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Secretary-General Jasem Albudaiwi cited data from the GCC Statistical Center at a ministerial preparatory committee meeting in Manama on October 11, saying the bloc ranked ninth globally by combined economic size.","The figures showed non-oil activities contributed about 79 percent of GDP, intra-GCC exports exceeded $177 billion and intra-GCC investment stock was above $171 billion. These are 2025 totals for the six-member bloc, not results for any one member state. Albudaiwi described completing the customs union and common market as part of the regional economic-integration agenda."],"sections":[]},"corrections":[],"country":null,"data":{"blocks":[{"description":{"ar":"إجماليات المجلس لعام 2025 كما نُقلت عن المركز الإحصائي.","de":"GCC-weite Gesamtwerte für 2025 nach Angaben des Statistikzentrums.","en":"GCC-wide totals for 2025 as cited from GCC-Stat.","es":"Totales del CCG para 2025 citados a partir del centro estadístico.","fr":"Totaux du CCG pour 2025 cités à partir du centre statistique.","pt":"Totais do CCG em 2025 citados a partir do centro estatístico.","tr":"GCC-Stat’ın 2025 yılı için aktarılan topluluk toplamları."},"id":"gcc-economic-indicators-2025","items":[{"basis":"observed","label":{"ar":"الناتج المحلي الإجمالي بالأسعار الجارية","de":"Bruttoinlandsprodukt zu laufenden Preisen","en":"Gross domestic product at current prices","es":"Producto interno bruto a precios corrientes","fr":"Produit intérieur brut aux prix courants","pt":"Produto interno bruto a preços correntes","tr":"Cari fiyatlarla gayrisafi yurt içi hasıla"},"measure":{"aggregation":"unspecified","frequency":"annual","geography":"gcc","id":"gcc-gdp-current-prices","periodRole":"reference-period","unitCode":"trillion-usd"},"period":"2025","unit":"trillion USD","value":2.4,"valueQualifier":"approximate"},{"basis":"observed","label":{"ar":"الصادرات البينية بين دول المجلس","de":"Exporte zwischen GCC-Mitgliedern","en":"Intra-GCC exports","es":"Exportaciones entre miembros del CCG","fr":"Exportations entre membres du CCG","pt":"Exportações entre membros do CCG","tr":"Üye ülkeler arası ihracat"},"measure":{"aggregation":"unspecified","frequency":"annual","geography":"gcc","id":"gcc-intra-exports","periodRole":"reference-period","unitCode":"billion-usd"},"period":"2025","unit":"billion USD","value":177,"valueQualifier":"lower-bound"},{"basis":"observed","label":{"ar":"رصيد الاستثمار البيني","de":"Intraregionaler Investitionsbestand","en":"Intra-GCC investment stock","es":"Stock de inversión intrarregional","fr":"Stock d’investissements intrarégionaux","pt":"Estoque de investimentos intrarregionais","tr":"Bölge içi yatırım stoku"},"measure":{"aggregation":"unspecified","frequency":"annual","geography":"gcc","id":"gcc-intra-investment-stock","periodRole":"reference-period","unitCode":"billion-usd"},"period":"2025","unit":"billion USD","value":171,"valueQualifier":"lower-bound"}],"methodology":{"ar":"تُستخدم الأرقام التي نسبتها الوكالة إلى إحصاءات المركز لعام 2025؛ وهي إجماليات المجلس بالأسعار الجارية مع الحفاظ على صفتي التقريب والحد الأدنى.","de":"Verwendet werden von SPA GCC-Stat zugeschriebene Werte für 2025 als Gesamtwerte des Staatenbundes zu laufenden Preisen; Näherungs- und Mindestangaben bleiben erhalten.","en":"Uses figures SPA attributes to GCC-Stat’s 2025 statistics; these are bloc totals at current prices. Approximate and lower-bound qualifiers are retained.","es":"Se reproducen las cifras que SPA atribuye a las estadísticas de GCC-Stat de 2025 como totales del bloque a precios corrientes, conservando los calificativos de aproximación y mínimo.","fr":"Les chiffres que SPA attribue aux statistiques 2025 du centre sont repris comme totaux du bloc aux prix courants, avec leurs qualificatifs d’approximation et de seuil minimal.","pt":"Usa números atribuídos pela SPA às estatísticas de 2025 do GCC-Stat como totais do bloco a preços correntes, preservando as qualificações de aproximação e limite mínimo.","tr":"SPA’nın aktardığı ve 2025 istatistikleri olarak GCC-Stat’a atfettiği rakamlar kullanıldı; cari fiyatlarla topluluk toplamlarıdır. 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