• Projected revenue: SR280 billion
• Projected expenditure: SR280 billion
• Increase in expenditure (compared to 2004 fiscal): SR50 billion
• Public debts to be reduced to SR614 billion
• Education gets 25 percent of budget allocations
• Oil revenues in 2004 soar to SR393 billion
• Allocations made for 1,420 schools, 22 colleges, four university hospitals and 61 training colleges and centers
• Kingdom’s GDP grows by 16.9 percent at current prices and 5.3 percent at fixed prices.
• Expenditures in 2004 fiscal exceed by SR65 billion
• SR41 billion from 2004 surplus allocated for welfare projects
• Balance of payments expected to reach SR193.2 billion in 2004, up from SR105.2 billion in 2003
• Non-oil exports to grow by 24 percent in 2004 to SR51 billion
• Telecom and transport sectors grow by 7.8 percent in 2004
• Allocations made for 420 primary health care centers and 23 hospitals
• SR75.5 billion earmarked for new projects
• SR70.1 billion allocated for education and manpower training
• Municipal services to get SR10.65 billion
• SR8.85 billion allocated for new projects in transport and telecom sectors
• Water, sewage and desalination sectors to get SR46.2 billion
• State-owned lending organizations to give loans worth SR10 billion
