Saudi Arabia - Merchandise imports

Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) in Saudi Arabia was 13.45 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 29.36 in 1974, while its lowest value was 3.06 in 1984.

Definition: Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from economies in the Arab World. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1964 21.47
1965 22.93
1966 18.98
1967 19.29
1968 25.02
1969 20.67
1970 22.43
1971 24.82
1972 24.83
1973 24.10
1974 29.36
1975 24.78
1976 24.32
1977 14.30
1978 4.41
1979 4.66
1980 4.29
1981 4.50
1982 3.73
1983 3.35
1984 3.06
1985 4.09
1986 4.04
1987 3.85
1988 4.68
1989 4.95
1990 4.67
1991 4.07
1992 4.18
1993 5.32
1994 6.07
1995 5.92
1996 6.78
1997 6.26
1998 6.60
1999 7.87
2000 6.13
2001 6.81
2002 8.11
2003 7.47
2004 8.03
2005 8.09
2006 7.46
2007 7.11
2008 7.23
2009 8.14
2010 8.93
2011 9.61
2012 9.71
2013 10.77
2014 10.37
2015 10.50
2016 11.30
2017 12.64
2018 14.57
2019 14.11
2020 13.45

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Saudi Arabia was 137,998,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 174,676,000,000 in 2015 and a minimum value of 234,000,000 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise imports show the c.i.f. value of goods received from the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Trade Organization.

See also:

Year Value
1960 234,000,000
1961 261,000,000
1962 308,000,000
1963 320,000,000
1964 394,000,000
1965 506,000,000
1966 592,000,000
1967 574,000,000
1968 553,000,000
1969 735,000,000
1970 693,000,000
1971 808,000,000
1972 1,136,000,000
1973 1,972,000,000
1974 2,860,000,000
1975 4,213,000,000
1976 8,695,000,000
1977 14,656,000,000
1978 20,422,000,000
1979 24,462,000,000
1980 30,166,000,000
1981 35,269,000,000
1982 40,644,000,000
1983 39,197,000,000
1984 33,696,000,000
1985 23,622,000,000
1986 19,112,000,000
1987 20,083,000,000
1988 21,784,000,000
1989 21,154,000,000
1990 24,069,000,000
1991 29,079,000,000
1992 33,698,000,000
1993 28,198,000,000
1994 23,338,000,000
1995 28,091,000,000
1996 27,744,000,000
1997 28,732,000,000
1998 30,013,000,000
1999 28,011,000,000
2000 30,238,000,000
2001 31,223,000,000
2002 32,293,000,000
2003 41,704,000,000
2004 47,376,000,000
2005 59,459,000,000
2006 69,800,000,000
2007 90,214,000,000
2008 115,134,000,000
2009 95,552,000,000
2010 106,863,000,000
2011 131,586,000,000
2012 155,593,000,000
2013 168,155,000,000
2014 173,834,000,000
2015 174,676,000,000
2016 140,170,000,000
2017 134,519,000,000
2018 137,065,000,000
2019 153,163,000,000
2020 137,998,000,000

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Saudi Arabia was 57.88 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 90.51 in 1983, while its lowest value was 57.88 in 2020.

Definition: Merchandise imports from high-income economies are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from high-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1964 67.62
1965 65.48
1966 69.97
1967 69.68
1968 65.17
1969 69.00
1970 68.04
1971 67.58
1972 71.11
1973 72.55
1974 67.37
1975 73.43
1976 79.64
1977 78.32
1978 86.99
1979 87.37
1980 88.10
1981 89.39
1982 90.46
1983 90.51
1984 89.33
1985 88.00
1986 86.56
1987 86.25
1988 83.84
1989 84.75
1990 84.77
1991 84.18
1992 84.93
1993 81.27
1994 81.75
1995 79.20
1996 78.12
1997 81.04
1998 79.74
1999 79.25
2000 79.53
2001 79.16
2002 77.02
2003 75.89
2004 74.03
2005 72.16
2006 70.18
2007 70.13
2008 66.73
2009 67.69
2010 65.12
2011 64.28
2012 64.46
2013 64.46
2014 63.21
2015 64.51
2016 63.69
2017 62.17
2018 62.55
2019 59.03
2020 57.88

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) in Saudi Arabia was 41.97 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 41.97 in 2020, while its lowest value was 7.13 in 1982.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in other World Bank regions according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1964 25.81
1965 26.89
1966 23.53
1967 24.05
1968 30.75
1969 26.42
1970 28.02
1971 28.04
1972 25.25
1973 23.15
1974 28.15
1975 22.24
1976 16.37
1977 12.17
1978 8.88
1979 8.86
1980 8.72
1981 8.11
1982 7.13
1983 7.30
1984 8.19
1985 9.52
1986 10.58
1987 11.44
1988 12.89
1989 12.71
1990 12.64
1991 12.99
1992 12.57
1993 16.43
1994 15.85
1995 18.58
1996 19.47
1997 18.55
1998 19.86
1999 20.49
2000 20.27
2001 20.66
2002 22.13
2003 22.69
2004 24.51
2005 26.84
2006 28.17
2007 28.48
2008 31.78
2009 31.01
2010 33.43
2011 34.31
2012 34.20
2013 34.26
2014 35.48
2015 35.33
2016 36.16
2017 37.65
2018 37.14
2019 40.68
2020 41.97

