Saudi Arabia’s industrial production quantity index has seen a 1.3% surge during January 2025 compared to the same month of 2024, according to the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT).
According to GASTAT’s bulletin, this noticeable growth is driven by an increase in the activities of manufacturing industry, water supply and sanitation, as well as waste management and treatment.
The figures also showed a 0.4% decrease in the sub-index for mining and quarrying activity on an annual basis. Meanwhile, the sub-index for manufacturing activity has seen a 4% growth.
Furthermore, the sub-index for electricity, gas, steam as well as air conditioning supply activity recorded a decrease of 1.7%.
At the same time, the sub-index for water supply and sanitation activity and waste management and treatment activities reached a 12.8% increase.
As for the key economic activities, oil activities recorded a 0.4% increase in January 2025, while the index of non-oil activities posted an increase of 3.6% compared to January 2024.
Issued by GASTAT on a monthly basis, the index of industrial production serves as an economic indicator that reflects the relative changes in the volume of industrial production quantities based on industrial production survey data.
The authority applies such surveys on several establishments in the targeted industrial activities, as follows:
- Mining and quarrying activity
- Manufacturing activity
- Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply activity
- Water supply activities
- Sanitation, waste management and treatment activities
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