Summary
- Egypt → Saudi Arabia
- $7.8billion
- Saudi Arabia → Egypt
- $8.2billion
- Egypt’s balance
- -$378million
Balance
Egypt’s trade balance with Saudi Arabia
Trade between Egypt and Saudi Arabia grew 29-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Egypt’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 7.8
- Imports 8.2
- Balance -0.4
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $247 million | $305 million | -$58 million |
| 1996 | $279 million | $413 million | -$134 million |
| 1997 | $139 million | $440 million | -$302 million |
| 1998 | $299 million | $783 million | -$483 million |
| 1999 | $213 million | $698 million | -$485 million |
| 2000 | $216 million | $1.1 billion | -$904 million |
| 2001 | $198 million | $759 million | -$561 million |
| 2002 | $242 million | $423 million | -$181 million |
| 2003 | $338 million | $337 million | $1 million |
| 2004 | $461 million | $633 million | -$172 million |
| 2005 | $865 million | $1.1 billion | -$284 million |
| 2006 | $817 million | $1.7 billion | -$859 million |
| 2007 | $1.1 billion | $2.6 billion | -$1.5 billion |
| 2008 | $1.8 billion | $3.4 billion | -$1.6 billion |
| 2009 | $1.7 billion | $2.3 billion | -$643 million |
| 2010 | $2 billion | $2.4 billion | -$465 million |
| 2011 | $2.4 billion | $2.8 billion | -$473 million |
| 2012 | $2.1 billion | $3 billion | -$910 million |
| 2013 | $2.4 billion | $3.2 billion | -$873 million |
| 2014 | $2.3 billion | $3.1 billion | -$831 million |
| 2015 | $2.5 billion | $2.6 billion | -$113 million |
| 2016 | $2.2 billion | $2.3 billion | -$16 million |
| 2017 | $2.3 billion | $4.4 billion | -$2.1 billion |
| 2018 | $1.5 billion | $6.1 billion | -$4.6 billion |
| 2019 | $2.8 billion | $5.4 billion | -$2.6 billion |
| 2020 | $2.7 billion | $4.3 billion | -$1.5 billion |
| 2021 | $4.2 billion | $7 billion | -$2.9 billion |
| 2022 | $6.7 billion | $8 billion | -$1.4 billion |
| 2023 | $5.3 billion | $5.8 billion | -$484 million |
| 2024 | $7.8 billion | $8.2 billion | -$378 million |
What they sell each other
What Egypt sells to Saudi Arabia
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What Saudi Arabia sells to Egypt
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Alexandria and Jeddah is 879 nautical miles (1,628 km) long: ≈ 2–2.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Suez Canal.
Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.
Split by transport mode
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
Saudi Arabia was Egypt’s 2nd largest trading partner (10% of its trade), and Egypt was Saudi Arabia’s 7th (3%).
- Saudi Arabia in Egypt’s trade
- 10.5%
- Saudi Arabia’s rank among Egypt’s partners
- 2nd
- Egypt in Saudi Arabia’s trade
- 3%
- Egypt’s rank among Saudi Arabia’s partners
- 7th
Compare with
Other partners of Egypt
Other partners of Saudi Arabia
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.