Saudi Arabia (2025)
2.6
% of GDP
+0.9pp YoY
YoY Change
+0.9pp
percentage points
Trend
up
Series length
50
years of data

Data

Saudi Arabia FDI Net Inflows (% of GDP) (2025) — source data. World Bank.
Year % of GDP YoY Change
2025 2.6 +0.9pp
2024 1.7 -0.2pp
2023 1.9 -0.3pp
2022 2.2 -0.7pp
2021 2.9 +2.7pp
2020 0.2 -0.1pp
2019 0.3 -1.1pp
2018 1.4 +1.3pp
2017 0.1 -3.1pp
2016 3.2 +2.6pp
2015 0.6 +0.4pp
2014 0.2 -0.2pp
2013 0.4 -0.3pp
2012 0.7 unchanged
2011 0.7 -0.2pp
2010 0.9 +0.8pp
2009 0.1 -1pp
2008 1.1 -0.4pp
2007 1.5 -0.1pp
2006 1.6 +0.3pp

About this Dataset

Saudi Arabia recorded 2.6 % of GDP in 2025. The latest change was +0.9pp. Across 1976–2025 the series ranges from -1.9 in 1980 to 7.3 in 1982.

This page tracks foreign direct investment net inflows as a share of GDP in Saudi Arabia from 1990 to present. FDI is the primary channel of long-term cross-border capital allocation.

Data sourced from World Bank via Open Data API. Values use World Bank standardised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks foreign direct investment net inflows as a share of GDP in Saudi Arabia from 1990 to present. FDI is the primary channel of long-term cross-border capital allocation. It is published by World Bank and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2025. World Bank typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 1976–2025 (50 observations).

The series peaked at 7.3 % of GDP in 1982 and reached its lowest recorded value of -1.9 in 1980. The latest reading of 2.6 in 2025 represents a change of +0.9pp.