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Saudi Arabia Current Account Balance

2006 - 2020 | Quarterly | USD mn | Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority

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Saudi Arabia's Current Account recorded a surplus of 2.9 USD bn in Mar 2020, compared with a surplus of 9.2 USD bn in the previous quarter. Saudi Arabia's Current Account Balance: USD mn data is updated quarterly, available from Mar 2006 to Mar 2020, with an averaged value of 17.0 USD bn. The data reached an all-time high of 52.3 USD bn in Jun 2008 and a record low of -22.2 USD bn in Dec 2015. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) increased by 1.6 USD bn in Mar 2020. Saudi Arabia's Direct Investment Abroad expanded by 2.2 USD bn in Mar 2020. Its Foreign Portfolio Investment increased by 1.3 USD bn in Mar 2020. The country's Nominal GDP was reported at 185.5 USD bn in Mar 2020.

What was Saudi Arabia's Current Account Balance in Mar 2020?

Last	Previous	Min	Max	Unit	Frequency	Range
2,857.5 USD mn Mar 2020 quarterly Mar 2006 - Mar 2020	9,212.7 USD mn Dec 2019 quarterly Mar 2006 - Mar 2020	-22,150.9 Dec 2015	52,346.1 Jun 2008	USD mn	quarterly	Mar 2006 - Mar 2020 Updated on 28 Jun 2020

