Saudi Arabia: Natural resources income
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| Saudi Arabia |
Income from natural resources, percent of GDP |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 25.57 |
| Year | 2021 |
| Measure | percent |
| Data availability | 1970 - 2021 |
| Average | 38.52 |
| Min - Max | 17.32 - 87.28 |
| Source | The World Bank |
The latest value from 2021 is 25.57 percent, an increase from 17.32 percent in 2020. In comparison, the world average is 6.83 percent, based on data from 186 countries. Historically, the average for Saudi Arabia from 1970 to 2021 is 38.52 percent. The minimum value, 17.32 percent, was reached in 2020 while the maximum of 87.28 percent was recorded in 1979.
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The natural resources include oil, natural gas, coal, minerals, and the forest.
Definition: Total natural resources rents are the sum of oil rents, natural gas rents, coal rents (hard and soft), mineral rents, and forest rents.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Gasoline prices | 0.24 | 2016 | dollars |
| Diesel prices | 0.12 | 2016 | dollars |
| Energy use per capita | 7,148.59 | 2023 | kilograms of oil equivalent |
| Share of clean energy | 0.10 | 2021 | percent |
| Carbon intensity | 0.29 | 2024 | kg of CO2 per dollar of GDP |
| Energy use per $1000 GDP | 110.86 | 2023 | kilograms of oil equivalent |
| Electricity from renewable sources, kWh | 266.95 | 2021 | million kWh |
| Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions | 653 | 2024 | Mt CO2 eq |
| Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per capita | 18.48 | 2024 | metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per capita |
| Greenhouse gas emissions | 839 | 2024 | kt of CO2 equivalent |
| GDP per unit of energy | 10.01 | 2023 | GDP per kg of oil equivalent |
| Net energy imports | -178.20 | 2022 | percent |
| Natural resources income | 25.57 | 2021 | percent |
| Oil revenue | 23.69 | 2021 | percent |
| Natural gas revenue | 1.72 | 2021 | percent |
| Access to electricity | 100.00 | 2024 | percent |
| Gasoline consumption per capita | 894.915 | 2023 | liters per person per year |