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) | 2018 | $786,552 | 2018 | $786,552 | https://data.worldbank.org/country |
| Foreign Direct Investment | Host Country Statistical source* | USG or international statistical source | USG or international Source of data: BEA; IMF; Eurostat; UNCTAD, Other | ||
| U.S. FDI in partner country ($M USD, stock positions) | N/A | N/A | 2018 | $11,375 | BEA data available at https://www.bea.gov/international/ direct-investment-and-multinational- enterprises-comprehensive-data |
| Host country’s FDI in the United States ($M USD, stock positions) | N/A | N/A | 2018 | $946 | 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://unctad.org/en/Pages/DIAE/ World%20Investment%20Report/ Country-Fact-Sheets.aspx |
* Source for Host Country Data: Saudi General Authority for Statistics
According to the 2020 UNCTAD World Investment Report, Saudi Arabia’s total FDI inward stock was $236.1 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% | N/A | ||
| France | $15,918 | 9% | |||
| Japan | $13,160 | 8% | |||
| UAE | $12,601 | 7% | |||
| China | $9,035 | 5% | |||
| “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, US Dollars) | ||||||||
| Total | Equity Securities | Total Debt Securities | ||||||
| All Countries | $156,967 | 100% | All Countries | $95,897 | 100% | All Countries | $61,069 | 100% |
| United States | $55,449 | 35.3% | United States | $42,602 | 44.4% | United States | $12,847 | 21.0% |
| Japan | $15,730 | 10.0% | Japan | $11,406 | 11.9% | U.A.E. | $5,522 | 9.0% |
| U.K. | $9,934 | 6.3% | China P.R. | $6,980 | 7.3% | U.K. | $5,061 | 8.3% |
| China P.R. | $7,435 | 4.7% | U.K. | $4,874 | 5.1% | Japan | $4,324 | 7.1% |
| France | $6,119 | 3.9% | Korea DPR | $3,487 | 3.6% | Germany | $2,890 | 4.7% |
Source: IMF’s Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey (CPIS); data as of December 2017.