Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets was -6.15 billion in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Saudi Arabia, 2014–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
The most recent figure for predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Saudi Arabia is -6.15 billion, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of down 18.6% on the previous year and down 121.7% over five years.
Over the whole period, predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Saudi Arabia peaked at 0 in 2014 and was at its lowest, -6.15 billion, in 2025.
Saudi Arabia ranks 65th of 86 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | -2.72 billion | — |
| 2020 | -2.77 billion | +1.8% |
| 2021 | -3.13 billion | +12.7% |
| 2022 | -2.85 billion | -8.8% |
| 2023 | -3.80 billion | +33.3% |
| 2024 | -5.18 billion | +36.4% |
| 2025 | -6.15 billion | +18.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | -907.72 million | -2.72 billion | 0 | 3 |
| 2020s | -3.98 billion | -6.15 billion | -2.77 billion | 6 |
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More financial sector data for Saudi Arabia
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), annual growth rate 0.2687 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per unit of GDP 0.2487 SDR per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita 8,588 SDR per person (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), annual growth rate 0.2472 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), per capita 9,081 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), annual growth rate 3.7 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), per capita 9,976 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), annual growth rate 0.2425 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 9,089 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 336.06 billion SDR (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Saudi Arabia?
- Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Saudi Arabia was -6.15 billion in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 0 in 2014.
- What is the lowest predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was -6.15 billion in 2025.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 65th out of 86 countries with data for 2025.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal value), Total foreign currency loans securities and deposits (International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity: Guidelines for a Data Template 2013 (IRFCL 2013), Monetary Authorities and Central Government excluding Social . Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity (IRFCL, or the “Reserves Data Template”) dataset includes data on the amount and composition of countries’ official reserve assets, other foreign currency assets held by monetary authorities and central governments, and short-term foreign currency obligations and related activities of monetary authorities and central governments that can lead to drains on official reserves and other foreign currency assets. This website re-disseminates IMF member countries' data on international reserves and foreign currency liquidity in a common template and in a common currency (the U.S. dollar). Historical data by country are also available. Please note that the re-dissemination of the template data by the Fund does not constitute endorsement of the quality of the data by the Fund.