RIYADH, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- Net foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into Saudi Arabia increased by 34.5 percent year-on-year in the third quarter of 2025, the Saudi General Authority for Statistics announced on Wednesday.
The net FDI inflows reached 24.9 billion Saudi riyals (about 6.64 billion U.S. dollars) in 2025, up from 18.5 billion riyals in 2024, according to the authority's newly released data.
While inbound FDI saw a modest 4.4 percent year-on-year increase to 27.7 billion riyals in the third quarter, the net surge was primarily driven by a sharp 65.7 percent contraction in the country's own outward investments, which fell to 2.7 billion riyals.
Also on Wednesday, the statistics authority reported that in the third quarter, the kingdom's services exports reached 58.2 billion riyals, compared to services imports of 120.8 billion riyals.
In services trade, travel and transport led exports and imports respectively, according to the data. ■
