Saudi Arabia Current Account (% of GDP)
Saudi Arabia's overall balance with the rest of the world, trade in goods and services plus net investment income, as a share of GDP.
−2.6%
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1971 to 2025
Source: World Bank BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS · % of GDP, annual.
Saudi Arabia Current Account (% of GDP) in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In Saudi Arabia, the current account fell by 1.3pp in 2025, from −1.3% in 2024.
It is the lowest reading since 2020.
Over the past five years it has ranged from −4.5% in 2020 to 11.7% in 2022.
Its average since 1971 is 6.2%, and the latest reading is below that.
Saudi Arabia is 21st of 26 countries in our Current Account to GDP by Country ranking.
How this series is defined
Everything you need to check the figure against the source.
- Source
- World Bank
- Series
- BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS
- Frequency
- Annual
- Unit
- %
- Seasonal adjustment
- Not applicable, annual data
- Latest observation
- 2025
- Revision status
- Latest published estimate, subject to revision
Data refreshed 2026-10-09. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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