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Albania (USD mn)	-416.2 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1993 - Jun 2020
Algeria (USD mn)	-5,410.0 Mar 2019	quarterly	Mar 2007 - Mar 2019
Argentina (USD mn)	-444.1 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 1976 - Mar 2020
Armenia (USD mn)	-196.7 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 1993 - Mar 2020
Australia (USD mn)	11,648.7 Jun 2020	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Jun 2020
Austria (USD mn)	5,611.3 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 1970 - Mar 2020
Azerbaijan (USD mn)	-48.1 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2013 - Jun 2020
Bahrain (USD mn)	-794.0 2019	yearly	1975 - 2019
Bangladesh (USD mn)	-803.5 May 2020	monthly	Jul 1997 - May 2020
Belarus (USD mn)	273.3 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1996 - Jun 2020
Belgium (USD mn)	1,975.0 Mar 2020	monthly	Jan 1995 - Mar 2020
Bolivia (USD mn)	-145.5 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 1988 - Mar 2020
Bosnia and Herzegovina (USD mn)	-222.9 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2001 - Mar 2020
Botswana (USD mn)	-384.0 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2004 - Mar 2020
Brazil (USD mn)	1,627.7 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 1995 - Jul 2020
Brunei (USD mn)	11.2 Dec 2019	quarterly	Mar 2001 - Dec 2019
Bulgaria (USD mn)	355.6 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 1996 - Jul 2020
Cambodia (USD mn)	-1,461.2 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 1994 - Mar 2020
Canada (USD mn)	-6,224.9 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1957 - Jun 2020
Chile (USD mn)	1,153.8 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2003 - Jun 2020
China (USD mn)	119,600.0 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1998 - Jun 2020
Colombia (USD mn)	-1,693.2 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1996 - Jun 2020
Croatia (USD mn)	-1,618.4 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 1993 - Mar 2020
Cyprus (USD mn)	-1,022.6 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2001 - Mar 2020
Czech Republic (USD mn)	889.4 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 2003 - Jul 2020
Denmark (USD mn)	2,305.2 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 2005 - Jul 2020
Ecuador (USD mn)	395.4 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 1993 - Mar 2020
Egypt (USD mn)	-2,764.7 Mar 2020	quarterly	Dec 1993 - Mar 2020
Estonia (USD mn)	141.2 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 1999 - Jul 2020
European Union (USD mn)	34,315.8 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1999 - Jun 2020
Finland (USD mn)	-139.0 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 1980 - Jul 2020
France (USD mn)	-7,166.2 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 1999 - Jul 2020
Georgia (USD mn)	-417.0 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 1995 - Mar 2020
Germany (USD mn)	24,492.4 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 1991 - Jul 2020
Ghana (USD mn)	199.9 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2005 - Mar 2020
Greece (USD mn)	-1,599.9 Jun 2020	monthly	Jan 2000 - Jun 2020
Hong Kong SAR, China (USD mn)	-1,140.6 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 1999 - Mar 2020
Hungary (USD mn)	-48.1 Mar 2020	quarterly	Dec 1989 - Mar 2020
Iceland (USD mn)	49.2 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1976 - Jun 2020
India (USD mn)	584.4 Mar 2020	quarterly	Jun 1949 - Mar 2020
Indonesia (USD mn)	-2,896.2 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1981 - Jun 2020
Iran (USD mn)	26,741.0 2019	yearly	1997 - 2019
Ireland (USD mn)	12,840.5 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1981 - Jun 2020
Israel (USD mn)	4,374.0 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1992 - Jun 2020
Italy (USD mn)	10,693.5 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 1970 - Jul 2020
Ivory Coast (USD mn)	-1,096.8 2019	yearly	1975 - 2019
Japan (USD mn)	9,038.2 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 1996 - Jul 2020
Jordan (USD mn)	-436.1 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 1977 - Mar 2020
Kazakhstan (USD mn)	94.6 Jun 2020	quarterly	Dec 1997 - Jun 2020
Kenya (USD mn)	-270.0 Jun 2019	monthly	Jan 2002 - Jun 2019
South Korea (USD mn)	6,167.9 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 1980 - Jul 2020
Kosovo (USD mn)	-170.2 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2009 - Jun 2020
Kuwait (USD mn)	6,387.7 Dec 2019	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Dec 2019
Kyrgyzstan (USD mn)	21.7 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 1993 - Mar 2020
Laos (USD mn)	-189.3 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1994 - Jun 2020
Latvia (USD mn)	-43.7 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 2000 - Jul 2020
Lebanon (USD mn)	-861.7 Dec 2019	monthly	Jan 2002 - Dec 2019
Lithuania (USD mn)	97.0 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 2001 - Jul 2020
Luxembourg (USD mn)	1,053.0 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 1995 - Mar 2020
Macau SAR, China (USD mn)	17,695.8 2019	yearly	2002 - 2019
North Macedonia (USD mn)	-1.8 Jun 2020	monthly	Jan 2001 - Jun 2020
Malawi (USD mn)	-1,220.2 2019	yearly	1977 - 2019
Malaysia (USD mn)	1,749.3 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1999 - Jun 2020
Malta (USD mn)	220.4 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 1995 - Mar 2020
Mauritius (USD mn)	-314.0 Dec 2017	quarterly	Mar 2007 - Dec 2017
Mexico (USD mn)	4.8 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1980 - Jun 2020
Moldova (USD mn)	-188.8 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 1994 - Mar 2020
Mongolia (USD mn)	316.8 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 2009 - Jul 2020
Montenegro (USD mn)	-348.4 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2004 - Jun 2020
Morocco (USD mn)	-1,018.6 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2014 - Mar 2020
Mozambique (USD mn)	-184.7 Dec 2019	quarterly	Mar 1996 - Dec 2019
Myanmar (USD mn)	-6.7 Dec 2019	quarterly	Mar 1976 - Dec 2019
Nepal (USD mn)	1,777.5 Jul 2020	quarterly	Oct 2002 - Jul 2020
Netherlands (USD mn)	23,106.0 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 1967 - Mar 2020
New Zealand (USD mn)	297.8 Jun 2020	quarterly	Jun 1971 - Jun 2020
Nigeria (USD mn)	-4,881.7 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2008 - Mar 2020
Norway (USD mn)	2,045.1 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1981 - Jun 2020
Oman (USD mn)	-4,140.4 2019	yearly	1974 - 2019
Pakistan (USD mn)	-282.0 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1976 - Jun 2020
Palestinian Territory (USD mn)	-348.9 Mar 2020	quarterly	Jun 2009 - Mar 2020
Panama (USD mn)	-26.4 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 1998 - Mar 2020
Paraguay (USD mn)	-42.7 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2000 - Mar 2020
Peru (USD mn)	-124.5 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1977 - Jun 2020
Philippines (USD mn)	-252.3 Mar 2020	monthly	Jan 1999 - Mar 2020
Poland (USD mn)	1,851.0 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 2000 - Jul 2020
Portugal (USD mn)	121.2 Jun 2020	monthly	Jan 1996 - Jun 2020
Qatar (USD mn)	1,344.2 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2011 - Mar 2020
Romania (USD mn)	-1,102.8 Jul 2020	monthly	May 2002 - Jul 2020
Russia (USD mn)	12,556.0 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 1994 - Mar 2020
Saudi Arabia (USD mn)	2,857.5 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2006 - Mar 2020
Serbia (USD mn)	-133.8 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 2013 - Jul 2020
Singapore (USD mn)	12,729.5 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1986 - Jun 2020
Slovakia (USD mn)	45.7 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 1997 - Jul 2020
Slovenia (USD mn)	476.4 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 1994 - Jul 2020
South Africa (USD mn)	-1,441.8 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1960 - Jun 2020
Spain (USD mn)	2,299.1 Jun 2020	monthly	Jan 1990 - Jun 2020
Sri Lanka (USD mn)	-221.1 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 1977 - Mar 2020
Sudan (USD mn)	-1,054.0 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1977 - Jun 2020
Sweden (USD mn)	6,525.4 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Jun 2020
Switzerland (USD mn)	17,925.4 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 1983 - Mar 2020
Syria (USD mn)	-8,653.0 2011	yearly	1977 - 2011
Taiwan (USD mn)	21,769.0 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1974 - Jun 2020
Tajikistan (USD mn)	-266.3 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2010 - Mar 2020
Thailand (USD mn)	1,787.2 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 1985 - Jul 2020
Tunisia (USD mn)	-896.7 Jun 2020	quarterly	Dec 2003 - Jun 2020
Turkey (USD mn)	-1,817.0 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 1992 - Jul 2020
Ukraine (USD mn)	4,334.0 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1994 - Jun 2020
United Arab Emirates (USD mn)	29,652.8 2019	yearly	1996 - 2019
United Kingdom (USD mn)	-27,049.5 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 1957 - Mar 2020
United States (USD mn)	-170,541.0 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1960 - Jun 2020
Uruguay (USD mn)	10.3 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 1999 - Mar 2020
Uzbekistan (USD mn)	-812.2 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2016 - Mar 2020
Venezuela (USD mn)	2,533.0 Mar 2019	quarterly	Mar 1994 - Mar 2019
Vietnam (USD mn)	-323.0 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1996 - Jun 2020
Yemen (USD mn)	-2,421.5 2016	yearly	1990 - 2016
Zambia (USD mn)	122.3 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 1998 - Mar 2020