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) in Saudi Arabia was 24.96 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 24.96 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.51 in 1972.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia and Pacific are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the East Asia and Pacific region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1964 2.57
1965 1.51
1966 2.36
1967 2.01
1968 2.25
1969 1.77
1970 2.75
1971 2.41
1972 0.51
1973 0.82
1974 1.62
1975 0.87
1976 1.14
1977 2.01
1978 2.54
1979 2.37
1980 2.28
1981 1.85
1982 1.49
1983 1.64
1984 1.97
1985 2.37
1986 2.92
1987 3.81
1988 4.63
1989 4.67
1990 4.59
1991 5.10
1992 5.02
1993 5.50
1994 5.42
1995 6.84
1996 7.00
1997 6.64
1998 6.63
1999 7.07
2000 7.76
2001 8.01
2002 8.83
2003 9.23
2004 10.05
2005 11.28
2006 12.45
2007 13.57
2008 15.13
2009 15.92
2010 16.55
2011 18.21
2012 18.45
2013 18.28
2014 19.71
2015 20.40
2016 20.06
2017 21.12
2018 21.74
2019 24.49
2020 24.96

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports) in Saudi Arabia was 2.76 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 4.35 in 2012, while its lowest value was 0.01 in 1970.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe and Central Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Europe and Central Asia region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1964 0.03
1965 0.05
1966 0.02
1967 0.02
1968 0.02
1969 0.03
1970 0.01
1972 0.03
1973 0.10
1974 0.05
1975 0.11
1976 0.29
1977 0.23
1978 0.39
1979 0.44
1980 0.56
1981 0.68
1982 0.80
1983 0.92
1984 1.49
1985 1.45
1986 1.77
1987 1.68
1988 1.72
1989 1.94
1990 1.35
1991 1.28
1992 1.30
1993 2.38
1994 2.15
1995 2.48
1996 1.96
1997 1.75
1998 2.05
1999 1.66
2000 1.45
2001 2.00
2002 2.33
2003 2.87
2004 2.90
2005 3.09
2006 3.38
2007 3.36
2008 3.88
2009 3.23
2010 4.07
2011 3.84
2012 4.35
2013 3.69
2014 3.65
2015 3.36
2016 3.50
2017 3.49
2018 3.24
2019 3.02
2020 2.76

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports) in Saudi Arabia was 3.52 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 4.20 in 2011, while its lowest value was 0.01 in 1971.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America and the Caribbean are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Latin America and the Caribbean region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1964 0.03
1965 0.03
1967 0.02
1968 0.10
1970 0.04
1971 0.01
1972 0.15
1973 0.11
1974 0.13
1975 0.23
1976 0.19
1977 0.24
1978 0.31
1979 0.49
1980 0.60
1981 0.57
1982 0.75
1983 1.01
1984 1.20
1985 1.57
1986 1.38
1987 1.34
1988 1.66
1989 1.38
1990 1.41
1991 1.73
1992 1.46
1993 2.20
1994 1.48
1995 2.19
1996 2.28
1997 2.73
1998 2.45
1999 2.45
2000 3.28
2001 3.16
2002 2.66
2003 2.67
2004 2.73
2005 3.45
2006 3.54
2007 3.22
2008 3.60
2009 3.50
2010 3.97
2011 4.20
2012 3.42
2013 4.11
2014 3.45
2015 2.96
2016 3.39
2017 3.23
2018 2.98
2019 3.08
2020 3.52

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports) in Saudi Arabia was 3.44 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 20.55 in 1974, while its lowest value was 1.38 in 1985.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1964 12.97
1965 15.94
1966 12.39
1967 12.23
1968 15.58
1969 14.39
1970 15.42
1971 16.71
1972 16.31
1973 16.25
1974 20.55
1975 16.66
1976 11.75
1977 7.16
1978 2.82
1979 2.68
1980 2.29
1981 2.39
1982 1.66
1983 1.48
1984 1.43
1985 1.38
1986 1.55
1987 1.76
1988 2.21
1989 2.30
1990 2.52
1991 2.46
1992 2.14
1993 2.70
1994 2.98
1995 2.69
1996 3.04
1997 2.74
1998 2.88
1999 3.63
2000 2.68
2001 3.27
2002 3.75
2003 3.38
2004 3.71
2005 4.29
2006 3.58
2007 3.35
2008 3.33
2009 3.32
2010 3.33
2011 2.92
2012 2.66
2013 2.54
2014 2.53
2015 2.61
2016 2.91
2017 3.06
2018 2.49
2019 3.08
2020 3.44

