Saudi Arabia
13. Foreign Direct Investment and Foreign Portfolio Investment Statistics
| Host Country Statistical source* | USG or international statistical source | USG or International Source of Data: BEA; IMF; Eurostat; UNCTAD, Other | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economic Data | Year | Amount | Year | Amount | |
| Host Country Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ($M USD) | 2020 | $700,118 | 2019 | $792,967 | www.worldbank.org/en/country |
| Foreign Direct Investment | Host Country Statistical source* | USG or international statistical source | USG or international Source of data: BEA; IMF; Eurostat; UNCTAD, Other | ||
| U.S. FDI in partner country ($M USD, stock positions) | N/A | N/A | 2019 | $10,826 | BEA data available at https://apps.bea.gov/ international/factsheet/ |
| Host country’s FDI in the United States ($M USD, stock positions) | N/A | N/A | 2019 | $6,220 | BEA data available at https://www.bea.gov/international/ direct-investment-and-multinational- enterprises-comprehensive-data |
| Total inbound stock of FDI as % host GDP | N/A | N/A | 2019 | 29.8% | UNCTAD data available at https://stats.unctad.org/ handbook/EconomicTrends/Fdi.html |
* Source for Host Country Data: Saudi General Authority for Statistics
Table 3: Sources and Destination of FDI
According to the 2020 UNCTAD World Investment Report, Saudi Arabia’s total FDI inward stock was $236.2 billion and total FDI outward stock was $123.1 billion (in both cases, as of 2019).
Detailed data for inward direct investment (below) is as of 2010, which is the latest available breakdown of inward FDI by country.
| Direct Investment from/in Counterpart Economy Data | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From Top Five Sources/To Top Five Destinations (US Dollars, Millions) | |||||
| Inward Direct Investment | Outward Direct Investment | ||||
| Total Inward | $169,206 | 100% | Total Outward | N/A | N/A |
| Kuwait | $16,761 | 10% | Country #1 | N/A | N/A |
| France | $15,918 | 9% | Country #2 | N/A | N/A |
| Japan | $13,160 | 8% | Country #3 | N/A | N/A |
| United Arab Emirates | $12,601 | 7% | Country #4 | N/A | N/A |
| China, P.R. | $9,035 | 5% | Country #5 | N/A | N/A |
| “0” reflects amounts rounded to +/- USD 500,000. | |||||
*Source: IMF Coordinated Direct Investment Survey (2010 – latest available complete data)
| Portfolio Investment Assets | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top Five Partners (Millions, current US Dollars) | ||||||||
| Total | Equity Securities | Total Debt Securities | ||||||
| All Countries | $308,806 | 100% | All Countries | $231,500 | 100% | All Countries | $77,306 | 100% |
| United States | $108,474 | 35% | United States | $94,132 | 41% | United States | $14,342 | 19% |
| Cayman Islands | $37,101 | 12% | Cayman Islands | $33,281 | 14% | U.A.E | $10,550 | 14% |
| Japan | $20,827 | 7% | China P.R | $16,091 | 7% | Turkey | $7,284 | 9% |
| China P.R. | $16,501 | 5% | Japan | $13,813 | 6% | Japan | $7,014 | 9% |
| U.A.E | $15,464 | 5% | Switzerland | $8,964 | 4% | Egypt | $5,543 | 7% |
Source: IMF’s Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey (CPIS); data as of June 2020.