Foreign direct investment in Saudi Arabia will jump to about $42.4 billion in 2025

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Foreign direct investment flows into Saudi Arabia increased by 33.5% over the past year, reaching 159 billion riyals (equivalent to about 42.4 billion dollars), according to annual data issued by the General Authority for Statistics.

The manufacturing sector accounted for 27% of foreign direct investment stocks during the past year, while the construction sector topped the sectors in terms of the value of inflows, recording 34 billion riyals.

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It is noteworthy that foreign direct investments in Saudi Arabia increased by 11.4% by the end of the second quarter of 2026 on an annual basis, a difference of $31.25 billion (117.17 billion riyals) over the same period last year.

The total balance of foreign direct investment into the Saudi economy reached $304.5 billion (1.142 trillion riyals) at the end of the second quarter of this year, compared to $273.26 billion (1.025 trillion riyals) at the end of the same quarter of 2025, according to data issued by the Central Bank of Saudi Arabia (SAMA).

On a quarterly basis, the cumulative foreign direct investments in the Kingdom at the end of the second quarter of this year increased by 1.7% from their value at the end of the first quarter of 2026, which amounted to $299.41 billion (1.123 trillion riyals).

Foreign direct investments represent 32.25% of total foreign investments in Saudi Arabia as of the end of the second quarter of 2026.