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National Accounts	Last	Frequency	Range
Nominal GDP (USD mn)	185,485.3 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2003 - Mar 2020
Real GDP Growth (%)	-1.0 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2011 - Mar 2020
Nominal GDP Growth (%)	-3.197 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2004 - Mar 2020
GDP per Capita (USD)	23,173.854 2019	yearly	1963 - 2019
GDP Deflator Growth (%)	-2.2 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2011 - Mar 2020
Private Consumption Expenditure (USD mn)	77,059.186 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2003 - Mar 2020
Private Consumption: % of GDP (%)	41.5 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2003 - Mar 2020
Public Consumption Expenditure (USD mn)	44,622.464 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2003 - Mar 2020
Public Consumption: % of GDP (%)	24.1 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2003 - Mar 2020
Investment: % of GDP (%)	27.7 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2003 - Mar 2020
Gross Fixed Capital Formation (USD mn)	40,435.887 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2003 - Mar 2020
Gross National Product (USD mn)	187,816.152 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2015 - Mar 2020
Gross Savings Rate (%)	34.4 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2003 - Mar 2020
Forecast: GDP PPP Per Capita (PPP Intl $)	62,612.748 2024	yearly	1980 - 2024
Forecast: Nominal GDP Per Capita (USD)	23,985.550 2024	yearly	1980 - 2024
Forecast: Real GDP Growth (%)	3.087 2021	yearly	1980 - 2021
Total Trade of Goods & Services: % of Nominal GDP (%)	55.474 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2003 - Mar 2020
GDP: Imports of Goods and Services (SAR mn)	169,759.809 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2003 - Mar 2020
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (SAR mn)	695,570.010 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2003 - Mar 2020
GDP: Consumption Expenditure (SAR mn)	456,306.188 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2003 - Mar 2020
GDP: Consumption Expenditure: Private (SAR mn)	288,971.947 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2003 - Mar 2020
GDP: Consumption Expenditure: Government (SAR mn)	167,334.241 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2003 - Mar 2020
GDP: Gross Capital Formation (SAR mn)	192,920.183 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2003 - Mar 2020
GDP: Gross Capital Formation: Fixed (SAR mn)	168,780.012 Dec 2019	quarterly	Mar 2003 - Dec 2019
GDP: Gross Capital Formation: Change in Stocks (SAR mn)	23,644.319 Dec 2019	quarterly	Mar 2003 - Dec 2019
GDP: Exports of Goods and Services (SAR mn)	216,103.448 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2003 - Mar 2020
GDP: Producer Values: Transport, Storage and Communications (SAR mn)	46,837.228 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2003 - Mar 2020
GDP: Producer Values: Building and Construction (SAR mn)	42,099.580 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2003 - Mar 2020
GDP: Producer Values: Electricity, Gas and Water (SAR mn)	5,938.500 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2003 - Mar 2020
GDP: Producer Values: Wholesale, Retail Trade, Restaurants and Hotels (SAR mn)	79,496.205 Dec 2019	quarterly	Mar 2003 - Dec 2019
GDP: Producer Values: Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Business Services (SAR mn)	98,566.827 Dec 2019	quarterly	Mar 2003 - Dec 2019
GDP: Producer Values: Community, Social and Personal Services (SAR mn)	17,585.736 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2003 - Mar 2020
GDP: Producer Values: Less Banking Services (SAR mn)	6,169.727 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2003 - Mar 2020
GDP: Producer Values: Government Services (SAR mn)	145,967.244 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2003 - Mar 2020
GDP: Imports Duties (SAR mn)	4,679.856 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2003 - Mar 2020
GDP: Producer Values: Oil Sector (SAR mn)	180,098.791 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2003 - Mar 2020
GDP: Producer Values: Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (SAR mn)	17,442.903 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2003 - Mar 2020
GDP: Producer Values: Mining and Quarrying (SAR mn)	158,296.844 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2003 - Mar 2020
GDP: Producer Values: Manufacturing (SAR mn)	94,270.479 Dec 2019	quarterly	Mar 2003 - Dec 2019
GDP: 2010p: Producer Values: Transport, Storage and Communication (SAR mn)	43,370.559 Dec 2019	quarterly	Mar 2010 - Dec 2019
GDP: 2010p: Producer Values: Building and Construction (SAR mn)	30,541.923 Dec 2019	quarterly	Mar 2010 - Dec 2019
GDP: 2010p: Producer Values: Electricity, Gas and Water (SAR mn)	3,831.288 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2010 - Mar 2020
GDP: 2010p: Producer Values: Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (SAR mn)	13,513.656 Dec 2019	quarterly	Mar 2010 - Dec 2019
GDP: 2010p: Producer Values: Wholesale, Retail Trade, Restaurants and Hotels (SAR mn)	61,662.400 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2010 - Mar 2020
GDP: 2010p: Producer Values: Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Business Servic... (SAR mn)	71,921.862 Dec 2019	quarterly	Mar 2010 - Dec 2019
GDP: 2010p: Producer Values: Community, Social and Personal Services (SAR mn)	14,181.853 Dec 2019	quarterly	Mar 2010 - Dec 2019
GDP: 2010p: Producer Values: Less Imputed Bank Services Charge (SAR mn)	5,445.583 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2010 - Mar 2020
GDP: 2010p: Producer Values: excl Government Services (SAR mn)	575,202.728 Dec 2019	quarterly	Mar 2010 - Dec 2019
GDP: 2010p: Producer Values: Government Services (SAR mn)	105,086.525 Dec 2019	quarterly	Mar 2010 - Dec 2019
GDP: 2010p: Producer Values (SAR mn)	680,289.253 Dec 2019	quarterly	Mar 2010 - Dec 2019
GDP: 2010p: Import Duties (SAR mn)	3,605.684 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2010 - Mar 2020
GDP: 2010p: Producer Values: Mining and Quarrying (SAR mn)	247,369.407 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2010 - Mar 2020
GDP: 2010p: Producer Values: Manufacturing (SAR mn)	78,502.659 Dec 2019	quarterly	Mar 2010 - Dec 2019
SA: GDP: Gross Value Added at Factor Cost (SAR mn)	2,930,101.496 2018	yearly	1970 - 2018
SA: GDP: Real: Gross Value Added at Factor Cost (SAR mn)	2,616,070.378 2018	yearly	2010 - 2018

