Foreign Direct Investment in Saudi Arabia increased by 5932.80 USD Million in the first quarter of 2025. This dataset provides - Saudi Arabia Foreign Direct Investment, Net Inflows - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

In 2023, foreign direct investment stocks issued in Saudi Arabia were valued at *** billion Saudi riyals. This was ** billion SAR more than the previous year. FDI investment stock in the country has consistently increased each year since 2015. FDI inflows in 2023 were valued at ** billion SAR, which was less than half of the value issued in the previous year. Since 2015, FDI inflows have fluctuated, dropping to a low of ** billion SAR in 2017, and a high of *** billion SAR in 2022.

Historical chart and dataset showing Saudi Arabia foreign direct investment by year from 1970 to 2023.

Saudi Arabia Foreign Direct Investment (FDI): Outflow data was reported at 11,185.573 SAR mn in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 10,470.201 SAR mn for 2023. Saudi Arabia Foreign Direct Investment (FDI): Outflow data is updated yearly, averaging 27,747.723 SAR mn from Dec 2004 (Median) to 2024, with 21 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 67,173.809 SAR mn in 2007 and a record low of 4,698.783 SAR mn in 2009. Saudi Arabia Foreign Direct Investment (FDI): Outflow data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Investment. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Saudi Arabia – Table SA.O012: Foreign Direct Investment: ISIC4: by Sector (Annual).

Key information about Saudi Arabia Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP

• Saudi Arabia Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) registered a growth equal to 1.6 % of the country's Nominal GDP in Sep 2024, compared with a growth equal to 1.1 % in the previous quarter.
• Saudi Arabia Foreign Direct Investment: % of Nominal GDP data is updated quarterly, available from Mar 2006 to Sep 2024.
• The data reached an all-time high of 9.3 % in Jun 2021 and a record low 0.1 % in Dec 2009.

CEIC calculates Foreign Direct Investment as % of Nominal GDP from quarterly Foreign Direct Investment and quarterly Nominal GDP. Saudi Central Bank provides Foreign Direct Investment in local currency. General Authority for Statistics provides Nominal GDP in local currency.


Related information about Saudi Arabia Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP

• In the latest reports of Saudi Arabia, Current Account recorded a deficit of 8.8 USD bn in Sep 2024.
• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) increased by 4.3 USD bn in Sep 2024.
• Saudi Arabia Direct Investment Abroad expanded by 4.7 USD bn in Sep 2024.
• Its Foreign Portfolio Investment increased by 6.0 USD bn in Sep 2024.
• The country's Nominal GDP was reported at 267.9 USD bn in Mar 2023.

As of 2022, foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows contribution to the total GDP in Saudi Arabia stood at *** percent. This was a *** percent drop from its original base of *** percent. As part of its Vision 2030 goal, the country aims to increase FDI inflows contribution to *** percent of the total GDP by the end of the decade.

Post the COVID-19 pandemic, the foreign direct investment (FDI) growth amounted to ** percent in Saudi Arabia in 2020. The aviation industry in Saudi Arabia were adjusting their processes to make it fully contactless through tech solutions.

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) in Saudi Arabia was reported at 1.2717 % in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Saudi Arabia - Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Saudi Arabia (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Inflow: Manufacturing data was reported at 34,439.778 SAR mn in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 21,407.846 SAR mn for 2022. Saudi Arabia (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Inflow: Manufacturing data is updated yearly, averaging 19,518.335 SAR mn from Dec 2016 (Median) to 2023, with 8 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 54,310.291 SAR mn in 2016 and a record low of -9,211.707 SAR mn in 2019. Saudi Arabia (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Inflow: Manufacturing data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Investment. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Saudi Arabia – Table SA.O012: Foreign Direct Investment: ISIC4: by Sector (Annual).

In 2023, Saudi Arabia contributed ** million U.S. dollars in FDI to India. Between 2018 and 2022, GCC countries had an FDI inflow of over **** billion U.S. dollars into India, with UAE as the major source among all GCC countries.

In 2023, the total stock of FDI from China in Saudi Arabia amounted to approximately *** billion U.S. dollars. This was an increase from around three billion U.S. dollars from the previous year.

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) in Saudi Arabia was reported at 15737488788 USD in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Saudi Arabia - Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

The value of foreign direct investments from India into Saudi Arabia in 2023 was **** million U.S. dollars. During the period of 2018 to 2022, cumulative FDI from India to GCC reached almost *** billion U.S. dollars.

In 2023, China pulled approximately ****** million U.S. dollars of direct investments out of Saudi Arabia. This was an increase from ****** million U.S. dollars in the previous year.

In 2019, the share of inward foreign direct investment flows to Saudi Arabia was estimated at approximately *** percent while the share of outward foreign direct investment from Saudi Arabia was estimated at around *** percent. The share of outward foreign direct investment decreased compared to the previous year.

Saudi Arabia (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Net: Real Estate Activities data was reported at 2,509.512 SAR mn in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 422.697 SAR mn for 2022. Saudi Arabia (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Net: Real Estate Activities data is updated yearly, averaging 1,466.104 SAR mn from Dec 2016 (Median) to 2023, with 8 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 7,759.333 SAR mn in 2018 and a record low of -306.696 SAR mn in 2019. Saudi Arabia (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Net: Real Estate Activities data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Investment. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Saudi Arabia – Table SA.O012: Foreign Direct Investment: ISIC4: by Sector (Annual).

This statistic describes the value of foreign direct investments from Saudi Arabia into Turkey from 2004 to 2016. In 2016, the provisional value of FDI from Saudi Arabia into Turkey was ** million U.S. dollars.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) flows from Japan to Saudi Arabia were negative, at around **** million U.S. dollars in 2023. The highest amount of Japanese outward FDI to Saudi Arabia in the past decade was recorded in 2014.

In 2023, a surplus of approximately *** million Malaysian ringgit in net inflows of foreign direct investment from Saudi Arabia to Malaysia was recorded. The foreign direct investment is a type of investment in the form of controlling ownership made by an individual or a corporation in one country into a business located in another country.

Saudi Arabia (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Inflow: Education data was reported at 173.342 SAR mn in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 63.011 SAR mn for 2022. Saudi Arabia (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Inflow: Education data is updated yearly, averaging 173.626 SAR mn from Dec 2016 (Median) to 2023, with 8 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 433.629 SAR mn in 2019 and a record low of 63.011 SAR mn in 2022. Saudi Arabia (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Inflow: Education data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Investment. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Saudi Arabia – Table SA.O012: Foreign Direct Investment: ISIC4: by Sector (Annual).