Dhaman released its quarterly economic performance bulletin for 2025

The Arab Investment & Export Credit Guarantee Corporation (Dhaman) revealed in its fourth quarterly bulletin that the value of Arab gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 1.7% to hit roughly $3.8 trillion in 2025 despite regional geopolitical challenges, with its geographical concentration continuing in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Algeria and Iraq with a share of nearly 73% of the region’s total. Dhaman explained that Arab economic performance forecasts were generally positive for 2026, with an expected rise of 5.6% the value of Arab GDP to around $4 trillion, driven by a potential growth of the GDP in 19 Arab countries, including eight oil economies that contribute over 70% of the Arab GDP. This comes amidst guarded optimism that the region’s unrest and conflicts are set to ease, the economic situation to improve, and benefits of structural reforms and merchandise and service exports to rise.