Saudi Arabia Government Spending
Saudi Arabia government spending data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 21.32%.
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Interpretation
Saudi Arabia recorded 21.32% for Government Spending in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2023, the indicator increased by 0.39 percentage points, from 20.93% to 21.32%.
The latest observation is below the average of the last 10 available observations (23.34%).
Across the five latest available observations (2020–2024), the pattern is lower overall, but uneven.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 19.14% in 2022 and the high was 28.91% in 2015.