Data from the General Authority for Statistics revealed that net foreign investment inflows to Saudi Arabia during the fourth quarter of 2025 jumped by 90% year-on-year, reaching SAR 48.4 billion, compared to approximately SAR 25.5 billion in the same quarter of the previous year. It also recorded an 82% increase compared to the previous quarter of the same year, when net inflows amounted to SAR 26.6 billion.
Direct investment
Direct investment
According to the data, foreign direct investment inflows reached SAR 50.6 billion during the fourth quarter of 2025, marking a 29% increase compared to the fourth quarter of 2024, when they amounted to approximately SAR 39.3 billion. This also represents a 69% increase compared to the previous quarter, which recorded SAR 29.9 billion.
Conversely, outward foreign direct investment flows amounted to SAR 2.2 billion during the fourth quarter of 2025, a decrease of 84% compared to the fourth quarter of 2024, when they reached SAR 13.8 billion. They also declined by 33% compared to the previous quarter, which recorded SAR 3.3 billion.
