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Saudi non-oil growth accelerates to 1.9% in Q3: GASTAT

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s non-oil activities grew 1.9 percent year on year in the third quarter of 2026, accelerating from 0.8 percent in the previous three months, according to official flash estimates. The expansion helped cushion the wider economy’s decline. Real gross domestic product fell 3.8 percent from the same period last year, after a 4.7 percent contraction in the second quarter, the General Authority for Statistics reported. The latest figures highlight the contrasting pressures on t