https://vision2030.ai/tags/gastat/Recent content in GASTAT — Saudi Arabia's Statistical Backbone on SAUDI VISION 2030 Intelligence PlatformHugoenMon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://vision2030.ai/analysis/gastat/Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://vision2030.ai/analysis/gastat/<p><strong>GASTAT is the General Authority for Statistics in Saudi Arabia</strong>, the official statistical reference for GDP, inflation, labour-market data, population counts, and the data series used to track <a href="https://vision2030.ai/encyclopedia/vision-2030/">Vision 2030</a> KPIs.</p> <p>Established in its earliest institutional form in 1960 as the <strong>Central Department of Statistics and Information</strong>, transformed into the contemporary public authority form in <strong>2015</strong>, and operating under a Board of Directors chaired by the <strong>Minister of Economy and Planning</strong>, GASTAT serves as the institutional foundation for evidence-based policymaking across the Saudi state architecture. Headquartered in Riyadh and led by <strong>President Fahad Aldossari</strong>, the institution operates with approximately <strong>1,500 employees</strong> and a multi-disciplinary mandate spanning macroeconomic indicators, the labour market, demographic development, quality-of-life metrics, and international comparability standards.</p>