2026.01.1506:45:54UTC+00Saudi Arabia Wholesale Inflation Hits 15-Month High

In December 2025, Saudi Arabia experienced an increase in annual wholesale price inflation, which rose to 3.1% from 2.3% the previous month. This represents the highest rate recorded since September 2024. Contributing factors to this rise included increased costs in the agriculture and fishery sectors at 3.6%, up from 2.3% in November; other transportable goods, excluding metal products, machinery, and equipment, which saw a rise to 5.7% from 4.3%; and also, in metal products, machinery, and equipment, which experienced an increase to 1.1% from 0.8%. Conversely, there was a slight decrease in prices for food products, beverages, tobacco, and textiles, which eased to 0.2% from 0.5%. Prices for ores and minerals continued their downward trend, declining by 1%, further than the previous month's decrease of 0.8%. On a month-to-month basis, wholesale prices fell by 1% in December, following a 0.3% decline in the prior month.