Net foreign direct investment
How much foreign money came into Saudi Arabia in a year..
SAR 80.0 billion of net inflows during the year.
How often the data is publishedThis is the most recent official reading the issuing body has disclosed to date. We publish confirmed official data and make no estimates of our own..
Definition
Capital flowing in over the year through foreign companies and investors to start or expand activities and projects inside the Kingdom..
Business brokerage
It shows how far international capital is expanding into the Saudi market, which carries knowledge across, builds infrastructure and creates skilled jobs..
Reading the path
Shown: the whole series as the agency published it — 9 readings since 2016.
Down by 5.5 billion riyals against in 2023, and holding above its annual average of 57.9 billion riyals, and falling for 4 consecutive years now.
The last 12 periodic readings
| Period | Value (billion riyals) | Periodic change |
|---|---|---|
| in 2024 | 80.0 | ▼ 5.5 |
| in 2023 | 85.5 | ▼ 14.7 |
| in 2022 | 100.2 | ▼ 6.1 |
| in 2021 | 106.3 | ▲ 100.2 |
| in 2020 | 6.1 | ▼ 5.4 |
| in 2019 | 11.5 | ▼ 34.0 |
| in 2018 | 45.5 | ▲ 41.7 |
| in 2017 | 3.8 | ▼ 78.5 |
| in 2016 | 82.3 | — |
Source record
Official data retrieved automatically from GASTAT, and archived daily in the historical record so a reading is kept with its date even if the source revises it later. Figures are never entered by hand, and never changed after publication.