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Non-Oil GDP Share: 55% 2025 real GDP |Saudi Unemployment: 7.2% Q4 2025 |PIF AUM: $925B 2025 approx. |FDI Share of GDP: 2.8% 2025 latest |Female Participation: 35.0% 2025 latest |Credit Rating: Aa3/A+/A+ Moody's/Fitch/S&P |GDP Growth: 4.5% 2025 actual |Umrah Pilgrims: 18M+ 2025 foreign |Non-Oil GDP Share: 55% 2025 real GDP |Saudi Unemployment: 7.2% Q4 2025 |PIF AUM: $925B 2025 approx. |FDI Share of GDP: 2.8% 2025 latest |Female Participation: 35.0% 2025 latest |Credit Rating: Aa3/A+/A+ Moody's/Fitch/S&P |GDP Growth: 4.5% 2025 actual |Umrah Pilgrims: 18M+ 2025 foreign |

East-West-Pipeline

The War Dividend: Aramco’s $33.6 Billion Quarter and the Oil Dependency Vision 2030 Cannot Escape

Aramco’s Q1 2026 profit surge, East-West Pipeline rerouting, and Saudi fiscal deficit expose the central contradiction of Vision 2030: the post-oil transformation still runs on oil.

Updated May 17, 2026

The War Economy: How Six Weeks of Conflict Restructured Saudi Arabia's Economic Model

Saudi exports halved to 3.33M bpd. The East-West Pipeline hit 7M bpd for the first time ever. Tourism loses $600M/day. Food prices spike 120%. The April 2026 war economy assessment.

Updated Apr 18, 2026