rowth rate:
5.9% (2006 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP):
$13,800 (2006 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 3.3%
industry: 67%
services: 29.8% (2006 est.)

Labor force:
7.125 million
note: more than 35% of the population in the 15-64 age group is
non-national (2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 12%
industry: 25%
services: 63% (1999 est.)

Unemployment rate:
13% among Saudi males only (local bank estimate; some estimates
range as high as 25%) (2004 est.)

Population below poverty line:
NA%

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
1.9% (2006 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
16.2% of GDP (2006 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $189.2 billion
expenditures: $107.6 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2006 est.)

Public debt:
32.5% of GDP (2006 est.)

Agriculture - products:
wheat, barley, tomatoes, melons, dates, citrus; mutton, chickens,
eggs, milk

Industries:
crude oil production, petroleum refining, basic petrochemicals;
ammonia, industrial gases, sodium hydroxide (caustic soda), cement,
fertilizer, plastics; metals, commercial ship repair, commercial
aircraft repair, construction

Industrial production growth rate:
1.9% (2006 est.)

Electricity - production:
155.2 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
144.4 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
9.475 million bbl/day (2005 est.)

Oil - consumption:
1.845 million bbl/day (2004)

Oil - exports:
7.92 million bbl/day (2003)

Oil - imports:
0 bbl/day (2003)

Oil - proved reserves:
262.7 billion bbl (2006 est.)

Natural gas - production:
65.68 billion cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
65.68 billion cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:
6.654 trillion cu m (1 January 2005 est.)

Current account balance:
$103.8 billion (2006 est.)

Exports:
$204.5 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
petroleum and petroleum products 90%

Exports - partners:
US 16.8%, Japan 16.5%, South Korea 9.3%, China 7.1%, Singa