Name: Abdullah Ghurm Alshehri
Student Number: 437350333
Course: Portfolio Management
Saudi Arabia remains the largest economy in the MENA region and a hub that connects the three
contents “Asia, Africa and Europe”. Such competitive features encourage KSANCC’s to improve
investment environment, attract investment in different sectors of economy, serve investors and
entrepreneurs and enable them to grow and expand regionally and internationally to transform Saudi
Arabia into a pioneering investment destination in the world.
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The Industrial Sector:
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Great opportunities to realize the Saudi Vision 2030 by growing and diversifying the
Saudi resources and economy.
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Providing an attractive environment that is based on advanced industrial cities,
completed infrastructure, high-quality services and
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wide logistic network.
Chemical Industry Sector:
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The largest chemicals market in the MENA region.
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The largest integrated chemical industrial complex worldwide.
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Raising the industry’s value through the “Transformative Industries” program that
promote industrial growth in different fields which makes it the main driver for
development of chemicals industry sector.
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Metals and Mining Sector:
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A great growth and fast expansion in line with the Saudi Vision 2030.
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The abundance of raw material in the Saudi soil.
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The strategic and vital location of Saudi Arabia that gives local manufacturers a great
privilege for export.
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Communication and Information Technology Sector:
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The vital centre in the world of Advanced Industries.
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The largest information technology market in the Middle East.
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Large technology projects such as Neom, the Promise of the North, Red Sea Project
and Qiddiya.
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Energy and Water Sector:
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One of the most important strategic sectors in Saudi Arabia.
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An important opportunity to enable investors to activate their role and form the current
transformation of the sector.
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Classifying Saudi Arabia as a leading and most progressed country in the energy and
water sector worldwide.
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HealthCare Sector:
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Contentious and increased demand to grow.
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Variety of challenges in a number of health aspects and fields.
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The availability of great investment opportunities to accelerate the economic growth,
enable innovations and activate advanced technologies.
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Transport and Logistic Services Sector:
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The strategic location of Saudi Arabia is a crossroad of important international trade
between the three continents: “Asia, Africa and Europe”.
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The diversity of transport and logistic services infrastructure, including seaports,
railways, roads and airports.
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Promising opportunities in the new Saudi transportation model.
The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Saudi Arabia was worth 700.12 billion US
dollars in 2020, according to official data from the World Bank. The GDP value of
Saudi Arabia represents 0.62 percent of the world
Since the launch of the Vision, Saudi Arabia has succeeded in implementing many
initiatives and structural reforms to enable economic transformation. This
transformation included several major efforts centered around enhancing local
content, national industry, launching and developing promising economic sectors,
and an enabling dimension aimed at maximizing the role of the private sector and
SMEs, and enhancing the sustainability of public finances. These structural shifts
have contributed to strengthening the Kingdom's economy and its ability to combat
the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. It is expected that the pace of this structural
transformation will continue in the coming years, in light of a number of investment
initiatives under the Public Investment Fund and leading companies. It is also
expected that the localization of knowledge and innovative technologies will
accelerate.
Value of market capitalization in Saudi Arabia from
2010 to 2020
(in billion U.S. dollars)