G-Econ
Saudi Arabia - Description of Methodology
1. Political Boundaries:
Saudi Arabia lies at the crossroads of three continents namely Europe, Asia, and Africa
between latitude 25 north and longitude 45 east. It is bordered by Jordan and Iraq to the
north, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman to the east and by Yemen to
the south. Saudi Arabia is bordered by the Red Sea on its western side and by the Arabian
Gulf on its eastern side.
Saudi Arabia is divided into thirteen regions or emirates.
1. Data Sources:
Population:
Population and area data for the thirteen regions/emirates of Saudi Arabia for the
year 1990 were not available. 1992 data regarding total population, labor force
and employment for all the regions of Saudi Arabia were obtained through
personal correspondence with alnassar@cds.gov.sa. City population data for each
region/emirates were obtained from the web site of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
(KSA) http://www.planning.gov.sa/statistic/sindexe.htm and world gazetteer
http://www.world-gazetteer.com/fr/fr_sa.htm and a table was constructed showing
area, population of cities, other urban, urban and rural population and the 1992
population was rescaled to fit 1990 population.
RIG’s:
The file saudi_arabi_provinces containing information regarding longitude,
latitude, RIG’s, Grid Area, and ZPop was obtained from the g-econ server. This
file was prepared by Steven Citron-Pousty or Kyle Hood. Since this file was
incomplete and missing several parts of Saudi Arabia and grid cells, Arc View
program was used to calculate RIG’s. The RIG’s computed through Arc View
were complete and encompass entire Saudi Arabia. The same RIG’s were used for
further calculations.
GDP:
GDP data for all the sectors of the economy of Saudi Arabia for the year 1990
were collected from the publication “Statistical Summary 1410/1411 (1993),”
published by the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, Research And Statistics
Department, Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia. The same figures were used for the
calculations of per capita GDP for all the regions/emirates using the following
methodology.
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2. Methodology:
“Rural, Urban population and labor force” methodology:
The basic methodology is as follows:
We collected regional/emirates data on population, area, production of large
enterprises, and labor force for Saudi Arabia. We combine these with national
data on the distribution of total GDP between non-oil-agriculture and non-oil-nonagriculture and used following steps for further analysis.
I.
The country was divided into 13 regions/emirates during 1990. We
received 1992 data from Saudi Arabia regarding total population, labor
force and employment for each region/emirates through personal
correspondence. We collected city population data for each region from
the website of KSA. We calculated other urban population based on urban
population percentage and added the city population to get total urban
population. We subtracted urban population from the total population to
get the rural population. The population data was rescaled to fit 1990
population. A table containing Rural and urban population for each region
was constructed and included in the spreadsheet GDP_Calc for further
analysis. We also collected data on working population to calculate the
labor force participation rate.
II.
We then use the rural, urban participation rate to estimate the total rural
and urban employment for each regions/emirates.
III.
We obtain estimates of the fractions of the urban and rural labor force that
are in agriculture and non-agricultural employment.
IV.
From #II and #III, we obtain the total employment in agriculture and nonagriculture for each regions/emirates of Saudi Arabia.
V.
From the national accounts, we obtain total output originating in
agriculture and non-agriculture sectors. We excluded Oil GDP from the
total GDP and we had the non-oil-agricultural GDP and non-oil-nonagriculture GDP. Combining that with employment data, we estimate
output per worker in the non-oil-agricultural and non-oil-non-agricultural
sectors.
VI.
We calculate total output for each regions/emirates for non-oil-agriculture
and non-oil-non-agriculture by taking the national productivity figures for
each of those sectors and multiplying that figure by total employment by
region/emirates.
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VII.
To obtain total output, we add the total output for non-oil-agriculture and
non-oil-non-agriculture for each regions/emirates.
VIII.
We obtain total output (excluding oil) per person in each regions/emirates
by dividing the total output by the total population of each
regions/emirates. The per capita GDP/output for each region/emirates was
uploaded through lookup function in the Excel and used for the calculation
of Gross Cell Product.
IX.
We added a column in the spreadsheet for the Oil production data
described above. The oil production data was converted into local
currency and added in the spreadsheet cell by cell according to the
geographical location of oil wells on longitude and latitude basis.
X.
The oil data was rescaled to fit the National Oil GDP (local Currency).
XI.
Finally we added the Gross Cell Product (Non-Oil) and Gross Cell
Product (Oil) cell by cell to get Total Gross Cell Product and rescaled it
with the National GDP (Local Currency).
XII.
The Gross Cell Product (Oil), local currency, was converted into (1990,
US $ 1995) MER, cell by cell, by multiplying by the “GDP (Oil) MER
Exchange rate for 1990.” The GDP (Oil) MER exchange rate is defined as
the ratio of GDP (Oil) in US $ Market Exchange Rate (MER), divided by
the GDP (Oil) in Local Currency. Similarly, Gross Cell Product (Non-Oil)
was multiplied by the ratio of GDP (Non-Oil) US $ MER and GDP (NonOil) Local Currency.
XIII.
We added Gross Cell Product (Oil), (1990, US $ 1995) MER, and Gross
Cell Product (Non-Oil), (1990, US $ 1995) MER, to get “Total Gross Cell
Product, (1990, US $ 1995) MER.”
XIV. We subtracted Total Gross Cell Product (Oil), (1990, US $ 1995) MER,
from total the Total GDP (1990, 1995 US $) PPP (Purchasing Power
Parity), to get the Total GDP (Non-Oil) PPP. We multiplied the Gross Cell
Product (Non-Oil) Local Currency cell by cell by the “GDP (Non-Oil)
PPP Exchange rate.” The GDP (Non-Oil) PPP exchange rate is defined
as the ratio of GDP (Non-Oil) in US $ PPP divided by the GDP (Non-Oil)
in Local Currency.” The Total Gross Cell Product (Oil) and the Total
Gross Cell Product (Non-Oil) (1990, 1995 US $) PPP were added cell by
cell, to get the Total Gross Cell Product (1990, 1995 US $) PPP.
3. Summary:
Geographical units for downscaling economic data
Geographical units for economic data
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Geographical units for GPW population
Grid Cells
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Major Source for Economic Data:
1. Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia., Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, Research And
Statistics Department, “Statistical Summary 1410/1411 (1990)” pp 28, 91,
132.
2. Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia., Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, Research And
Statistics Department, “Statistical Summary 1413/1414 (1993)" pp 97, 100,
134.
3. Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia., Ministry of Finance and National Economy,
Central Department of Statistics, “Statistical Yearbook, Twenty-Eight Issue,
1412 A. H. - 1992 A. D.,” pp 266, 568, 569,
4. Website of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia www.planning.gov.sa/statistics.
5. The Economist Intelligence Unit., ", Country Report No. 1, 1992," pp 3
6. The Economist Intelligence Unit., " Country Profile 1992-93," pp 12
7. The Economist Intelligence Unit, "Country Profile, Saudi Arabia 1993/94,"
pp. 14, 22
8. The Economist Intelligence Unit., "Country Profile, Saudi Arabia. 1994-95,"
pp 116-17
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Qazi T. Azam
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