Production	Last	Frequency	Range
Industrial Production Index Growth (%)	-3.2 Mar 2017	monthly	May 1965 - Mar 2017
Minerals Production (Metric Ton)	693,522,495.000 2018	yearly	2009 - 2018
Gold Production (kg)	5,000.000 2016	yearly	1990 - 2016
Silver Production (Metric Ton)	9.720 2016	yearly	1990 - 2016
Cement Production: Based on Islamic Calendar (Ton th)	42,828.712 2013	yearly	1970 - 2013
Energy Production: Natural Gas (Cub m mn)	119,830.000 2015	yearly	1970 - 2015
Electricity: Consumption (MWh)	289,929,150.000 2018	yearly	2000 - 2018

Construction and Properties	Last	Frequency	Range
Building Permits (Unit)	103,485.000 2019	yearly	1987 - 2019
No of Building Permits Issued (Unit)	103,485.000 2019	yearly	1987 - 2019
Building Permits Issued: Building Area (sq m)	85,093,064.446 2019	yearly	1987 - 2019

Government and Public Finance	Last	Frequency	Range
Consolidated Fiscal Balance: % of GDP (%)	-4.5 2019	yearly	1969 - 2019
Consolidated Fiscal Balance (USD mn)	-35,359.733 2019	yearly	1969 - 2019
National Government Debt (USD mn)	180,780.0 2019	yearly	2004 - 2019
Government Debt: % of GDP (%)	22.8 2019	yearly	2004 - 2019
Forecast: Government Expenditure (SAR bn)	1,238.183 2024	yearly	1990 - 2024
Forecast: Government Net Debt (SAR bn)	1,404.245 2024	yearly	1991 - 2024
Forecast: Government Revenue (SAR bn)	1,027.304 2024	yearly	1991 - 2024
Public Debt (SAR mn)	69,839.000 2019	yearly	2004 - 2019

