COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Saudi Arabia GDP Deflator Inflation
Saudi Arabia gdp deflator inflation: latest available value for 2025, historical series from 2016, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
NY.GDP.DEFL.KD.ZG| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -2,57 | -2,83 |
| 2024 | 0,26 | 2,45 |
| 2023 | -2,18 | -14,77 |
| 2022 | 12,58 | -7,54 |
| 2021 | 20,13 | 30,32 |
| 2020 | -10,19 | -8,82 |
| 2019 | -1,37 | -17,23 |
| 2018 | 15,86 | 9,58 |
| 2017 | 6,29 | 8,55 |
| 2016 | -2,26 | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: Inflation as measured by the annual growth rate of the GDP implicit deflator shows the rate of price change in the economy as a whole. The GDP implicit deflator is the ratio of GDP in current local currency to GDP in constant local currency.
Source organization: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
Metadata fetched: 2026-09-27 03:51:46. Open original metadata response.
Revision history
23 detected changesSource revisions are retained before the current observation is replaced. This table documents the previous and replacement value for reproducibility.
| Detected | Data year | Previous value | Replacement value | Source | Source update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-27 02:07:05 | 2025 | -2,57 | -2,57 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 05:12:47 | 2020 | -10,19 | -10,19 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 05:12:47 | 2021 | 20,13 | 20,13 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 05:12:47 | 2022 | 12,58 | 12,58 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 05:12:47 | 2023 | -2,18 | -2,18 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 05:12:47 | 2024 | 0,26 | 0,26 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 05:12:47 | 2025 | -2,57 | -2,57 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-05 13:57:09 | 2020 | -10,19 | -10,19 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-05 13:57:09 | 2021 | 20,13 | 20,13 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-05 13:57:09 | 2022 | 12,58 | 12,58 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-05 13:57:09 | 2023 | -2,18 | -2,18 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-05 13:57:09 | 2024 | 0,26 | 0,26 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-05 13:57:09 | 2025 | -2,57 | -2,57 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-02 05:26:55 | 2016 | -2,26 | -2,26 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-02 05:26:55 | 2017 | 6,29 | 6,29 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-02 05:26:55 | 2018 | 15,86 | 15,86 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-02 05:26:55 | 2019 | -1,37 | -1,37 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-02 05:26:55 | 2020 | -10,19 | -10,19 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-02 05:26:55 | 2021 | 20,13 | 20,13 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-02 05:26:55 | 2022 | 12,58 | 12,58 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-02 05:26:55 | 2023 | -2,18 | -2,18 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-02 05:26:55 | 2024 | 0,26 | 0,26 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-02 05:26:55 | 2025 | -2,57 | -2,57 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesSaudi Arabia recorded -2,57 percent in 2025, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2024, the gdp deflator inflation decreased by 2,83.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an upward direction.
Across 10 observations from 2016 to 2025, the average was 3,66; the minimum was -10,19 in 2020 and the maximum was 20,13 in 2021.
Saudi Arabia ranks 202 out of 213 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is below the available average for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan.
It is also below the available average for the High income group.
Economy-wide price changes in domestically produced output.