Current account balance in Saudi Arabia
The current account balance of Saudi Arabia was -2.6% of GDP in 2025.
Saudi Arabia, 2025
-2.6%
Change from 2024
−1.3percentage points
Median of G20 countries, 2025
-0.5%
Current account balance in Saudi Arabia over time
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Saudi Arabia
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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -2.6% |
| 2024 | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 2.1% |
| 2022 | 11.7% |
| 2021 | 4.6% |
| 2020 | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 3.6% |
| 2018 | 7.9% |
| 2017 | 1.2% |
| 2016 | -3.9% |
| 2015 | -7.9% |
| 2014 | 9.9% |
| 2013 | 18.3% |
| 2012 | 22.8% |
| 2011 | 23.9% |
| 2010 | 13.5% |
| 2009 | 5.9% |
| 2008 | 27.8% |
| 2007 | 24.5% |
| 2006 | 27.4% |
| 2005 | 27.1% |
| 2004 | 20.1% |
| 2003 | 13.0% |
| 2002 | 6.3% |
| 2001 | 5.1% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −1.3 percentage points from -1.3% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was -7.9%, the figure has changed by +5.4 percentage points.