据能源世界网12月17日迪拜报道，根据沙特周四公布的官方数据显示，沙特经济第三季缩减放缓，因政府放宽了对冠状病毒的部分限制，但受疫情影响的石油行业继续对更广泛的经济造成压力。
根据数据显示，沙特经济第三季度缩减4.6%，较上一季度7%的缩减略有反弹，但石油和非石油行业都出现了下滑。
在新冠疫情抑制了全球原油需求后，沙特阿拉伯正面临数十年来最严重的经济衰退，遏制疫情的措施也损害了其他行业。
这个全球最大的石油出口国周二表示，预计该国经济今年将缩减3.7%，但明年将回升至3.2%的增长。
沙特国家统计局(General Authority for Statistics)周四在谈到第三季度数据时表示，出现负增长主要是因为石油业缩减8.2%，非石油行业负增长2.1%。
私营业是穆罕默德·本·萨勒曼王储（Mohammed bin Salman）计划使经济从石油转向多样化的计划的主要重点，缩减了3.1％，而政府部门增长了0.5％。
郝芬 译自 能源世界
原文如下：
Saudi economy shrinks 4.6 per cent in Q3 as oil sector takes a hit
Saudi Arabia's economy shrank more slowly in the third quarter as the government eased some coronavirus restrictions but the pandemic-hit oil sector continued to weigh The economy shrank 4.6 per cent in the third quarter, rebounding slightly from the 7 per cent slump in the previous quarter but marked by declines in both the oil and non-oil sectors, the data showed.
Saudi Arabia is facing its worst economic decline in decades after the COVID-19 pandemic curbed global crude demand and measures to contain it also hurt other sectors.
The world's largest oil exporter said "This negative growth originated mainly from the contraction in the oil sector by 8.2 per cent and a negative growth rate of 2.1 per cent recorded in the non-oil sector," the General Authority for Statistics said The private sector, the main focus in Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's plans to diversify the economy away from oil, shrank by 3.1 per cent, while the government sector grew by 0.5 per cent.