Summary
- Saudi Arabia → South Korea
- $31.5billion
- South Korea → Saudi Arabia
- $6.1billion
- Saudi Arabia’s balance
- $25.4billion
Balance
Saudi Arabia’s trade balance with South Korea
Trade between Saudi Arabia and South Korea grew 5.5-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Saudi Arabia’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 31.5
- Imports 6.1
- Balance +25.4
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $5.5 billion | $1.4 billion | $4.1 billion |
| 1996 | $6.7 billion | $1.3 billion | $5.4 billion |
| 1997 | $7.2 billion | $1 billion | $6.1 billion |
| 1998 | $4 billion | $1.4 billion | $2.6 billion |
| 1999 | $5.7 billion | $1.5 billion | $4.2 billion |
| 2000 | $9.8 billion | $1.4 billion | $8.4 billion |
| 2001 | $8.2 billion | $1.4 billion | $6.8 billion |
| 2002 | $8.3 billion | $1.6 billion | $6.7 billion |
| 2003 | $9.3 billion | $1.8 billion | $7.6 billion |
| 2004 | $11.9 billion | $2.2 billion | $9.7 billion |
| 2005 | $16.2 billion | $2.6 billion | $13.6 billion |
| 2006 | $20.7 billion | $3.3 billion | $17.3 billion |
| 2007 | $21.3 billion | $4.6 billion | $16.7 billion |
| 2008 | $33.9 billion | $5.7 billion | $28.2 billion |
| 2009 | $19.8 billion | $4.7 billion | $15.2 billion |
| 2010 | $26.9 billion | $5.2 billion | $21.7 billion |
| 2011 | $37.2 billion | $8.2 billion | $29.1 billion |
| 2012 | $40.1 billion | $10.3 billion | $29.8 billion |
| 2013 | $38.2 billion | $10.5 billion | $27.7 billion |
| 2014 | $37.1 billion | $9 billion | $28.1 billion |
| 2015 | $19.8 billion | $11 billion | $8.8 billion |
| 2016 | $15.9 billion | $6.6 billion | $9.4 billion |
| 2017 | $19.7 billion | $6 billion | $13.7 billion |
| 2018 | $26.6 billion | $4.7 billion | $21.9 billion |
| 2019 | $22 billion | $4.3 billion | $17.7 billion |
| 2020 | $16.1 billion | $4.2 billion | $11.9 billion |
| 2021 | $24.4 billion | $3.6 billion | $20.7 billion |
| 2022 | $41.6 billion | $5.4 billion | $36.2 billion |
| 2023 | $32.8 billion | $6.1 billion | $26.7 billion |
| 2024 | $31.5 billion | $6.1 billion | $25.4 billion |
What they sell each other
What Saudi Arabia sells to South Korea
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What South Korea sells to Saudi Arabia
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Jeddah and Busan is 6,954 nautical miles (12,878 km) long: ≈ 16–20.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Bab-el-Mandeb Strait; and Strait of Malacca and Singapore.
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
South Korea was Saudi Arabia’s 4th largest trading partner (7% of its trade), and Saudi Arabia was South Korea’s 9th (3%).
- South Korea in Saudi Arabia’s trade
- 7.1%
- South Korea’s rank among Saudi Arabia’s partners
- 4th
- Saudi Arabia in South Korea’s trade
- 2.7%
- Saudi Arabia’s rank among South Korea’s partners
- 9th
Compare with
Other partners of Saudi Arabia
Other partners of South Korea
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.