Saudi Arabia In-depth PESTLE Insights

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This PESTLE country analysis report on Saudi Arabia provides a holistic view of the country, with insightful analysis of current and future issues, supplemented with relevant quantitative data to support trend analysis.

Synopsis

– Understand the political system in Saudi Arabia through analysis of key figures in the country and governance indicators.
– Understand the economic situation in Saudi Arabia through a balanced assessment of core macroeconomic issues.
– Understand customer demographics in Saudi Arabia through analysis of income distribution and the rural-urban split, as well as healthcare and education.
– Understand the technological landscape in Saudi Arabia through analysis of relevant laws and policies, as well as patents data.
– Understand the legal landscape in Saudi Arabia through analysis of the judicial system as well as performance of the legal indicators
– Understand the environmental landscape in Saudi Arabia through analysis of the environmental regulations and the performance of the environmental indicators

Scope

– The political landscape section discusses the evolution of the political scenario in Saudi Arabia, as well as the country's economic, social, foreign, and defense policies. The section also discusses the country's performance according to World Bank Governance Indicators.

– The economic landscape section outlines the evolution of Saudi Arabia 's economy, as well as the country's performance in terms of GDP growth, composition by sector (agriculture, industry, and services), fiscal situation, international investment position, monetary situation, credit disbursement, banking sector, and employment."

– The social landscape section analyzes the government's social welfare policies, as well as the country's performance in terms of healthcare, income distribution, and education.

Reasons to Buy

– What is the outlook in Saudi Arabia in terms of political stability, policies towards business, and the popularity of the government?

– How does Saudi Arabia perform in terms of GDP growth, its fiscal situation, international investment position, monetary situation, and employment?

– How does Saudi Arabia perform in terms of healthcare, income distribution, and education?

– How does Saudi Arabia perform in terms of technology-intensive sectors like IT, life sciences, and R&D expenditure trends?

