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Saudi Arabia: Net foreign assets

2.00Tcurrent LCU · 2017+68.7% since 2007

Net foreign assets are the sum of foreign assets held by monetary authorities and deposit money banks, less their foreign liabilities. 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. Annual figures for Saudi Arabia from 1960 to 2017.

19782017

Every year

YearValue (current LCU)Note
20171,998,406,398,880.72
20162,147,148,567,162.19
20152,529,177,117,448.26
20142,882,207,513,529.39
20132,827,398,909,722.8
20122,564,010,041,236.59
20112,143,782,151,626.13
20101,761,466,564,420.25
20091,602,183,118,604.96
20081,694,175,419,447.4
20071,184,583,220,102.3
2006912,723,453,319.897
2005598,937,773,481.031
2004375,056,468,538.601
2003263,700,857,305.705
2002208,951,693,356.549
2001220,607,137,747.662
2000219,347,872,259.182
1999186,714,037,589.207
1998217,408,893,776.664
1997271,511,095,971.484
1996262,534,546,876.766
1995231,239,869,976.72
1994243,482,500,508.237
1993266,367,467,250.1
1992286,861,447,175
1991298,934,652,327.375
1990304,463,556,364.5
1989309,920,612,603
1988317,834,577,905
1987333,215,085,212.5
1986347,657,210,198.75
1985379,018,748,524.586
1984450,790,109,901.083
1983492,845,939,353.131
1982527,218,901,078.227
1981475,366,382,571.18
1980311,062,451,901.02
1979216,507,796,881.854
1978203,474,898,561.168
1977214,903,303,394.927
1976184,311,997,051.873
1975138,234,295,237.473
197478,439,703,752.983
197316,758,095,173.591
197212,884,190,832.575
19717,028,590,832.575
19703,990,099,999.876
19693,533,599,999.876
19683,830,299,999.876
19674,311,000,000
19663,595,000,000
19653,402,000,000
19642,815,000,000
19632,447,000,000
19621,151,000,000
19611,073,000,000
1960707,000,000

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Net foreign assets. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-net-foreign-assets (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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