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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 |

Gas

BlackRock, Aramco, and the Jafurah Model: How $35 Billion in Foreign Capital Actually Works in Saudi Arabia

BlackRock's Saudi investments now exceed $35 billion. The $11 billion Jafurah gas deal is the template for how international co-investment works in the new PIF era.

Updated Apr 18, 2026

Jafurah Gas Field

Saudi Arabia's largest non-associated gas field in the Eastern Province, central to the Kingdom's strategy of expanding gas production to free oil for export and support petrochemicals growth.

Updated Apr 18, 2026