UAE · Gulf logistics
Which Saudi transport activities earned and spent the most in 2024?
Saudi transport and storage activities reported SAR 178 billion in operating revenue in 2024. Land and pipeline transport generated the largest revenue, while warehousing and support activities recorded the largest reported operating expenditure.
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Operating revenue
Shared scale · 0 SAR billion to 64.1 SAR billion
Operating expenditure
Shared scale · 0 SAR billion to 64.1 SAR billion
Both views share one scale, based on GASTAT’s reported 2024 estimates.
Revenue was concentrated in two broad activities
Land and pipeline transport recorded about SAR 64.1 billion in operating revenue, and warehousing and transport support about SAR 52.1 billion. Together they generated 65.3% of the published total. Land transport here includes the statistical category for pipelines. Source 1
The expenditure ranking differed
Warehousing and transport support reported about SAR 21.4 billion of operating expenditure and air transport about SAR 20 billion. Land transport and pipelines were third at about SAR 19.7 billion despite leading on revenue. The same currency scale shows both rankings. Source 1
GASTAT reports employee compensation separately
The release shows about SAR 32.3 billion in employee compensation, up 7.2% from 2023. Land transport and pipelines together with warehousing and support account for about SAR 23.1 billion of that compensation. The chart keeps compensation separate from the two selected measures. Source 1
Growth in revenue and spending had different rates
GASTAT reported overall operating revenue up 4.8% and operating expenditure up 5.4%. The data describe businesses in each activity category. They cannot be read as margins for individual firms, nor do they show how much traffic used an individual railway, airport or port. Source 1