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
In 2025, predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Saudi Arabia stood at -6.15 billion. 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 66th of 91 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 32,328 current LCU per person (2017)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 1.35 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2017)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 21.57 % change on previous year (2017)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 363.54 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 33.13 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 317.55 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 335.74 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 368.87 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 336.06 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 9,089 SDR per person (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 66th out of 91 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) (International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity: Guidelines for a Data Template 2013 (IRFCL 2013), Monetary Authorities and Central Government excluding Social Security). 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.