Saudi Arabia's gross capital formation (current LCU) was 1.51 trillion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 79.56% from 843.38 billion in 2015 (6.03% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 1.51 trillion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 671.45 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 843.38 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 1.51 trillion | 2025 |
| Lowest | -7.43 billion | 1973 |
| Average since 2016 | 1.03 trillion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 5.21 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Saudi Arabia's gross capital formation (current LCU) rose 24.65 billion on 2024 (from 1.49 trillion to 1.51 trillion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +46.22 billion and a typical year strayed about 92.2 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 299.27 billion in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 180.29 billion in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 103.52 billion a year. A straight line explains 85% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Saudi Arabia had the 53rd highest value of the 130 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Saudi Arabia in the 2025 ranking
What this measures
Gross capital formation includes acquisitions less disposals of produced assets for purposes of fixed capital formation, inventories or valuables. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 58 values
| Year | Gross capital formation (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,514,376,000,000 |
| 2024 | 1,489,722,000,000 |
| 2023 | 1,360,066,000,000 |
| 2022 | 1,232,074,000,000 |
| 2021 | 970,721,000,000 |
| 2020 | 671,453,000,000 |
| 2019 | 851,744,000,000 |
| 2018 | 743,807,000,000 |
| 2017 | 708,161,000,000 |
| 2016 | 726,769,000,000 |
Gross capital formation (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 215.62 billion (2024)
- Algeria — 17.1 trillion (2025)
- Bahrain — 5.03 billion (2024)
- Djibouti — 12.74 billion (2025)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 2.34 trillion (2025)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 112,506 trillion (2025)
- Iraq — 69.57 trillion (2024)
- Israel — 513.32 billion (2025)
- Kuwait — 7.45 billion (2024)
- Lebanon — 33.59 trillion (2024)
- Libya
More economic policy & debt data for Saudi Arabia
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$505.16 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$459.8 billion (2025)
- GDP (current US$) — US$1.28 trillion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 4.79 trillion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$926.78 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU) — 4.9 trillion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$34,537 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU) — 129,512 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$25,066 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 132,580 (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Saudi Arabia's gross capital formation (current LCU)?
- 1.51 trillion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1968?
- It is up 28,985% from 5.21 billion in 1968 (10.46% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 1.51 trillion in 2025 and the lowest -7.43 billion in 1973.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank?
- 53rd highest of 130 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in gross capital formation (current LCU) unusual for Saudi Arabia?
- In 2025, Saudi Arabia's gross capital formation (current LCU) rose 24.65 billion on 2024 (from 1.49 trillion to 1.51 trillion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +46.22 billion and a typical year strayed about 92.2 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.GDI.TOTL.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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