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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 |

Economic-Cities

KAEC Status Brief: Ownership, Port, Real Estate, Lessons

Strategic brief on King Abdullah Economic City status, PIF ownership, King Abdullah Port, real estate stress, and Vision 2030 lessons.

Updated May 26, 2026

What Is KAEC?

Guide to King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC), Saudi Arabia's planned economic city on the Red Sea coast between Jeddah and Madinah.

Updated Apr 18, 2026