Demographic and Labour Market	Last	Frequency	Range
Population (Person mn)	34.2 2019	yearly	1950 - 2019
Labour Force Participation Rate (%)	56.2 2020	yearly	1990 - 2020
Employed Persons (Person)	11,686,115.000 Jun 2016	quarterly	Mar 2007 - Jun 2016
Unemployment Rate (%)	5.70 2019	yearly	1991 - 2019
Monthly Earnings (USD)	754 2018	yearly	1995 - 2018
Labour Productivity Growth (%)	-6.04 2019	yearly	1971 - 2019
Forecast: Population (Person mn)	37.629 2024	yearly	1980 - 2024
Forecast: Employment (Person mn)	0.000	yearly	-
Forecast: Unemployment Rate (%)	6.000 2018	yearly	1999 - 2018
Population: Mid Year Estimates (Person)	34,218,169.000 2019	yearly	1974 - 2019
Labour Force: Age 15 and Above (Person)	13,581,141.000 2017	yearly	1999 - 2017
Labour Force: Age 15 and Above: Male (Person)	11,522,764.000 2017	yearly	1999 - 2017
Labour Force: Age 15 and Above: Female (Person)	2,058,377.000 2017	yearly	1999 - 2017
Employment: Age 15 & Above: Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing (Person th)	477.410 2013	yearly	1984 - 2013
Employment: Age 15 & Above: Mining & Quarrying (Person th)	117.825 2013	yearly	1984 - 2013
Employment: Age 15 & Above: Manufacturing (Person th)	760.151 2013	yearly	1984 - 2013
Average Weekly Hours Worked: Manufacturing (Hour)	53.100 2015	yearly	1999 - 2015

Domestic Trade and Household Survey	Last	Frequency	Range
Motor Vehicles Sales (Unit)	528,883 2019	yearly	2005 - 2019
Motor Vehicles Sales Growth (%)	31.0 2019	yearly	2006 - 2019
Motor Vehicle Sales: Commercial Cars (Unit)	72,572.000 Dec 2019	semiannually	Dec 2005 - Dec 2019
Motor Vehicle Sales: Passenger Cars (Unit)	456,311.000 Dec 2019	semiannually	Dec 2005 - Dec 2019
Average Monthly Income: Family (SAR)	11,983.640 2018	yearly	2007 - 2018
Average Monthly Expenditure: Household: Consumption (SAR)	11,728.439 2018	yearly	2007 - 2018

Inflation	Last	Frequency	Range
Consumer Price Index CPI Growth (%)	6.2 Aug 2020	monthly	Feb 1981 - Aug 2020
CPI: Food and Non Alcoholic Beverage Change (%)	13.530 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 2000 - Aug 2020
Producer Price Index Growth (%)	22.4 2011	yearly	1969 - 2011
Forecast: Consumer Price Index Growth (%)	1.961 2021	yearly	1980 - 2021
Wholesale Price Index (WPI) (2014=100)	126.676 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 2014 - Aug 2020

Foreign Trade	Last	Frequency	Range
Trade Balance (USD mn)	108,440.2 2019	yearly	1957 - 2019
Total Exports (USD mn)	261,603.3 2019	yearly	1957 - 2019
Total Exports Growth (%)	-11.1 2019	yearly	1954 - 2019
Aluminum: Exports (USD th)	1,774,883.114 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Exports: Medicament (USD th)	470,722.068 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Exports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th)	33,054.354 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Total Imports (USD mn)	153,163.1 2019	yearly	1957 - 2019
Total Imports Growth (%)	11.7 2019	yearly	1953 - 2019
Forecast: Exports of Goods Growth (%)	2.032 2024	yearly	1980 - 2024
Imports: Medicament (USD th)	4,294,203.837 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Imports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th)	1,090,520.114 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Total Exports to USA (USD mn)	956.163 Jun 2020	monthly	Jan 2017 - Jun 2020
Total Imports from USA (USD mn)	1,302.240 Jun 2020	monthly	Jan 2005 - Jun 2020
Total Exports to China (USD mn)	1,761.047 Jun 2020	monthly	Jan 2017 - Jun 2020
Total Imports from China (USD mn)	2,878.953 Jun 2020	monthly	Jan 1981 - Jun 2020
Exports: Value: Oil (SAR mn)	68,943.34 Apr 2018	monthly	May 2016 - Apr 2018
Exports: Value: Non Oil (SAR mn)	19,555.77 Apr 2018	monthly	Jan 2005 - Apr 2018
Exports: Value: Crude Petroleum (SAR mn)	513,181.000 2017	yearly	1953 - 2017
Exports: Value: Petroleum Products (SAR mn)	125,222.000 2017	yearly	1970 - 2017
Exports: Value (SAR mn)	43,489.877 Jun 2020	monthly	May 2016 - Jun 2020
Exports: Value: North America: USA (SAR mn)	49,023.785 2019	yearly	1984 - 2019
Exports: Value: Asia: Japan (SAR mn)	100,365.057 2019	yearly	1984 - 2019
Exports: Value: Asia: India (SAR mn)	100,703.191 2019	yearly	1984 - 2019
Exports: Value: Asia: China Mainland (SAR mn)	179,668.870 2019	yearly	1984 - 2019
Exports: Value: Asia: South Korea (SAR mn)	78,155.019 2019	yearly	1984 - 2019
Imports: Harmonized System (HS): Value (SAR mn)	574,361.455 2019	yearly	1952 - 2019
Imports: HS: Value: Hides and Skins, Wood, Cardboard and Articles (HW) (SAR mn)	14,196.995 2019	yearly	1970 - 2019
Imports: HS: Value: Pearls, Precious & Semi Precious Stones, Precious Metals, Ar... (SAR mn)	13,506.828 2019	yearly	1970 - 2019
Imports: HS: Value: Foodstuffs (SAR mn)	81,369.372 2019	yearly	1970 - 2019
Imports: HS: Value: Transport Equipment (SAR mn)	118,264.135 2019	yearly	1970 - 2019
Imports: HS: Value: MC: Mineral Products (SAR mn)	18,021.237 2019	yearly	1983 - 2019
Imports: Value: North America: USA (SAR mn)	71,023.803 2019	yearly	1984 - 2019
Imports: Value: European Union: Germany (SAR mn)	27,649.273 2019	yearly	1984 - 2019
Imports: Value: Asia: Japan (SAR mn)	25,366.866 2019	yearly	1984 - 2019
Imports: Value: Asia: China Mainland (SAR mn)	105,571.329 2019	yearly	1984 - 2019
Imports: Value: Asia: South Korea (SAR mn)	15,504.763 2019	yearly	1984 - 2019

