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Saudi Arabia: Primary income receipts

41.18Bcurrent USD · 2025+61.0% since 2015

Primary income receipts refer to employee compensation paid to resident workers working abroad and investment income (receipts on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments, and receipts on reserve assets). 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. Annual figures for Saudi Arabia from 1971 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
202541,180,059,877.341
202439,566,915,964.833
202334,223,413,750.93
202225,938,393,733.277
202126,517,781,584.816
202021,725,302,466.164
201920,620,927,121.185
201819,464,917,699.843
201718,979,677,738.399
201620,738,676,052.668
201525,576,654,317.291
201427,110,749,833.333
201325,170,460,000
201223,647,547,916.667
201119,765,705,666.667
201018,171,509,833.333
200919,752,043,333.333
200821,498,206,666.667
200715,128,035,000
200610,467,413,333.333
20055,053,760,000
20044,277,866,666.667
20032,976,800,000
20023,714,400,000
20014,124,533,333.333
20003,344,800,000
19995,803,600,000
19985,801,866,666.667
19975,748,000,000
19965,120,000,000
19954,980,800,000
19944,026,933,333.333
19936,200,000,000
19927,367,733,333.333
19918,688,000,000
19909,186,666,666.667
198910,418,666,666.667
198810,440,000,000
198710,522,666,666.667
198611,270,151,770.658
198512,418,087,579.194
198413,366,211,250.307
198315,867,965,716.244
198214,059,976,108.607
198110,956,366,209.953
19807,442,717,977.032
19794,915,442,683.89
19784,300,554,435.489
19773,988,578,935.137
19762,883,852,692.035
19751,839,315,729.586
19741,219,718,310.203
1973205,040,265.262
1972106,158,311.037
197166,862,359.227

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Primary income receipts. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-primary-income-receipts (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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