{"id":"2026-oct-report-sa-wb-oct2026-growth-inflation-outlook","canonicalSlug":"2026-oct-report-sa-wb-oct2026-growth-inflation-outlook","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-oct-report-sa-wb-oct2026-growth-inflation-outlook","language":"en","title":"Saudi Arabia: World Bank outlook for per-capita growth and inflation","summary":"The World Bank’s October 2026 outlook gives Saudi Arabia estimates and forecasts for real GDP per-capita growth and inflation.","body":["The World Bank’s October 2026 regional economic update, announced on October 6, includes a country table for Saudi Arabia. Its indicators are estimates and projections, not newly observed outcomes. This article reports the country row while retaining the source’s labels and units.","Saudi Arabia’s real GDP per-capita growth is listed at -0.1% for 2025, -3.6% for 2026 and 6.1% forecast for 2027. These rates measure change in output per person, not total real GDP growth. The table labels 2025 as an estimate and 2026–27 as forecasts.","Saudi Arabia inflation is shown at 2.1% in 2025 and 3.4% in 2026 and 3.0% in 2027. The appendix identifies annual consumer-price inflation but does not say whether the rate is an annual average or year-end measure. It should not be read as a monthly CPI observation or compared on an assumed identical basis.","For 2026, Saudi Arabia’s -3.6% real GDP per-capita growth projection alongside 3.4% inflation gives two separate annual indicators, not a measure of what caused prices or output to move. The table does not decompose export volumes, energy or food costs, or shipping charges, and its CPI basis is not specified."],"keyPoints":["Real GDP per-capita growth: 2025 -0.1% (estimate), 2026 -3.6% (forecast), 2027 6.1% (forecast).","Inflation: 2025 2.1%, 2026 3.4% (forecast), 2027 3.0% (forecast).","Annual inflation basis (average or year-end) is not specified."],"sections":[],"text":"Saudi Arabia: World Bank outlook for per-capita growth and inflation\n\nThe World Bank’s October 2026 outlook gives Saudi Arabia estimates and forecasts for real GDP per-capita growth and inflation.\n\nReal GDP per-capita growth: 2025 -0.1% (estimate), 2026 -3.6% (forecast), 2027 6.1% (forecast).\n\nInflation: 2025 2.1%, 2026 3.4% (forecast), 2027 3.0% (forecast).\n\nAnnual inflation basis (average or year-end) is not specified.\n\nThe World Bank’s October 2026 regional economic update, announced on October 6, includes a country table for Saudi Arabia. Its indicators are estimates and projections, not newly observed outcomes. This article reports the country row while retaining the source’s labels and units.\n\nSaudi Arabia’s real GDP per-capita growth is listed at -0.1% for 2025, -3.6% for 2026 and 6.1% forecast for 2027. These rates measure change in output per person, not total real GDP growth. The table labels 2025 as an estimate and 2026–27 as forecasts.\n\nSaudi Arabia inflation is shown at 2.1% in 2025 and 3.4% in 2026 and 3.0% in 2027. The appendix identifies annual consumer-price inflation but does not say whether the rate is an annual average or year-end measure. It should not be read as a monthly CPI observation or compared on an assumed identical basis.\n\nFor 2026, Saudi Arabia’s -3.6% real GDP per-capita growth projection alongside 3.4% inflation gives two separate annual indicators, not a measure of what caused prices or output to move. The table does not decompose export volumes, energy or food costs, or shipping charges, and its CPI basis is not specified.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":["statistics","inflation","finance"],"eventDate":"2026-10-06","eventDateBasis":"source-announcement","publishedAt":"2026-10-09T21:52:15Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-12T00:00:10Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-09T21:04:34Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-06","translatedAt":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2026/10/06/middle-east-conflict-further-weakens-regional-outlook-with-gulf-oil-exporters-hit","name":"World Bank Group","checkedAt":"2026-10-09","publishedAt":"2026-10-06"},{"url":"https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstreams/a0c07fd2-4c8e-4e11-8231-8af9a5bff806/download","name":"Full report PDF, Annex 1A table A1.1","licence":"Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Attribute the World Bank and report DOI. 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