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

1. OVERVIEW

1.1. Catalyst

1.2. Summary

1.2.1. Key findings

1.2.2. PESTLE highlights

1.3. Key fundamentals

1.4. Recovery of the economy from the COVID-19 crisis

1.4.1. Snapshot

1.4.2. Vaccination

1.4.3. Government measures

1.4.4. Lockdown measures

1.4.5. Travel restrictions

1.4.6. Stimulus measures

2. KEY FACTS AND GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION

2.1. Key facts

2.2. Geographical location

3. PESTLE ANALYSIS

3.1. Summary

3.2. Political analysis

3.2.1. Overview

3.2.2. Current strengths

3.2.3. Current challenges

3.2.4. Future prospects

3.2.5. Future risks

3.3. Economic analysis

3.3.1. Overview

3.3.2. Current strengths

3.3.3. Current challenges

3.3.4. Future prospects

3.3.5. Future risks

3.4. Social analysis

3.4.1. Overview

3.4.2. Current strengths

3.4.3. Current challenges

3.4.4. Future prospects

3.4.5. Future risks

3.5. Technology analysis

3.5.1. Overview

3.5.2. Current strengths

3.5.3. Current challenges

3.5.4. Future prospects

3.5.5. Future risks

3.6. Legal analysis

3.6.1. Overview

3.6.2. Current strengths

3.6.3. Current challenges

3.6.4. Future prospects

3.6.5. Future risks

3.7. Environmental analysis

3.7.1. Overview

3.7.2. Current strengths

3.7.3. Current challenges

3.7.4. Future prospects

3.7.5. Future risks

4. POLITICAL LANDSCAPE

4.1. Summary

4.2. Evolution

4.3. Structure and policies

4.3.1. Key political figures

4.3.2. Structure of government

4.3.3. Key policies

4.4. Performance

4.4.1. Governance indicators

4.5. Outlook

5. ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE

5.1. Summary

5.2. Evolution

5.3. Structure and policies

5.3.1. Financial authorities and regulators

5.4. Performance

5.4.1. GDP and growth rate

5.4.2. GDP composition by sector

5.4.3. Fiscal situation

5.4.4. General government gross debt

5.4.5. Exports and imports

5.4.6. Current account

5.4.7. International investment position

5.4.8. Credit rating

5.4.9. Monetary situation

5.4.10. Employment

5.5. Outlook

6. SOCIAL LANDSCAPE

6.1. Summary

6.2. Evolution

6.3. Structure and policies

6.3.1. Demographic composition

6.3.2. Education

6.3.3. Healthcare

6.3.4. Social welfare

6.4. Performance

6.4.1. Healthcare

6.4.2. Income distribution

6.4.3. Education

6.5. Outlook

7. TECHNOLOGICAL LANDSCAPE

7.1. Summary

7.2. Evolution

7.3. Structure and policies

7.3.1. Intellectual property

7.4. Performance

7.4.1. Telecommunications

7.5. Outlook

8. LEGAL LANDSCAPE

8.1. Summary

8.2. Evolution

8.3. Structure and policies

8.3.1. Judicial system

8.3.2. Legislation affecting business

8.3.3. Tax regulations

8.3.4. Trade regulations

8.3.5. Corporate governance

8.4. Performance

8.4.1. Effectiveness of the legal system

8.5. Outlook

9. ENVIRONMENTAL LANDSCAPE

9.1. Summary

9.2. Evolution

9.3. Structure and policies

9.3.1. Environmental regulations

9.3.2. Participation in global efforts, agreements, and pacts

9.4. Performance

9.4.1. Environmental impact

9.5. Outlook

10. APPENDIX

10.1. ISO codes of selected countries

10.2. Ask the analyst

10.3. Disclaimer

Table

List of Tables

Table 1: Saudi Arabia – Key fundamentals, 2019-26f

Table 2: Saudi Arabia – Key facts, 2022

Table 3: Analysis of Saudi Arabia's political landscape

Table 4: Analysis of Saudi Arabia's economic landscape

Table 5: Analysis of Saudi Arabia's social landscape

Table 6: Analysis of Saudi Arabia's technological landscape

Table 7: Analysis of Saudi Arabia's legal landscape

Table 8: Analysis of Saudi Arabia's environmental landscape

Table 9: Saudi Arabia – Mid-year population by age (% of the total population), 2021

Table 10: Patents granted by the USPTO, 2015-20

Figures

List of Figures

Figure 1: Map of Saudi Arabia, 2022

Figure 2: Saudi Arabia – Proven crude oil and natural gas reserves (billion barrels), 2010-20

Figure 3: Saudi Arabia – Unemployment rate of Saudi population and non-Saudi population (Q1 2020 – Q4 2021)

Figure 4: Saudi Arabia – Key macroeconomic trends

Figure 5: Saudi Arabia – Percentage of employees by education status and nationality, Q4 2021

Figure 6: Saudi Arabia – Market capitalization of listed domestic companies ($ billion/% of GDP), 2011-20

Figure 7: Saudi Arabia – Key political events

Figure 8: Saudi Arabia – Key political figures

Figure 9: Saudi Arabia – Historical GDP growth (%), 2012-21

Figure 10: Saudi Arabia – Tadawul all share index (SASEIDX index), (March 2021 – March 2022)

Figure 11: Saudi Arabia – GDP and GDP growth rate ($ billion/%), 2017-26f

Figure 12: Saudi Arabia – GDP Composition by sector, 2021

Figure 13: Saudi Arabia – Agricultural output (SAR billion/%), 2017-22f

Figure 14: Saudi Arabia – Industrial output (SAR trillion/%), 2017-22f

Figure 15: Saudi Arabia – Services output (SAR trillion/%), 2017-22f

Figure 16: Saudi Arabia – External trade ($ billion), 2017-26f

Figure 17: Saudi Arabia – Consumer price index and CPI-based inflation, 2017-26f

Figure 18: Saudi Arabia – Unemployment rate (thousands/%), 2017-26f

Figure 19: Saudi Arabia – Total expenditure on healthcare ($ billion/% of GDP), 2012-20

Figure 20: Saudi Arabia – Internet users (millions/%), 2017-21

Figure 21: Saudi Arabia – CO2 emissions (tonnes/%), 2011-20

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