The balance of foreign investment in the Saudi economy for the first time exceeded the 2 trillion riyals barrier by the end of 2020, according to the latest data issued by the Saudi Central Bank “SAMA”.

Thus, foreign investments increased during the past year by 173.3 billion riyals, or 9%, compared to the end of 2019, when it reached 1833.1 billion riyals at that time.

And compared to the third quarter of 2020, the foreign investment balance recorded an increase of 67.1 billion riyals, equivalent to 3.5%.