Saudi Arabia maintained strong momentum in July 2026, driven by major investment commitments, resilient private-sector activity and continued growth across the non-oil economy. AEI Saudi’s Top Ten Insights highlight key developments in infrastructure, logistics, startups, foreign investment and business reform, demonstrating sustained progress towards Vision 2030.

Saudi Arabia’s economic diversification efforts and the robust expansion of the non-oil sector.

Saudi Arabia announces investments of over $500 billion in developing innovative and environmentally friendly tourist destinations.

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and Bpifrance Assurance Export have signed a memorandum that is, understood to be valued at $10bn.

FIFA announced that Saudi Arabia’s bid to host the FIFA World Cup 2034 has achieved an evaluation score of 419.8 out of 500—the highest ever

This week it was announced that that the number of investment licenses issued in Saudi Arabia surged by 73.7% in the third quarter of 2024.

Saudi Arabia’s total revenues in the third quarter stood at $82.4 billion (SR309 billion)

Saudi’s giga-project Diriyah has agreed deals worth $1 billion with European firms

S&P Global Ratings have revised its outlook on Saudi Arabia to positive

Saudi Arabia’s non-oil activities expanded 4.9% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2024.

This week, Saudi Arabia has introduced a new factory development consultant licensing service aimed at boosting the industrial sector....

This week, the Saudi Crown Prince awarded the winners of the inaugural Esports World Cup after the 8 week tournament, featuring 1,500...

This week, Boeing has announced that a formal application has been submitted to have its regional headquarters in Saudi Arabia.

This week, the MHRSD has started implementing the idea the idea that 25% of engineering professions will be nationalised starting today.

This week, GACA said that in the first half of 2024, passenger volumes have increased by 17% and airfreight volumes are up 41%.

This week, the Saudi Central Bank announced that tourism spending has seen an increase of 23 percent in the first quarter of 2024, hitting U

This week, Knight Frank, the global real estate consultant, projected Saudi Arabia’s construction output value to hit $181.5 billion.

This week, the National Labour Observatory (NLO) published that private sector employment will surpass 11.4 million in May 2024. In May, ove

This week, the Saudi Ministry of Finance announced that there was a 7.3% increase in public finance total revenue compared to the projected

This week, Moody's, the global credit rating agency, reaffirmed Saudi Arabia’s credit rating of ‘A1’.