مؤشرات التنمية الاقتصادية في المملكة العربية السعودية خلال الفترة (من 1999 م : 2018 م)‎ : تحليل جغرافي لبعض

Abstract EN

Economic development is one of the most important issues facing Saudi Arabia, it helps in providing the required goods and services to satisfy the needs of its population and improve their health, educational and cultural levels, and enable the State to conduct specialized studies to find solutions to its economic problems, and increase the progress of the economy.

This study aimed to identify the method of economic development in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its improvement during the period (1999-2018), according to economic indicators that have been identified as a criterion to measure the rates of economic growth and progress in Saudi Arabia from a geographical perspective Many methods have been used including: descriptive, historical, fundamentalist, and thematic.

The study also relied mainly on the data of surveys and economic indicators issued by the competent authorities, in addition to the use of many statistical methods and explanatory means that helped in the output of the research in its final form.

Various statistical methods were used, such as percentages and graphs, as well as the use of maps to represent data.

The study resulted in a high level of economic development of the Kingdom according to the economic indicators during the study period, where seven of these indicators (77.8% of the total indicators) have a positive indication of the progress of the Saudi economy, namely: GDP, human resources, and the contribution of economic sectors in the GDP.

GDP, industrial production, foreign trade, government spending, and economic security, while negative indicators represented the remaining percentage: GDP per capita and unemployed within the labor force.

The study recommended conducting studies that deal with the subject of economic development in more detail at the level of regions and governorates to know the development justice and its distribution to all members of the Saudi society in order to formulate and implement strategic plans based on the results of this study, in addition to making the data of economic indicators more clearly and accurately in order to conduct serious studies in this field.