Saudi Arabia
- Official Name:
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Saudi Arabia)
- Area:
- 2.149.690 km 2
- Population (2007):
- 27.601.038 inhabitants
- Coastline:
- 2.640 km
- Capital:
- Riyadh
- Maritime Ports and terminals:
- Ad Dammam, Al Jubayl, Jiddah, Yanbu' al Sinaiyah
- Maritime claims:
-
- Territorial sea: 12 nm
- Contiguous zone: 18 nm
- Continental shelf: not specified
- Political divisions:
- 13 provinces (mintaqat, singular - mintaqah); Al Bahah, Al Hudud ash Shamaliyah, Al Jawf, Al Madinah, Al Qasim, Ar Riyad, Ash Sharqiyah (Eastern Province), 'Asir, Ha'il, Jizan, Makkah, Najran, Tabuk
- Language(s):
- Arabic
- National holiday:
- Unification of the Kingdom, 23 September (1932)
- Nationality:
- Saudi(s)
- Official time:
- UTC 3 .
- Member of:
- ABEDA, AfDB, AFESD, AMF, BIS, FAO, G-77, GCC, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IPU, ISO, ITU, LAS, MIGA, NAM, OAPEC, OAS (observer), OIC, OPCW, OPEC, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNRWA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
- Internet country code:
- .sa
Economic Profile
- Currency:
-
Saudi riyal (SAR) - GDP - per capita (PPP):
- USD13.600 (2006 est.)
- GDP (official exchange rate):
- (2006 est.) USD 276.900.000.000
- PIB (Real growth rate:
- 2,4% (2006 est.)
- GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)
-
- Agriculture:3,3%
- Industry: 67%
- Services: 29,8%
- Labor force:
- 7.125.000 (2006 est.)
- Labor force - by occupation (1999):
-
- Agriculture 12%
- Industry: 25%
- Services 63%
- Unemployment rate:
- 13% (2004 est.)
- Inflation rate (Consumer prices):
- 1,9% (2006 est)
- Investment (Gross Fixed):
- 16,2% del PIB (2006 est.)
- Budget:
-
- Revenues: USD189.200.000.000
- Expenditures: USD107.600.000.000
- Public debt:
- 32,5% of GDP (2006 est.)
- Current account balance:
- USD 103.800.000.000 (2006 est.)
- Exports:
- USD 204.500.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Exports - Commodities:
- Petroleum and petroleum products 90%
- Exports - Partners:
- US 16,8%, Japan 16,5%, South Korea 9,3%, China 7,1%, Singapore 5,2%, Taiwan 4,3% (2005)
- Imports:
- USD 64.160.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Imports - Commodities:
- Machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, motor vehicles, textiles
- Imports - partners:
- US 14,8%, Japan 9%, Germany 8,2%, China 7,4%, UK 4,7% (2005)
- Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
- USD 31.630.000.000 (2006 est.)
- Debt - external:
- USD 47.390.000.000 (2006)
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