The International Monetary Fund (IMF) affirmed that the Saudi economy has demonstrated high resilience in the face of regional geopolitical tensions that have obstructed navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. The Fund praised the Kingdom's ability to contain the fallout from the navigation disruption through a swift logistical response, which involved redirecting oil shipments towards the East-West pipeline and Red Sea ports, leveraging the legacy of its Vision 2030 structural reforms. In its April 2026 World Economic Outlook, the IMF projected Saudi Arabia’s real GDP growth at 3.1% for 2026, 1.4 percentage points lower than a January estimate. It had said that the Kingdom was expected to be less severely affected by the war. In the Outlook, the IMF also upgraded Saudi Arabia's 2027 GDP growth forecast to 4.5%, a 0.9% increase from previous projections.  [...]