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Data: UN Comtrade, 2023 · snapshot 2026-07-19
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ATLAS · TRADE FLOWS · SAUDI ARABIA

What Saudi Arabia Trades

In 2023, Saudi Arabia sold about $320B of goods to the rest of the world and bought about $207B in return. Its biggest customer was United Arab Emirates ($13.8B, 4% of exports); its biggest supplier, China ($43.3B). The map above draws each partner as an arc sized by value; the full lists are below. Bilateral goods trade from UN Comtrade, exports FOB and imports CIF.

GOODS EXPORTED$320B
GOODS IMPORTED$207B
TOP PARTNERUnited Arab Emirates

Where Saudi Arabia sends its goods

Saudi Arabia’s biggest export markets — the countries it sells the most goods to, by value (FOB).

2China2.4%$7.6B
3India1.9%$6.2B
4Turkiye1.0%$3.1B
5United States0.9%$2.8B
7Singapore0.8%$2.5B
8Bahrain0.7%$2.3B
9Kuwait0.7%$2.3B
10Belgium0.7%$2.1B
11Jordan0.6%$2.0B
12Yemen, Rep.0.4%$1.3B
13Iraq0.4%$1.3B
14Oman0.4%$1.2B
15Korea, Rep.0.4%$1.2B
16Qatar0.3%$1.1B
17United Kingdom0.3%$1.0B
18Switzerland0.3%$913M
19Thailand0.3%$889M
20Brazil0.3%$853M
21Algeria0.3%$827M
22Australia0.2%$761M
23Morocco0.2%$752M
24Italy0.2%$737M
25Pakistan0.2%$736M

Top 25 partners by value. Shares are of total exports. 22.5% of exports is drawn on the map; the rest is trade logged against non-country groupings.

Where Saudi Arabia buys its goods

Saudi Arabia’s biggest suppliers — the countries it buys the most goods from, by value (CIF, including shipping).

1China20.9%$43.3B
2United States9.1%$18.9B
4India5.6%$11.6B
5Germany4.4%$9.1B
6Japan4.0%$8.2B
7Switzerland3.2%$6.6B
8Korea, Rep.2.9%$6.0B
9Italy2.8%$5.9B
10Egypt, Arab Rep.2.5%$5.3B
11United Kingdom2.2%$4.5B
12France2.1%$4.4B
13Oman1.9%$3.9B
14Russian Federation1.8%$3.7B
15Thailand1.8%$3.7B
16Brazil1.7%$3.6B
17Bahrain1.4%$2.8B
18Netherlands1.4%$2.8B
19Viet Nam1.3%$2.7B
20Indonesia1.3%$2.7B
21Greece1.3%$2.7B
22Turkiye1.3%$2.6B
23Spain1.2%$2.5B
24Belgium1.0%$2.1B
25Malaysia0.9%$1.9B

Top 25 partners by value. Shares are of total imports. 99.2% of imports is drawn on the map; the rest is trade logged against non-country groupings.

Trade flows of other countries

China · United States · Germany · Japan · Netherlands · Italy · France · Korea, Rep.