Saudi Arabia Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account
Saudi Arabia SA: BOP: Capital Account: Net
SA: BOP: Capital Account: Net data was reported at -897.387 USD mn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of -1.062 USD bn for 2015. SA: BOP: Capital Account: Net data is updated yearly, averaging -335.200 USD mn from Dec 2012 to 2016, with 5 observations. The data reached an all-time high of -271.200 USD mn in 2012 and a record low of -1.062 USD bn in 2015. SA: BOP: Capital Account: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Saudi Arabia – Table SA.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Net capital account records acquisitions and disposals of nonproduced nonfinancial assets, such as land sold to embassies and sales of leases and licenses, as well as capital transfers, including government debt forgiveness. The use of the term capital account in this context is designed to be consistent with the System of National Accounts, which distinguishes between capital transactions and financial transactions. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; ; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| -897.39 2016 | yearly | 1971 - 2016 |
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Saudi Arabia SA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net
SA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net data was reported at 1.484 USD bn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of -2.751 USD bn for 2015. SA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net data is updated yearly, averaging -523.688 USD mn from Dec 1971 to 2016, with 46 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.732 USD bn in 1974 and a record low of -35.958 USD bn in 2008. SA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Saudi Arabia – Table SA.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment are the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. This series shows total net FDI. In BPM6, financial account balances are calculated as the change in assets minus the change in liabilities. Net FDI outflows are assets and net FDI inflows are liabilities. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; ; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards. In BPM6, the headings of the financial account have been changed from credits and debits to net acquisition of financial assets and net incurrence of liabilities; i.e., all changes due to credit and debit entries are recorded on a net basis separately for financial assets and liabilities. Financial account balances are calculated as the change in assets minus the change in liabilities; signs are reversed from previous editions.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 1,483.62 2016 | yearly | 1971 - 2016 |
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Saudi Arabia SA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows
SA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data was reported at 1.421 USD bn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 7.453 USD bn for 2016. SA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data is updated yearly, averaging 669.459 USD mn from Dec 1970 to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 39.456 USD bn in 2008 and a record low of -3.732 USD bn in 1974. SA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Saudi Arabia – Table SA.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in the reporting economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources.; Sum; Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 7,452.53 2016 | yearly | 1970 - 2016 |
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Saudi Arabia SA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP
SA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data was reported at 0.208 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.156 % for 2016. SA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 0.583 % from Dec 1970 to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8.496 % in 2009 and a record low of -8.219 % in 1974. SA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Saudi Arabia – Table SA.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment are the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. This series shows net inflows (new investment inflows less disinvestment) in the reporting economy from foreign investors, and is divided by GDP.; ; International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and Balance of Payments databases, World Bank, International Debt Statistics, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.; Weighted average; Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 1.16 2016 | yearly | 1970 - 2016 |
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Saudi Arabia SA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows
SA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data was reported at 5.625 USD bn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 8.936 USD bn for 2016. SA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data is updated yearly, averaging 238.375 USD mn from Dec 1980 to 2017, with 38 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8.936 USD bn in 2016 and a record low of -638.331 USD mn in 1990. SA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Saudi Arabia – Table SA.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in an economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. This series shows net outflows of investment from the reporting economy to the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources.; Sum; Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 8,936.16 2016 | yearly | 1980 - 2016 |
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Saudi Arabia SA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP
SA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data was reported at 0.823 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.386 % for 2016. SA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 0.158 % from Dec 1980 to 2017, with 38 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.775 % in 1988 and a record low of -0.543 % in 1990. SA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Saudi Arabia – Table SA.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in an economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. This series shows net outflows of investment from the reporting economy to the rest of the world, and is divided by GDP.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources.; Weighted average; Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 1.39 2016 | yearly | 1980 - 2016 |
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Saudi Arabia SA: BOP: Financial Account: Net
SA: BOP: Financial Account: Net data was reported at -91.356 USD bn in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of -73.082 USD bn for 2015. SA: BOP: Financial Account: Net data is updated yearly, averaging 2.305 USD bn from Dec 1971 to 2016, with 46 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 126.533 USD bn in 2013 and a record low of -91.356 USD bn in 2016. SA: BOP: Financial Account: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Saudi Arabia – Table SA.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. The net financial account shows net acquisition and disposal of financial assets and liabilities. It measures how net lending to or borrowing from nonresidents is financed, and is conceptually equal to the sum of the balances on the current and capital accounts. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; ; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards. In BPM6, the headings of the financial account have been changed from credits and debits to net acquisition of financial assets and net incurrence of liabilities; i.e., all changes due to credit and debit entries are recorded on a net basis separately for financial assets and liabilities. Financial account balances are calculated as the change in assets minus the change in liabilities; signs are reversed from previous editions.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| -91,355.68 2016 | yearly | 1971 - 2016 |
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Saudi Arabia SA: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net
SA: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net data was reported at -11.413 USD bn in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 10.770 USD bn for 2015. SA: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net data is updated yearly, averaging 2.718 USD bn from Dec 1971 to 2016, with 46 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 32.808 USD bn in 1981 and a record low of -13.413 USD bn in 1984. SA: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Saudi Arabia – Table SA.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Portfolio investment covers transactions in equity securities and debt securities. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; ; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards. In BPM6, the headings of the financial account have been changed from credits and debits to net acquisition of financial assets and net incurrence of liabilities; i.e., all changes due to credit and debit entries are recorded on a net basis separately for financial assets and liabilities. Financial account balances are calculated as the change in assets minus the change in liabilities; signs are reversed from previous editions.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| -11,412.86 2016 | yearly | 1971 - 2016 |
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Saudi Arabia SA: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions
SA: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data was reported at -66.616 USD bn in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of -15.296 USD bn for 2015. SA: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data is updated yearly, averaging -0.000 USD mn from Dec 1975 to 2016, with 36 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.828 USD mn in 1985 and a record low of -66.616 USD bn in 2016. SA: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Saudi Arabia – Table SA.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Net errors and omissions constitute a residual category needed to ensure that accounts in the balance of payments statement sum to zero. Net errors and omissions are derived as the balance on the financial account minus the balances on the current and capital accounts. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; ; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| -66,615.54 2016 | yearly | 1971 - 2016 |
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Saudi Arabia SA: BOP: Reserves and Related Items
SA: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data was reported at -80.348 USD bn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of -115.369 USD bn for 2015. SA: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data is updated yearly, averaging 1.354 USD bn from Dec 1971 to 2016, with 46 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 137.043 USD bn in 2008 and a record low of -115.369 USD bn in 2015. SA: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Saudi Arabia – Table SA.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Reserves and related items is the net change in a country's holdings of international reserves resulting from transactions on the current, capital, and financial accounts. Reserve assets are those external assets that are readily available to and controlled by monetary authorities for meeting balance of payments financing needs, and include holdings of monetary gold, special drawing rights (SDRs), reserve position in the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and other reserve assets. Also included are net credit and loans from the IMF (excluding reserve position) and total exceptional financing. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; ; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards. In BPM6, the headings of the financial account have been changed from credits and debits to net acquisition of financial assets and net incurrence of liabilities; i.e., all changes due to credit and debit entries are recorded on a net basis separately for financial assets and liabilities. Financial account balances are calculated as the change in assets minus the change in liabilities; signs are reversed from previous editions.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| -80,348.04 2016 | yearly | 1971 - 2016 |