Balance of Payments	Last	Frequency	Range
Direct Investment Abroad (USD mn)	2,168.5 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2006 - Mar 2020
Current Account Balance (USD mn)	2,857.5 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2006 - Mar 2020
Current Account Balance: % of GDP (%)	1.5 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2006 - Mar 2020
Foreign Direct Investment (USD mn)	1,613.5 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2006 - Mar 2020
Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP (%)	0.9 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2006 - Mar 2020
Foreign Portfolio Investment (USD mn)	1,309.053 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2008 - Mar 2020
Foreign Portfolio Investment: % of GDP (%)	0.7 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2008 - Mar 2020
Forecast: Current Account Balance (USD bn)	-16.065 2024	yearly	1980 - 2024
Net International Investment Position (USD mn)	674,497.053 2019	yearly	2007 - 2019
BoP: USD: Financial Account (FA) (USD mn)	1,392.281 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2006 - Mar 2020
BoP: USD: CA: Goods & Services: Services: Credit (USD mn)	5,639.598 Dec 2019	quarterly	Mar 2006 - Dec 2019
BoP: USD: Errors and Omissions (USD mn)	-1,143.540 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2006 - Mar 2020
BoP: USD: CA: Goods & Services: Services (USD mn)	-9,774.779 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2006 - Mar 2020
BoP: USD: FA: Reserve Assets (USD mn)	-1,011.755 Dec 2019	quarterly	Mar 2006 - Dec 2019
BoP: USD: FA: Portfolio Investment: Assets (USD mn)	5,230.483 Dec 2019	quarterly	Mar 2006 - Dec 2019
BoP: USD: CA: Goods & Services: Services: Debit (USD mn)	18,295.276 Dec 2019	quarterly	Mar 2006 - Dec 2019
BoP: USD: FA: Portfolio Investment (USD mn)	216.135 Dec 2019	quarterly	Mar 2006 - Dec 2019
BoP: USD: CA: Primary Income (USD mn)	1,966.424 Dec 2019	quarterly	Mar 2006 - Dec 2019
BoP: USD: CA: Goods & Services: Goods: Credit (USD mn)	63,877.867 Dec 2019	quarterly	Mar 2006 - Dec 2019
BoP: USD: CA: Goods & Services: Goods (USD mn)	32,073.995 Dec 2019	quarterly	Mar 2006 - Dec 2019
BoP: USD: CA: Primary Income: Credit (USD mn)	957.495 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2006 - Mar 2020
BoP: USD: CA: Goods & Services: Goods: Debit (USD mn)	31,803.872 Dec 2019	quarterly	Mar 2006 - Dec 2019
BoP: USD: CA: Primary Income: Debit (USD mn)	3,637.588 Dec 2019	quarterly	Mar 2006 - Dec 2019
BoP: USD: CA: Secondary Income (USD mn)	-9,044.227 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2006 - Mar 2020
BoP: USD: FA: Direct Investment (USD mn)	555.071 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2006 - Mar 2020
BoP: USD: FA: Direct Investment: Assets (USD mn)	2,168.530 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2006 - Mar 2020
BoP: USD: FA: Portfolio Investment: Liabilities (USD mn)	1,309.053 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2008 - Mar 2020
BoP: USD: FA: Other Investment (USD mn)	10,332.499 Dec 2019	quarterly	Mar 2006 - Dec 2019
BoP: USD: FA: Other Investment: Assets (USD mn)	15,797.692 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2006 - Mar 2020
BoP: USD: FA: Other Investment: Liabilities (USD mn)	2,033.038 Dec 2019	quarterly	Mar 2006 - Dec 2019
International Investment Position (IIP) (SAR mn)	2,529,363.949 2019	yearly	2007 - 2019
IIP: Liabilities (SAR mn)	1,779,767.802 2019	yearly	2007 - 2019
IIP: Assets (SAR mn)	4,340,155.907 2019	yearly	2007 - 2019

