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Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows grew by 2 percent year-on-year (YoY) to $8.1 billion in 2015, ending a seven-year decline, the UNCTAD World Investment Report 2015 showed.
Meanwhile, FDI outflows from the kingdom rose by 2 percent YoY to $5.5 billion in 2015, recording the weakest growth rate in four years.
Net FDIs saw the first growth in seven years, edging up 0.2 percent to $2.62 billion.
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FDI Inflows in Saudi Arabia (USD mln) |
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Year |
Inflow |
Outflow |
Net flow |
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Value |
Change |
Value |
Change |
Value |
Change |
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|
2007 |
24,319 |
-- |
(135) |
-- |
24,454 |
-- |
|
2008 |
39,456 |
+62% |
3,498 |
-- |
35,958 |
+47% |
|
2009 |
36,458 |
(8%) |
2,177 |
(38%) |
34,281 |
(5%) |
|
2010 |
29,233 |
(20%) |
3,907 |
+79% |
25,326 |
(26%) |
|
2011 |
16,308 |
(44%) |
3,430 |
(12%) |
12,878 |
(49%) |
|
2012 |
12,182 |
(25%) |
4,402 |
+28% |
7,780 |
(40%) |
|
2013 |
8,865 |
(27%) |
4,943 |
+12% |
3,922 |
(50%) |
|
2014 |
8,012 |
(10%) |
5,396 |
+9% |
2,616 |
(33%) |
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2015 |
8,141 |
+2% |
5,520 |
+2% |
2,621 |
+0.2% |
The kingdom came in second, after the United Arab Emirates (UAE) which led Arab countries by FDI flows at $10.98 billion.
Egypt took the third place with $6.9 billion FDI inflows, the report added.
Qatar ranked 9th on the list with $1.07 billion inflows, while Kuwait took the 15th place with $293 million.
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Arab Countries FDI inflows – 2015 |
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Country |
(USD mln) |
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Untied Arab Emirates |
10,976 |
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Saudi Arabia |
8,141 |
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Egypt |
6,885 |
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Iraq |
3,469 |
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Morocco |
3,162 |
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Lebanon |
2,341 |
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Sudan |
1,737 |
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Jordan |
1,275 |
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Qatar |
1,071 |
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Tunisia |
1,002 |
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Oman |
822 |
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Libya |
726 |
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Somalia |
516 |
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Mauretania |
495 |
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Kuwait |
293 |
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Djibouti |
124 |
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Palestine |
120 |
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Union of Comoros |
5 |
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South Sudan |
(277) |
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Yemen |
(1,191) |
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