Saudi Arabia's net capital account (BoP, current US$) was −US$622.36 million in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 41.41% from −US$1.06 billion in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | −US$622.36 million | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | −US$593.07 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | −US$1.06 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | −US$271.2 million | 2012 |
| Lowest | −US$2.33 billion | 2018 |
| Average since 2016 | −US$1.13 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | −US$271.2 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Saudi Arabia's net capital account (BoP, current US$) rose US$259.77 million on 2024 (from −US$882.13 million to −US$622.36 million).
Across the 12 yearly changes before that (2013 to 2024), the average change was −US$50.91 million and a typical year strayed about US$572.72 million 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 US$1.14 billion in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was US$950.96 million in 2017. 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 US$120.97 million a year. A straight line explains 36% 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 111th highest value of the 122 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
- Kazakhstan — 107th of 122: −US$277.57 million
- Russian Federation — 108th of 122: −US$394.49 million
- Luxembourg — 109th of 122: −US$570.04 million
- India — 111th of 122: −US$650.56 million
- Switzerland — 112th of 122: −US$923.08 million
- Canada — 113th of 122: −US$1.67 billion
What this measures
Net capital account records acquisitions and disposals of nonproduced nonfinancial assets, such as land sold to embassies and sales of leases and licenses, as well as capital transfers, including government debt forgiveness. The use of the term capital account in this context is designed to be consistent with the System of National Accounts, which distinguishes between capital transactions and financial transactions. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
All 14 values
| Year | Net capital account (BoP, current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -622,362,100 |
| 2024 | -882,133,333 |
| 2023 | -711,733,333 |
| 2022 | -717,333,333 |
| 2021 | -1,004,266,667 |
| 2020 | -593,066,667 |
| 2019 | -1,733,052,533 |
| 2018 | -2,328,737,067 |
| 2017 | -1,848,346,667 |
| 2016 | -897,386,667 |
Net capital account (BoP, current US$) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — US$753.12 million (2020)
- Algeria — US$16.39 million (2025)
- Bahrain — US$206.12 million (2025)
- Djibouti — US$31.75 million (2024)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — −US$230.5 million (2025)
- Iraq — −US$100,000 (2025)
- Israel — US$4.73 billion (2025)
- Jordan — US$42.25 million (2024)
- Kuwait — −US$117.95 million (2025)
- Lebanon — US$603.68 million (2023)
- Malta
More economic policy & debt data for Saudi Arabia
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — 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$25,066 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 132,580 (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Saudi Arabia's net capital account (BoP, current US$)?
- −US$622.36 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2012?
- It is down 129.48% from −US$271.2 million in 2012. The highest value was −US$271.2 million in 2012 and the lowest −US$2.33 billion in 2018.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank?
- 111th highest of 122 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in net capital account (BoP, current US$) unusual for Saudi Arabia?
- In 2025, Saudi Arabia's net capital account (BoP, current US$) rose US$259.77 million on 2024 (from −US$882.13 million to −US$622.36 million). Across the 12 yearly changes before that (2013 to 2024), the average change was −US$50.91 million and a typical year strayed about US$572.72 million 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 BN.TRF.KOGT.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) 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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