Monetary	Last	Frequency	Range
Money Supply M1 (USD mn)	378,905.994 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 1993 - Jul 2020
Money Supply M2 (USD mn)	497,098.778 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 1993 - Jul 2020
M2 Growth (%)	10.1 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 1994 - Jul 2020
Reserve Requirement Ratio (%)	7.0 Aug 2020	monthly	Mar 1980 - Aug 2020
Foreign Exchange Reserves (USD mn)	436,216.0 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 2001 - Jul 2020
Foreign Exchange Reserves: % of GDP (%)	58.745 Mar 2020	quarterly	Dec 2003 - Mar 2020
Foreign Exchange Reserves: Months of Import (NA)	38.3 2019	yearly	1957 - 2019
Gold Reserves (USD mn)	432.934 Jul 2020	monthly	Dec 1957 - Jul 2020
Total Deposits (USD mn)	489,759.153 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 1993 - Jul 2020
Total Deposits Growth (%)	9.4 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 1994 - Jul 2020
Domestic Credit (USD mn)	279,406.0 Feb 2018	monthly	Oct 1983 - Feb 2018
Domestic Credit Growth (%)	21.6 Dec 2017	quarterly	Mar 1969 - Dec 2017
Non Performing Loans Ratio (%)	1.9 2019	yearly	2009 - 2019
Household Debt: % of GDP (%)	11.9 2019	yearly	1998 - 2019
Credit to Households (USD bn)	94.919 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 1998 - Mar 2020
Credit to Private Non-Financial Sector (USD bn)	480.440 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 1993 - Mar 2020
Household Debt (USD mn)	94,893.8 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1998 - Jun 2020
Total Loans (USD mn)	449,520.172 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 1997 - Jul 2020
Total Loans Growth (%)	13.20 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 1998 - Jul 2020
Private Debt: % of Nominal GDP (%)	51.87 Mar 2020	quarterly	Dec 2003 - Mar 2020
Base Money (SAR mn)	354,260.835 Jun 2020	monthly	Jan 2000 - Jun 2020
Monetary Survey: Liabilities: Money & Quasi Money (SAR mn)	2,051,563.113 Jun 2020	monthly	Jan 1993 - Jun 2020
Money Supply: M3: M2 (SAR mn)	1,868,715.698 Jun 2020	monthly	Jan 1993 - Jun 2020
Money Supply: M3: M2: M1 (SAR mn)	1,425,224.978 Jun 2020	monthly	Jan 1993 - Jun 2020
Official Reserve Assets (SAR mn)	1,677,863.698 Jun 2020	monthly	Jan 2001 - Jun 2020
Official Reserve Assets: Gold (SAR mn)	1,623.503 Feb 2019	monthly	Jan 2001 - Feb 2019
Official Reserve Assets: Foreign Currency and Deposits Abroad (SAR mn)	602,568.334 Jun 2020	monthly	Jan 2001 - Jun 2020
Banks Deposits (SAR mn)	1,842,978.302 Jun 2020	monthly	Jan 1993 - Jun 2020
Banks Deposits: Demand: Business and Individuals (SAR mn)	1,082,093.705 Jun 2020	monthly	Jan 1993 - Jun 2020
Bank Loans: Consumer (SAR mn)	335,770.687 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1998 - Jun 2020

Banking Statistics	Last	Frequency	Range
Capital Adequacy Ratio (%)	18.6 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2009 - Mar 2020
SAMA: Assets (SAR mn)	1,805,686.271 Jun 2020	monthly	Jan 2000 - Jun 2020
Commercial Banks: Assets (SAR mn)	2,839,342.789 Jun 2020	monthly	Jan 1993 - Jun 2020

