Arab Country Profiles
Saudi Arabia
- Country name : Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Capital : Riyadh
- Area : 2 149 690 km²
- Population : 33,435,249 (2018)
- Population growth rate : 2.52% (2018)
- Life expectancy at birth : Male: 73.4 years - Female: 77.7 years (2018)
- Age structure : 0-14 years : 26.1% - 15-64 years : 70.46% - 65 years and over : 3.44%
- Urbanisation : 82.9% (2014)
- Labour force : 12.34 million (2017)
- Gross Domestic Product : $678,54 billion (2017)
- GDP – growth rate : 1.1% (2017)
- GDP – composition by sector : agriculture : 2% - industry : 59.7% - services : 38.3%
- GDP – per capita : $55,477 (2017)
- Natural resources : Petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, gold, copper
- Industries : Crude oil production, refining and basic petrochemicals, fertilisers, cement, plastics, metals, construction
- Industrial production growth rate : -0.3% (2017)
- Land use : arable land : 1.5% - permanent crops : 0.1% - other : 98.4%
- Agricultural products : wheat, barley, tomatoes, melons, dates, citrus, mutton, chicken, eggs, milk
- Exports in general : $231.3 billion (2017)
- Exports to Belgium : $2.661 billion (2017)
- Exports – commodities : petroleum and petroleum products (98%)
- Exports – partners : China (13.6), Japan (11.3), India (10.7), US (9.8%), South Korea (9.1), Singapore (4.7) (2017)
- Imports in general : $136.8 billion (2017)
- Imports from Belgium : $1.792 billion (2017)
- Imports – commodities : Machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemical, motor vehicles, textiles
- Imports – partners : China 16.2%, US 15 %, India 10.3%, Germany 6.3%, , Japan 5.3 %, United Arab Emirates 5%, South Korea 5% (2016)
- Current account balance : $4.322 billion (2017)
- Budget : revenues : $171.6 billion - expenditures : $227.8 billion (2017)
- Reserves of foreign exchange & gold : $535.8 billion (31 December 2016)
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