Saudi service exports fall 4% to SAR 59.5B in Q2 2026

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The value of Saudi Arabia’s service exports reached SAR 59.5 billion in Q2 2026, a 4% decline year-on-year.

Compared with Q1 2026, service exports fell by 16.5%, or SAR 11.8 billion, according to data released by the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT).

The report covers a range of services, including transportation, travel, financial services, telecommunications, and other internationally traded services.

Travel services recorded the highest export value at SAR 33.8 billion, accounting for 56.8% of total service exports. Personal travel made up about 93.9% of travel services exports.

Transportation services followed with SAR 10.5 billion, or 17.6% of total service exports.

Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia’s service imports reached SAR 120.8 billion in Q2 2026, a 5% decrease YoY. However, they rose 8.4% quarter-on-quarter.

Transportation services accounted for the largest share of service imports at SAR 34.1 billion, or 28.2% of total imports, followed by travel services at nearly SAR 25 billion.

The data showed that the Kingdom’s service trade balance posted a deficit of around SAR 61.3 billion in Q2 2026.