The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz Al-Assaf said that Saudi Arabia's industrial sector has grown by 15 percent and that this percentage is considered high in the Kingdom or other countries, noting that the Saudi economy has not achieved such a growth in this sector with this percentage for more than 20 years. In a statement telecast by 'Al-Ekhbariyah' Channel yesterday, Dr.Al-Assaf said, "The private sector constitutes now in real terms more than 49% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)", describing it as a large volume of an asset.