Net FDI inflows for the first quarter of 2025 increased by (44%) to reach (22.2) billion riyals, compared to the same quarter of last year, while it recorded a decrease of (7%) compared to the previous quarter of 2024.

The results of the FDI bulletin showed that the value of FDI inflows for the first quarter of 2025 increased by (44%) to reach (22.2) billion riyals, compared to the same quarter of last year. <The results of the General Authority for Statistics FDI bulletin for the first quarter of 2025 showed that the value of FDI outflows from the Kingdom's economy amounted to about (1.8 billion riyals during the first quarter of 2025, a decrease of (54%) compared to the same quarter last year, and a rise of (7%), while the value of FDI inflows to the Kingdom's economy amounted to (24.0) billion SAR during the first quarter of 2025, registering an increase of (24%) compared to the same quarter of last year, which amounted to (19.4) billion SAR, while on the other hand, it recorded a decrease of (6%) compared to the previous quarter of the same year.

It is noteworthy that foreign direct investment inflows into the Kingdom's economy amounted to about (24.0) billion SAR during the first quarter of 2025, registering an increase of (7%) compared to the same quarter last year. Foreign direct investment reflects a long-term relationship and lasting interest of economic entities residing in an economy other than the Saudi economy, which means that an individual foreign investor - or a group of foreign investors - owns 10% or more of the voting power of the shareholders" equity.