GASTAT: Industrial Production Index Up 2.0% in March 2025

The General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) released today its Industrial Production Index (IPI) for March 2025, revealing a 2.0% increase in the overall index compared to March 2024.
 According to the data, manufacturing activities recorded a significant growth of 5.1% on an annual basis, and the index of water supply, sewerage, waste management, and remediation activities also increased by 15.0%.
 The mining and quarrying activity saw a slight decrease of 0.2%, and the electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning supply index also declined by 0.9%.
 The IPI for main economic activities showed a modest 0.5% rise in the oil activities index, while non-oil activities recorded a substantial increase of 5.6% compared to March 2024.
 GASTAT issues the IPI monthly to measure relative changes in the volume of industrial output. The index is calculated based on the industrial production survey, which samples establishments in key industrial sectors including mining and quarrying, manufacturing, electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, water supply, sewerage, waste management, and remediation.