Saudi Arabia — Government consumption
millions of SAR · Annual · 1968–2027 · 60 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 986.89B SAR in 2025. Against 1.00T SAR in 2024, the period change was −1.71%. It was above the selected 10-year average of 824.19B SAR. The corresponding ratio to GDP was 20.6% in 2025.
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- Annual data, 1968–2027
- Quarterly data, 2005–2026
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Latest observations
2016–2027
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2027 | 1.25T SAR |
| 2026 | 1.14T SAR |
| 2025 | 986.89B SAR |
| 2024 | 1.00T SAR |
| 2023 | 956.61B SAR |
7 earlier values, back to 2016
| 2022 | 889.30B SAR |
| 2021 | 798.67B SAR |
| 2020 | 788.24B SAR |
| 2019 | 755.89B SAR |
| 2018 | 770.29B SAR |
| 2017 | 649.92B SAR |
| 2016 | 642.02B SAR |