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Non-Oil GDP Share: 55% 2025 real GDP |Saudi Unemployment: 7.2% Q4 2025 |PIF AUM: $1.21T 2025 actual |FDI Share of GDP: 2.8% Q1 2026 |Female Participation: 33.9% Q1 2026 |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: $1.21T 2025 actual |FDI Share of GDP: 2.8% Q1 2026 |Female Participation: 33.9% Q1 2026 |Credit Rating: Aa3/A+/A+ Moody's/Fitch/S&P |GDP Growth: 4.5% 2025 actual |Umrah Pilgrims: 18M+ 2025 foreign |

The Line

NEOM Deleted The Line's Promises From Its Own Website

NEOM rewrote The Line's page between 1 and 21 June 2026, deleting the 9 million residents, 100% renewable energy and no-roads-or-cars claims. Wayback Machine captures preserve the exact deleted strings. Five regions became six, Sindalah was absorbed into Islands of NEOM, and 15 economic sectors became 12.

Updated Jul 31, 2026

The Line Saudi Arabia Progress, Cost, and Reality Check 2026

2026 reality check on The Line at NEOM: status, length, cost, residents, interiors, delays, and what is actually confirmed.

Updated May 26, 2026

NEOM Company: Inside the Corporate Vehicle Building Saudi Arabia's $500B Giga-Project

NEOM Company — PIF-owned JSC developing the NEOM giga-project. Leadership (Aiman Al-Mudaifer post-Nadhmi Al-Nasr), six business units, capex, scope cuts, 2030 outlook.

Updated May 6, 2026

NEOM: Saudi Arabia's $500 Billion Giga-Project, Scope Cuts, and What's Actually Being Built

NEOM — Saudi Arabia's $500B giga-project under MBS. The Line, Oxagon, Trojena, current scope cuts, costs, controversies, and 2030 delivery outlook.

Updated May 6, 2026

The Line: Saudi Arabia's 170km Linear City — Original Vision and 2026 Scope Cuts

The Line — NEOM's 170km linear city. Original ambition (9M residents, zero cars) vs 2024 scaledown (2.4km/300K by 2030). Cost, status, controversies, 2030 outlook.

Updated May 6, 2026

The Graveyard of Giga-Projects: A Forensic Audit of Every Vision 2030 Project That Failed, Flopped, or Quietly Died

The Line scaled to 1.4% of plan. Mukaab suspended. Trojena's dams cancelled. Jeddah Tower frozen since 2018. An $8 billion portfolio writedown. The complete forensic record of Vision 2030's cancelled, suspended, and quietly killed giga-projects.

Updated Apr 18, 2026

The Line: $20.8 Billion Per Kilometre of Foundation Trench

$50 billion spent. 2.4 kilometres of foundation trench built — 1.4% of the planned 170-kilometre city. An internal audit projects $8.8 trillion and 2080 to complete. The population target collapsed from 9 million to 300,000. This is the full financial forensic of The Line.

Updated Apr 18, 2026

NEOM Dismembered: $6.85 Billion in Contracts Terminated in a Single Month

In March 2026, NEOM terminated three major contracts worth $6.85 billion. Trojena's dam cancelled at 30% completion. Hyundai's tunnel killed. The forensic audit of what $50 billion bought and what survives.

Updated Apr 18, 2026

NEOM Latest Developments

Up-to-date overview of NEOM's latest construction progress, project milestones, business announcements, investment opportunities, and strategic developments across The Line, Trojena, Oxagon, and Sindalah.

Updated Apr 18, 2026

NEOM Mega-City Project

In-depth analysis of NEOM, Saudi Arabia's $500 billion mega-city project in Tabuk Province featuring The Line, Oxagon, Trojena, and Sindalah as centrepieces of Vision 2030's economic diversification.

Updated Apr 18, 2026

NEOM: Technical Feasibility and Financial Viability

Analysis of NEOM's technical feasibility and financial viability — The Line's engineering challenges, the $500B price tag, and scope adjustments.

Updated Apr 18, 2026