Riyadh – Sharikat Mubasher: Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into Saudi Arabia rose by 33.5% year-on-year to SAR 159.1 billion in 2025, compared to SAR 119.2 billion in 2024, while net FDI flows increased by 1.7% to SAR 81.4 billion, according to official data from the General Authority of Statistics.

The report shows that FDI outflows nearly doubled, climbing 98.5% to SAR 77.7 billion from SAR 39.2 billion a year earlier. Meanwhile, the Kingdom’s total FDI stock grew by 8.3% to reach SAR 1,058.8 billion by the end of 2025.

Construction attracted the largest share of FDI inflows, totaling SAR 34.5 billion, or 21.7% of the overall figure. Manufacturing followed with SAR 33.4 billion, accounting for 21%, while administrative and support service activities attracted SAR 22.4 billion, representing 14.1%.

On the outflows side, manufacturing accounted for the largest share at SAR 25.2 billion, or 32.4% of the total. Construction ranked second with SAR 14.8 billion, representing 19%, followed by wholesale and retail trade, including motor vehicle and motorcycle repair, at approximately SAR 11 billion, or 14.1%.