Summary
- Pakistan → Saudi Arabia
- $831million
- Saudi Arabia → Pakistan
- $4.4billion
- Pakistan’s balance
- -$3.6billion
Balance
Pakistan’s trade balance with Saudi Arabia
Trade between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia grew 17.6-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Pakistan’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 0.8
- Imports 4.4
- Balance -3.6
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $154 million | $146 million | $8 million |
| 1996 | $242 million | $140 million | $102 million |
| 1997 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1998 | $127 million | $125 million | $2 million |
| 1999 | $132 million | $0 | $132 million |
| 2000 | $116 million | $316 million | -$199 million |
| 2001 | $103 million | $149 million | -$46 million |
| 2002 | $102 million | $137 million | -$35 million |
| 2003 | $290 million | $1.4 billion | -$1.2 billion |
| 2004 | $323 million | $1.8 billion | -$1.5 billion |
| 2005 | $346 million | $2.7 billion | -$2.4 billion |
| 2006 | $288 million | $3.1 billion | -$2.8 billion |
| 2007 | $279 million | $4.1 billion | -$3.8 billion |
| 2008 | $427 million | $6 billion | -$5.6 billion |
| 2009 | $423 million | $3.5 billion | -$3.1 billion |
| 2010 | $437 million | $3.9 billion | -$3.4 billion |
| 2011 | $537 million | $4.7 billion | -$4.2 billion |
| 2012 | $519 million | $4.4 billion | -$3.9 billion |
| 2013 | $594 million | $4 billion | -$3.4 billion |
| 2014 | $636 million | $4.7 billion | -$4.1 billion |
| 2015 | $599 million | $3.3 billion | -$2.7 billion |
| 2016 | $514 million | $2 billion | -$1.5 billion |
| 2017 | $484 million | $2.9 billion | -$2.4 billion |
| 2018 | $441 million | $3.3 billion | -$2.9 billion |
| 2019 | $558 million | $2.5 billion | -$1.9 billion |
| 2020 | $594 million | $2 billion | -$1.4 billion |
| 2021 | $505 million | $3.8 billion | -$3.3 billion |
| 2022 | $622 million | $5.1 billion | -$4.5 billion |
| 2023 | $738 million | $4.5 billion | -$3.8 billion |
| 2024 | $831 million | $4.4 billion | -$3.6 billion |
What they sell each other
What Pakistan sells to Saudi Arabia
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What Saudi Arabia sells to Pakistan
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Karachi and Jeddah is 2,272 nautical miles (4,207 km) long: ≈ 5.5–7 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 Pakistan’s 4th largest trading partner (5% of its trade), and Pakistan was Saudi Arabia’s 24th (1%).
- Saudi Arabia in Pakistan’s trade
- 5.4%
- Saudi Arabia’s rank among Pakistan’s partners
- 4th
- Pakistan in Saudi Arabia’s trade
- 1%
- Pakistan’s rank among Saudi Arabia’s partners
- 24th
Compare with
Other partners of Pakistan
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.