Bosnia and Herzegovina 11.49 % compare
- 81 South Africa 11.39 % compare
- 82 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 11.37 % 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)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 27.03 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0212 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 731.09 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 32.63 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 52.91 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0256 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 882.47 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 8.9 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is value added (total manufacturing) — share of gdp standard local in Saudi Arabia?
- Value added (total manufacturing) — share of gdp standard local in Saudi Arabia was 11.93 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest value added (total manufacturing) — share of gdp standard local recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 13.33 % in 2017.
- What is the lowest value added (total manufacturing) — share of gdp standard local recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.96 % in 1976.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for value added (total manufacturing) — share of gdp standard local?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 79th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is value added (total manufacturing) — share of gdp standard local rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. 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 Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Share of GDP Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).