Saudi Arabia’s budget deficit will narrow over the coming years as oil prices recover and the government ploughs ahead with austerity. But debt will rise further, reaching close to 40% of GDP by end-2022, having been less than 2% of GDP in 2014. And austerity will hold back the economic recovery.
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