Saudi Arabia FDI Over Time (1970–2024)

Global Statistics and Country Indicators

FDI Inflows (USD)

Global rank: 21 / 195

Data table

1970	7.36M	1981	6.5B	1992	-78.93M	2003	-586.5M	2014	1.51B
1971	-111.4M	1982	11.13B	1993	1.37B	2004	-334.3M	2015	3.97B
1972	33.78M	1983	4.94B	1994	349.3M	2005	4.39B	2016	21.95B
1973	-625.9M	1984	4.85B	1995	-1.87B	2006	5.98B	2017	1.01B
1974	-3.73B	1985	491.4M	1996	-1.13B	2007	6.18B	2018	12.14B
1975	1.86B	1986	965.9M	1997	3.04B	2008	5.51B	2019	3.08B
1976	-396.6M	1987	-1.17B	1998	4.28B	2009	436.4M	2020	1.62B
1977	783M	1988	-328M	1999	-778.9M	2010	4.88B	2021	28.35B
1978	556M	1989	-653.3M	2000	-1.88B	2011	4.68B	2022	26.71B
1979	-1.27B	1990	1.86B	2001	19.64M	2012	5.04B	2023	22.8B
1980	-3.19B	1991	160M	2002	-614.1M	2013	3.37B	2024	21.34B

FDI Inflows (% of GDP)

Global rank: 120 / 192

Data table

1970	0.1%	1981	3.5%	1992	-0.1%	2003	-0.3%	2014	0.2%
1971	-1.6%	1982	7.3%	1993	1%	2004	-0.1%	2015	0.6%
1972	0.3%	1983	3.8%	1994	0.3%	2005	1.3%	2016	3.2%
1973	-4.2%	1984	4.1%	1995	-1.3%	2006	1.6%	2017	0.1%
1974	-8.2%	1985	0.5%	1996	-0.7%	2007	1.5%	2018	1.4%
1975	4%	1986	1.1%	1997	1.8%	2008	1.1%	2019	0.3%
1976	-0.6%	1987	-1.4%	1998	2.9%	2009	0.1%	2020	0.2%
1977	1.1%	1988	-0.4%	1999	-0.5%	2010	0.9%	2021	2.9%
1978	0.7%	1989	-0.7%	2000	-1%	2011	0.7%	2022	2.2%
1979	-1.1%	1990	1.6%	2001	0%	2012	0.7%	2023	1.9%
1980	-1.9%	1991	0.1%	2002	-0.3%	2013	0.4%	2024	1.7%

FDI Outflows (USD)

Global rank: 19 / 171

Data table

1971	0	1982	265.3M	1993	44.89M	2004	78.74M	2015	5.39B
1972	0	1983	-34.27M	1994	286.6M	2005	-349.9M	2016	9.26B
1973	0	1984	78.38M	1995	119.6M	2006	-38.56M	2017	8.17B
1974	0	1985	43.86M	1996	323.4M	2007	-134.8M	2018	19.25B
1975	0	1986	96.95M	1997	326M	2008	3.5B	2019	14.55B
1976	0	1987	11.97M	1998	127.9M	2009	2.18B	2020	5.41B
1977	0	1988	1.57B	1999	110.7M	2010	3.91B	2021	24.67B
1978	0	1989	704.3M	2000	1.55B	2011	3.43B	2022	26.53B
1979	0	1990	-638.3M	2001	45.63M	2012	4.4B	2023	17.35B
1980	211.5M	1991	-127.9M	2002	2.02B	2013	4.94B	2024	27.61B
1981	22.32M	1992	195.3M	2003	473M	2014	5.4B

FDI Outflows (% of GDP)

Global rank: 23 / 170

Data table

1971	0%	1982	0.2%	1993	0%	2004	0%	2015	0.8%
1972	0%	1983	0%	1994	0.2%	2005	-0.1%	2016	1.3%
1973	0%	1984	0.1%	1995	0.1%	2006	0%	2017	1.1%
1974	0%	1985	0%	1996	0.2%	2007	0%	2018	2.2%
1975	0%	1986	0.1%	1997	0.2%	2008	0.7%	2019	1.6%
1976	0%	1987	0%	1998	0.1%	2009	0.5%	2020	0.7%
1977	0%	1988	1.8%	1999	0.1%	2010	0.7%	2021	2.5%
1978	0%	1989	0.7%	2000	0.8%	2011	0.5%	2022	2.1%
1979	0%	1990	-0.5%	2001	0%	2012	0.6%	2023	1.4%
1980	0.1%	1991	-0.1%	2002	1.1%	2013	0.6%	2024	2.2%
1981	0%	1992	0.1%	2003	0.2%	2014	0.7%