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Saudi Arabia — Current account (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1971–2031 · 61 observations

About this series

The current account balance records a country's net transactions with the rest of the world in goods, services, primary income, and secondary income. A balance can be positive, negative, or zero. This series expresses the aggregate as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.

The current account reading for Saudi Arabia was −2.56% of GDP in 2025. The previous reading was −1.34% of GDP in 2024; the period change was −1.22 percentage points.

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  • Annual data, 1971–2031
  • Quarterly data, 2006–2026
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Latest observations

2019–2031

PeriodValue
2031-3.76 % of GDP
2030-3.66 % of GDP
2029-3.61 % of GDP
2028-3.5 % of GDP
2027-2.95 % of GDP
8 earlier values, back to 2019
2026-1.61 % of GDP
2025-2.56 % of GDP
2024-1.34 % of GDP
20232.15 % of GDP
202211.8 % of GDP
20216.38 % of GDP
2020-3.07 % of GDP
20194.76 % of GDP
Data release 2026_10_06_0823, published 6 Oct 2026.