Saudi Arabia — Government consumption
millions of LCU · Annual · 1968–2025 · 58 observations
About this series
Government final consumption expenditure is government spending on goods and services used to meet individual or collective needs, such as health, education, public order and defence. It is part of GDP and does not represent all government expenditure.
For Saudi Arabia, the government consumption reading stood at 988.54B LCU in 2025. Against 1.00T LCU in 2024, the period change was −1.55%. It was above the selected 10-year average of 824.36B LCU. The corresponding ratio to GDP was 20.7% in 2025.
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Latest observations
2014–2025
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 988.54B LCU |
| 2024 | 1.00T LCU |
| 2023 | 956.61B LCU |
| 2022 | 889.30B LCU |
| 2021 | 798.67B LCU |
7 earlier values, back to 2014
| 2020 | 788.24B LCU |
| 2019 | 755.89B LCU |
| 2018 | 770.29B LCU |
| 2017 | 649.92B LCU |
| 2016 | 642.02B LCU |
| 2015 | 751.87B LCU |
| 2014 | 755.52B LCU |