Survey Awareness

The Business Confidence Index is considered one of the most important leading and forward-looking economic indicators. It provides a set of benchmark indicators that reflect the level of optimism among business establishments in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia regarding their current conditions and future performance expectations. This is based on establishments’ assessments of inputs and outputs, employment, business development, and expansion.

Measuring the change in construction cost prices over two time periods for a basket of building materials and construction services

An economic indicator that reflects the relative changes in domestic product prices based on data from the producer price survey. which is carried out on a sample of industrial establishments that operate in the targeted industrial activities represented in the activity: Mining and quarrying - manufacturing - electricity and gas supply - water supply - sanitation activities - and waste management and treatment.

This survey measures the economic activities carried out by individuals on their own account, outside the formal framework of registered establishments, without a legal entity or fixed workplace. It aims to estimate the size of the informal economy and monitor the contribution of independent individuals to GDP.

An annual economic survey aimed at measuring the size and changes in fixed assets owned by business sector establishments over a specified period, in accordance with standard classifications of asset types. The survey provides detailed data on depreciation, disposals, and additions to fixed assets. It also contributes to estimating the volume of fixed capital assets used in the economy, measuring the structure of the business sector in terms of asset distribution and investment patterns, supporting the compilation of national accounts, and providing key indicators that help monitor capital investments and analyze their impact on economic development.

هو مسح شهري يُنفَّذ على عيّنة من المنشآت العاملة في عدد من الأنشطة الاقتصادية، تشمل: تجارة الجملة والتجزئة وإصلاح المركبات ذات المحركات والدراجات النارية، النقل والتخزين، أنشطة خدمات الإقامة والطعام، المعلومات والاتصالات، الأنشطة المالية وأنشطة التأمين، الأنشطة العقارية، الأنشطة المهنية والعلمية والتقنية، الخدمات الإدارية وخدمات الدعم، التعليم، أنشطة صحة الإنسان والعمل الاجتماعي، الفنون والترفيه والتسلية، إضافة إلى أنشطة الخدمات الأخرى.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is defined as a statistical measure of the price movements of a fixed basket of goods and services that represent consumption expenditure patterns during a specific period of time compared to the reference period.

An investment that reflects a long-term relationship and a permanent interest of economic entities that exist in economiesy other than the Saudi economy. This means that the foreign investor owns 10% or more of the shareholders' equity, which enables the foreign investor to exercise some kind of influence on the decision-making process in a way that serves its interests. Thus, this process is described as foreign direct investment.