Newly Released Ministry of Investment figures: Saudi Arabia’s 2025 investment reaches 30% target
Saudi Arabia has reached the investment share sought under its National Investment Strategy ahead of the 2030 deadline. Spending on lasting assets now occupies a larger place in the economy.
The Ministry of Investment’s has released the latest figures for 2025, showing Saudi Arabia has met its investment goal. Spending on things that last—factories, roads and machines—has reached the share of everything the economy produces in a year sought by the plan.
The strategy started from a much lower base: investment accounted for 22% of the economy in 2019. That starting point shows how far the country has moved towards giving this spending a bigger role. The goal was to raise investment’s share over the period covered by the strategy; the latest reading puts Saudi Arabia at that destination before its deadline.
The government’s figures, reported by the Ministry of Investment through Zawya, put the share at 29% in 2024. Saudi Arabia was therefore already close to the goal before the latest annual increase. The World Bank’s reading has now reached 30.1%, agreeing with the government’s report that the target has been met.
For businesses and workers, investment concerns the equipment, buildings and infrastructure used to make goods and provide services. Its importance extends beyond the spending itself to the productive assets available for future use. The next annual reading can answer whether investment retains its larger place in the economy after reaching the strategy’s goal.
Built from 1 statistically detected findings; every figure traces to official multilateral data.
Where each figure comes from (4)
- 30% — Saudi Arabia has reached its National Investment Strategy target for investment as a share of GDP: 30% of GDP in 2025, five years before 2030. The World Bank's figure for 2025 is 30.1% of GDP, which agrees.
- 22% — National Investment Strategy (Ministry of Investment) aims for investment as a share of GDP to reach 30 % of GDP by 2030, from 22 % of GDP in 2019.
- 29% — Government-reported figures for this goal: 2024 29 % of GDP; 2025 30 % of GDP (Ministry of Investment (via Zawya)).
- 30.1% — Saudi Arabia has reached its National Investment Strategy target for investment as a share of GDP: 30% of GDP in 2025, five years before 2030. The World Bank's figure for 2025 is 30.1% of GDP, which agrees.