Saudi Arabia's producer prices were 5.1 percent higher in August 2026 than a year earlier, Saudi Gazette reported, citing figures from the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT).

Manufacturing was the main driver, with prices in the sector climbing 5.3 percent. Water supply, sewerage and waste management followed with a 4.2 percent gain, while electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply rose 2.2 percent.

Among individual products, refined petroleum prices went up 4.8 percent compared with August 2025.