Summary
- Malaysia → Saudi Arabia
- $1.9billion
- Saudi Arabia → Malaysia
- $8.2billion
- Malaysia’s balance
- -$6.3billion
Balance
Malaysia’s trade balance with Saudi Arabia
Trade between Malaysia and Saudi Arabia grew 14.3-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Malaysia’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 1.9
- Imports 8.2
- Balance -6.3
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $472 million | $236 million | $235 million |
| 1996 | $382 million | $333 million | $49 million |
| 1997 | $289 million | $364 million | -$75 million |
| 1998 | $353 million | $235 million | $118 million |
| 1999 | $378 million | $287 million | $91 million |
| 2000 | $399 million | $636 million | -$237 million |
| 2001 | $409 million | $641 million | -$231 million |
| 2002 | $444 million | $398 million | $46 million |
| 2003 | $494 million | $590 million | -$96 million |
| 2004 | $657 million | $1 billion | -$363 million |
| 2005 | $689 million | $1.6 billion | -$871 million |
| 2006 | $720 million | $2.3 billion | -$1.6 billion |
| 2007 | $1 billion | $2 billion | -$960 million |
| 2008 | $1.4 billion | $2.3 billion | -$910 million |
| 2009 | $1.1 billion | $1.1 billion | -$10 million |
| 2010 | $1.3 billion | $2 billion | -$728 million |
| 2011 | $1.8 billion | $2.8 billion | -$956 million |
| 2012 | $1.7 billion | $2.4 billion | -$760 million |
| 2013 | $1.4 billion | $2 billion | -$630 million |
| 2014 | $1.5 billion | $2.9 billion | -$1.4 billion |
| 2015 | $1.3 billion | $1.9 billion | -$603 million |
| 2016 | $1.2 billion | $2.6 billion | -$1.4 billion |
| 2017 | $1.6 billion | $2.5 billion | -$856 million |
| 2018 | $1.5 billion | $4.4 billion | -$3 billion |
| 2019 | $1.3 billion | $4.6 billion | -$3.3 billion |
| 2020 | $1.4 billion | $3.9 billion | -$2.4 billion |
| 2021 | $1.4 billion | $3.1 billion | -$1.7 billion |
| 2022 | $1.8 billion | $8.8 billion | -$7 billion |
| 2023 | $2 billion | $9.6 billion | -$7.6 billion |
| 2024 | $1.9 billion | $8.2 billion | -$6.3 billion |
What they sell each other
What Malaysia sells to Saudi Arabia
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What Saudi Arabia sells to Malaysia
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Port Klang and Jeddah is 4,298 nautical miles (7,960 km) long: ≈ 10–13 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Bab-el-Mandeb Strait.
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 Malaysia’s 15th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Malaysia was Saudi Arabia’s 10th (2%).
- Saudi Arabia in Malaysia’s trade
- 1.4%
- Saudi Arabia’s rank among Malaysia’s partners
- 15th
- Malaysia in Saudi Arabia’s trade
- 1.9%
- Malaysia’s rank among Saudi Arabia’s partners
- 10th
Compare with
Other partners of Malaysia
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.