Saudi Arabia's listed domestic companies, total was 391 in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 128.65% from 171 in 2015 (8.62% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 391 | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 207 | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 171 | 2015 |
| Highest | 391 | 2025 |
| Lowest | 68 | 2002 |
| Average since 2016 | 252 | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 68 | 2002 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Saudi Arabia's listed domestic companies, total rose 11.1% on 2024 (from 352 to 391).
Across the 22 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2024), the average change was +8% and a typical year strayed about 6.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations above 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 29.1% in 2007. 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 23.27 a year. A straight line explains 88% 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 20th highest value of the 64 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 391 | 2025 |
| World | 53,087 | 2025 |
| High income | 25,328 | 2025 |
Closest to Saudi Arabia in the 2025 ranking
What this measures
Listed domestic companies, including foreign companies which are exclusively listed, are those which have shares listed on an exchange at the end of the year. Investment funds, unit trusts, and companies whose only business goal is to hold shares of other listed companies, such as holding companies and investment companies, regardless of their legal status, are excluded. A company with several classes of shares is counted once. Only companies admitted to listing on the exchange are included.
Limitations: Data cover measures of size (market capitalization, number of listed domestic companies) and liquidity (value of shares traded as a percentage of gross domestic product, value of shares traded as a percentage of market capitalization). The comparability of such data across countries may be limited by conceptual and statistical weaknesses, such as inaccurate reporting and differences in accounting standards.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 24 values
| Year | Listed domestic companies, total |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 391 |
| 2024 | 352 |
| 2023 | 309 |
| 2022 | 269 |
| 2021 | 224 |
| 2020 | 207 |
| 2019 | 204 |
| 2018 | 200 |
| 2017 | 188 |
| 2016 | 176 |
| 2015 |
Listed domestic companies, total in nearby economies
More financial sector data for Saudi Arabia
- GDP deflator (base year varies by country) — 97.69 (2025)
- DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$) — US$3.75 (2025)
- Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) — US$3.75 (2025)
- Inflation, GDP deflator (annual % growth) — -2.57% (2025)
- Consumer price index (2010 = 100) — 137.21 (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 64.31% (2025)
- Inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) — 2.04% (2025)
- Net foreign assets (current LCU) — 2 trillion (2017)
- Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 50.14% (2017)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Saudi Arabia's listed domestic companies, total?
- 391 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2002?
- It is up 475% from 68 in 2002 (7.9% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 391 in 2025 and the lowest 68 in 2002.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank?
- 20th highest of 64 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in listed domestic companies, total unusual for Saudi Arabia?
- In 2025, Saudi Arabia's listed domestic companies, total rose 11.1% on 2024 (from 352 to 391). Across the 22 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2024), the average change was +8% and a typical year strayed about 6.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations above 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 CM.MKT.LDOM.NO, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Federation of Exchanges database, World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) 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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