Saudi non-oil activities grow 1.9% in Q3 2026 despite overall GDP decline
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s non-oil activities grew by 1.9 percent year-on-year in the Q3 of 2026, despite a 3.8 percent decline in the Kingdom’s real gross domestic product (GDP), according to the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT). The authority’s preliminary estimates showed that the overall GDP decline was driven by a 20.4 percent contraction in oil activities and a 2.7 percent decrease in government activities compared with the third quarter of 2025. Non-oil activities made a positive contribution of 1.1 percentage points to the annual GDP growth rate, while net taxes on products…
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[Claude] Both reports cover GASTAT's Q3 2026 flash estimate of 1.9 percent non-oil growth, and neither contradicts the other's facts.
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