{
  "schema_version": "0.1",
  "canonical": true,
  "register": "MENA Statistical Vintage Register",
  "protocol": "/STATISTICAL_VINTAGE_PROTOCOL.md",
  "last_updated": "2026-08-20",
  "records": [
    {
      "id": "MSVR-0001",
      "state": "LIVE",
      "jurisdiction": "Saudi Arabia",
      "statistical_authority": "General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT)",
      "indicator": "Real Gross Domestic Product",
      "reference_period": "2026-Q2",
      "release_stage": "flash estimate",
      "official_release_date": "2026-07-30",
      "lab_freeze_date": "2026-08-20",
      "unit": "percent year-on-year growth",
      "price_volume_basis": "chain-linked volume measure; 2023=100",
      "seasonal_adjustment": "headline record uses year-on-year growth; not seasonally adjusted",
      "headline_value": -4.8,
      "components": [
        {"series": "Oil activities", "value": -24.7, "unit": "percent year-on-year growth"},
        {"series": "Non-oil activities", "value": 0.6, "unit": "percent year-on-year growth"},
        {"series": "Government activities", "value": 0.9, "unit": "percent year-on-year growth"}
      ],
      "official_release_url": "https://stats.gov.sa/en/w/gdp-flash-estimate-q2/2026-1",
      "source_files": [
        "GDP Flash Q2.2026EN.pdf",
        "GDP Flash Estimates 2026Q2-EN (1).xlsx"
      ],
      "source_file_sha256": null,
      "source_hash_state": "not published: binary source bytes were not successfully retrieved by the Lab at freeze time",
      "predecessor_vintage_id": null,
      "successor_vintage_id": null,
      "revision_value": null,
      "revision_unit": "percentage points",
      "comparability_state": "pending later comparable vintage",
      "validation_state": ["OFFICIAL SOURCE", "REAL PUBLIC DATA", "FOUNDER PRODUCED", "PENDING INDEPENDENT REPRODUCTION"],
      "claim_boundary": "This record freezes the official flash estimate. It does not predict that a later estimate will differ.",
      "notes": "Later official values, if observed, will be appended as new vintage records. MSVR-0001 will not be overwritten to match them."
    }
  ]
}