INSEAD Day 4 - 728x90

Samsung biggest chip investor

The tech giant invested nearly $59.2bn in 2025.

flynas to set up new hub

Five destinations in first phase of operations.

AD Ports Group acquires CLI

CLI is Brazilian agri-bulk terminal operator.

$1.59bn Makkah project awarded

A consortium will develop two districts in the Holy City.

2PointZero posts profit surge

Growth driven by merger consolidation.

Saudi economy is 30% of $2.39 trillion Arab economy

    • The kingdom is almost twice the size of the region’s second-largest economy, Egypt

    • The UAE is the third largest Arab economy with GDP of $354.3 billion

    The Saudi economy alone was 29.3 percent of the $2.39 trillion Arab economy in 2020.

    The Kingdom’s $700.1 billion in nominal GDP was almost twice the size of the region’s second-largest economy, Egypt’s $361.9 billion, Al Eqtisadiah reported, citing data from the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority, the International Monetary Fund and Arab statistical bodies. 

    The UAE was the third largest Arab economy with GDP of $354.3 billion. The six countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council had combined GDP of $1.41 trillion, 58.8 percent of the Arab economy.

    The Arab world represents 2.8 percent of the global economy, and would rank eighth, behind France, if it was a single country.