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports) in Saudi Arabia was 5.76 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 5.76 in 2020, while its lowest value was 1.33 in 1982.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the South Asia region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1964 4.07
1965 3.77
1966 3.30
1967 4.13
1968 4.66
1969 5.23
1970 5.16
1971 3.97
1972 3.82
1973 2.84
1974 3.44
1975 2.40
1976 2.01
1977 1.79
1978 1.85
1979 1.78
1980 1.66
1981 1.46
1982 1.33
1983 1.34
1984 1.45
1985 1.82
1986 2.03
1987 1.99
1988 1.78
1989 1.80
1990 1.74
1991 1.73
1992 1.87
1993 2.61
1994 2.35
1995 2.53
1996 3.10
1997 2.97
1998 3.27
1999 3.24
2000 3.43
2001 2.98
2002 3.29
2003 3.50
2004 3.68
2005 3.55
2006 4.06
2007 3.64
2008 4.52
2009 4.06
2010 4.18
2011 3.74
2012 3.79
2013 3.96
2014 4.15
2015 4.04
2016 4.43
2017 4.78
2018 4.95
2019 5.32
2020 5.76

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports) in Saudi Arabia was 1.55 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 8.14 in 1968, while its lowest value was 0.62 in 1989.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Sub-Saharan Africa region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1964 6.14
1965 5.58
1966 5.45
1967 5.64
1968 8.14
1969 5.00
1970 4.63
1971 4.94
1972 4.43
1973 3.04
1974 2.37
1975 1.97
1976 0.99
1977 0.74
1978 0.97
1979 1.10
1980 1.31
1981 1.16
1982 1.09
1983 0.92
1984 0.66
1985 0.94
1986 0.93
1987 0.85
1988 0.90
1989 0.62
1990 1.03
1991 0.68
1992 0.77
1993 1.03
1994 1.46
1995 1.85
1996 2.10
1997 1.72
1998 2.56
1999 2.43
2000 1.67
2001 1.25
2002 1.26
2003 1.05
2004 1.45
2005 1.18
2006 1.16
2007 1.33
2008 1.32
2009 0.97
2010 1.33
2011 1.41
2012 1.53
2013 1.68
2014 2.00
2015 1.97
2016 1.88
2017 1.97
2018 1.73
2019 1.68
2020 1.55

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Saudi Arabia was 0.15 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 9.51 in 1977, while its lowest value was 0.15 in 2020.

Definition: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy residuals are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database, less the sum of imports by the reporting economy from high-, low-, and middle-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Includes trade with unspecified partners or with economies not covered by World Bank classification. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1964 6.57
1965 7.63
1966 6.50
1967 6.26
1968 4.09
1969 4.58
1970 3.94
1971 4.38
1972 3.65
1973 4.30
1974 4.47
1975 4.34
1976 3.98
1977 9.51
1978 4.13
1979 3.78
1980 3.19
1981 2.50
1982 2.41
1983 2.19
1984 2.48
1985 2.48
1986 2.85
1987 2.32
1988 3.27
1989 2.54
1990 2.60
1991 2.83
1992 2.50
1993 2.30
1994 2.40
1995 2.22
1996 2.41
1997 0.42
1998 0.40
1999 0.27
2000 0.20
2001 0.18
2002 0.85
2003 1.42
2004 1.46
2005 0.99
2006 1.64
2007 1.39
2008 1.49
2009 1.30
2010 1.44
2011 1.41
2012 1.34
2013 1.28
2014 1.31
2015 0.17
2016 0.15
2017 0.18
2018 0.31
2019 0.29
2020 0.15

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Saudi Arabia was $132,611,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 56 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $174,675,000,000 in 2015 and $299,900,000 in 1964.

Definition: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world, as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1964 $299,900,000
1965 $376,300,000
1966 $456,900,000
1967 $501,400,000
1968 $572,700,000
1969 $747,500,000
1970 $709,900,000
1971 $817,100,000
1972 $1,135,500,000
1973 $1,976,400,000
1974 $2,857,300,000
1975 $4,213,500,000
1976 $8,693,500,000
1977 $14,653,800,000
1978 $20,348,700,000
1979 $24,257,300,000
1980 $30,166,400,000
1981 $35,235,800,000
1982 $40,654,500,000
1983 $39,180,600,000
1984 $33,695,800,000
1985 $23,621,900,000
1986 $19,112,400,000
1987 $20,022,000,000
1988 $21,784,540,000
1989 $21,153,930,000
1990 $24,080,990,000
1991 $29,073,810,000
1992 $33,272,660,000
1993 $28,202,400,000
1994 $23,343,590,000
1995 $27,450,040,000
1996 $27,764,940,000
1997 $28,487,880,000
1998 $30,012,560,000
1999 $28,031,680,000
2000 $30,099,870,000
2001 $31,151,700,000
2002 $32,125,070,000
2003 $36,776,960,000
2004 $44,549,610,000
2005 $59,282,230,000
2006 $68,197,830,000
2007 $88,517,140,000
2008 $113,157,000,000
2009 $93,190,900,000
2010 $104,444,000,000
2011 $128,983,000,000
2012 $152,500,000,000
2013 $164,462,000,000
2014 $169,911,000,000
2015 $174,675,000,000
2016 $140,169,000,000
2017 $127,910,000,000
2018 $126,630,000,000
2019 $132,158,000,000
2020 $132,611,000,000

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports