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Thursday, 26 December 2013

Saudi unveils record $228bn budget for 2014

Saudi Arabia announced on Monday a record budget of $228bn for 2014, slightly up from $218.7bn set aside for this yea, Agence France Presse reported.
The world’s largest oil exporter said it also expected to conclude this year with a budget surplus of 206 billion riyals ($54.9bn), after budgeting for a surplus of around $613m.
Revenues in 2013 were expected to reach 1.131 trillion riyals compared with expenditure of 925 billion riyals, according to a government statement.
The kingdom had budgeted for revenues of $221bn in 2013, and an expenditure of $218.7bn.
For 2014, Saudi Arabia is expecting a balanced budget of 855 billion riyals ($228bn), said the statement carried by SPA state news agency.

A quarter of the budget is earmarked for education and training, including building 465 schools and revamping 1,500 others.
The government will also spend 22 billion riyals in 2014 on 185,000 Saudis already on scholarships to study abroad.
The health sector will get 108 billion riyals.
Oil continues to contribute the bulk of revenues for Saudi Arabia, which pumps 9.7 million barrels per day of oil, and has a capacity to produce more than 12 million bpd.
The OPEC kingpin’s economy is expected to grow 3.8 per cent this year, according to the statement.
The International Monetary Fund is expecting the Arab world’s largest economy to grow by 3.6 per cent and 4.4 per cent in 2013 and 2014 respectively, after expanding by 5.1 per cent last year.
Saudi Arabia has been using part of its large windfalls of oil revenues to repay its public debt, which has dropped to 75.1bn riyals ($20bn), or 2.7 per cent of its gross domestic product, according to the statement.
Public debt stood at 98.8bn riyals ($26.3bn) at the end of last year.
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