Interest and Foreign Exchange Rates	Last	Frequency	Range
Exchange Rate against USD (SAR/USD)	3.750 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 1957 - Aug 2020
Policy Rate (% pa)	1.00 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 2000 - Aug 2020
Short Term Interest Rate (% pa)	0.96 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 2007 - Jul 2020
Real Effective Exchange Rate (2005=100)	124.9 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 1994 - Aug 2020
Foreign Exchange Rate: Average: Euro (SAR/EUR)	4.220 Jun 2020	monthly	Jan 1999 - Jun 2020
Real Effective Exchange Rate Index: BIS: 2010=100: Broad (2010=100)	117.520 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 1994 - Aug 2020

Energy	Last	Frequency	Range
Electricity Production (GWh)	271,756 2012	yearly	1970 - 2012
Natural Gas Production: OPEC: Marketed Production (Cub m mn)	117,000.000 2019	yearly	1961 - 2019
Natural Gas: Consumption (Cub ft/Day bn)	10.995 2019	yearly	1965 - 2019
Crude Oil: Production (Barrel/Day th)	8,892.000 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 2002 - Aug 2020
Crude Oil: Exports (Barrel/Day th)	7,038.087 2019	yearly	1980 - 2019
Oil Consumption (Barrel/Day th)	3,787.568 2019	yearly	1965 - 2019

Tourism	Last	Frequency	Range
Visitor Arrivals (Person)	2,073,000 Sep 2015	monthly	Jan 2004 - Sep 2015
Visitor Arrivals Growth (%)	12.5 Sep 2015	monthly	Jan 2005 - Sep 2015
Tourism Revenue (USD mn)	26,882 2019	yearly	2004 - 2019
Tourism Revenue Growth (%)	7.8 2019	yearly	2005 - 2019
Visitor Arrivals: Inbound (Person th)	2,347.000 Sep 2015	monthly	Jan 2004 - Sep 2015
Visitor Arrivals: Inbound: Middle East: Others: Syria (Person)	9,570.000 Dec 2012	quarterly	Mar 2004 - Dec 2012
Visitor Arrivals: Inbound: Middle East: GCC: Bahrain (Person)	471,000.000 Sep 2015	quarterly	Mar 2004 - Sep 2015
Visitor Arrivals: Inbound: Middle East: GCC: Kuwait (Person)	645,000.000 Sep 2015	quarterly	Mar 2004 - Sep 2015
Visitor Arrivals: Inbound: Middle East: GCC: Qatar (Person)	258,000.000 Sep 2015	quarterly	Mar 2004 - Sep 2015
Occupancy Rate: Hotel Rooms: Annual (%)	66.000 2014	yearly	2003 - 2014

Financial Market	Last	Frequency	Range
Equity Market Index (05Jan2017=5000)	7,940.7 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 2007 - Aug 2020
Market Capitalization: % of GDP (%)	303.5 2019	yearly	1996 - 2019
Market Capitalization (USD mn)	2,234,796.525 Jul 2020	monthly	Dec 2005 - Jul 2020
P/E ratio (NA)	26.508 17 Sep 2020	daily	02 Aug 2008 - 17 Sep 2020
Value Traded: Tadawul (SAR)	46,427,879,057.01 Jun 2018	monthly	Jan 2016 - Jun 2018
Volume Traded: Tadawul (Unit)	1,934,374,220.00 Jun 2018	monthly	Jan 2016 - Jun 2018
PE Ratio: Tadawul (NA)	22.553 Aug 2020	monthly	Dec 2005 - Aug 2020
PB Ratio: Tadawul (NA)	4.230 Aug 2020	monthly	Dec 2005 - Aug 2020

Transport and Telecommunications	Last	Frequency	Range
Motor Vehicle Registered (Unit th)	6,600.000 2015	yearly	2005 - 2015
Container Port Throughput (TEU)	8,670,000.000 2018	yearly	2008 - 2018
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index (2004=100)	66.620 2018	yearly	2004 - 2018
Number of Subscriber Fixed Line (Unit)	5,377,978.000 2019	yearly	1970 - 2019
Number of Subscriber Mobile (Person)	41,298,629.000 2019	yearly	1990 - 2019
Teledensity: Fixed Line (Number)	15.694 2019	yearly	1970 - 2019
Teledensity: Mobile (Number)	120.515 2019	yearly	1990 - 2019
Exports: ICT Goods (USD th)	271,617.418 2018	yearly	2000 - 2018
Exports: Telecommunication Equipment (USD th)	161,125.271 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Exports: Television (USD th)	12,084.589 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Imports: ICT Goods (USD th)	10,166,436.664 2018	yearly	2000 - 2018
Imports: Telecommunication Equipment (USD th)	7,978,872.345 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Imports: Television (USD th)	641,937.032 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Passengers Traffic: Arrival: Annual: Saudi Arabian Airlines (SA) (Person)	27,435,601.000 2016	yearly	1991 - 2016
Freight Traffic: Incoming: Annual: Saudi Arabian Airlines (SA) (Ton)	391,342.734 2016	yearly	1990 - 2016

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