Summary
- Saudi Arabia → Thailand
- $5.1billion
- Thailand → Saudi Arabia
- $4.2billion
- Saudi Arabia’s balance
- $835million
Balance
Saudi Arabia’s trade balance with Thailand
Trade between Saudi Arabia and Thailand grew 8.4-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Saudi Arabia’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 5.1
- Imports 4.2
- Balance +0.8
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $599 million | $509 million | $90 million |
| 1996 | $663 million | $451 million | $211 million |
| 1997 | $846 million | $389 million | $457 million |
| 1998 | $548 million | $357 million | $191 million |
| 1999 | $669 million | $345 million | $324 million |
| 2000 | $1.2 billion | $354 million | $835 million |
| 2001 | $1.4 billion | $376 million | $989 million |
| 2002 | $1.2 billion | $446 million | $784 million |
| 2003 | $1.7 billion | $535 million | $1.2 billion |
| 2004 | $2.3 billion | $700 million | $1.6 billion |
| 2005 | $4.1 billion | $1.3 billion | $2.8 billion |
| 2006 | $4.3 billion | $1.6 billion | $2.6 billion |
| 2007 | $4.6 billion | $1.6 billion | $2.9 billion |
| 2008 | $7.3 billion | $2.2 billion | $5.1 billion |
| 2009 | $4 billion | $2.2 billion | $1.8 billion |
| 2010 | $5.7 billion | $2.5 billion | $3.2 billion |
| 2011 | $7.4 billion | $3 billion | $4.5 billion |
| 2012 | $8.3 billion | $3.3 billion | $5 billion |
| 2013 | $8.4 billion | $3.5 billion | $4.9 billion |
| 2014 | $7.8 billion | $3.7 billion | $4.1 billion |
| 2015 | $4.9 billion | $3.9 billion | $1.1 billion |
| 2016 | $4.8 billion | $3.3 billion | $1.5 billion |
| 2017 | $6 billion | $2.7 billion | $3.3 billion |
| 2018 | $7.3 billion | $2.2 billion | $5.1 billion |
| 2019 | $5.8 billion | $2.8 billion | $2.9 billion |
| 2020 | $3.8 billion | $2.5 billion | $1.3 billion |
| 2021 | $5.7 billion | $2.5 billion | $3.2 billion |
| 2022 | $7 billion | $3.2 billion | $3.9 billion |
| 2023 | $6.1 billion | $3.9 billion | $2.2 billion |
| 2024 | $5.1 billion | $4.2 billion | $835 million |
What they sell each other
What Saudi Arabia sells to Thailand
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What Thailand 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 Laem Chabang is 5,309 nautical miles (9,832 km) long: ≈ 12.5–16 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
Thailand was Saudi Arabia’s 13th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Saudi Arabia was Thailand’s 19th (1%).
- Thailand in Saudi Arabia’s trade
- 1.7%
- Thailand’s rank among Saudi Arabia’s partners
- 13th
- Saudi Arabia in Thailand’s trade
- 1.4%
- Saudi Arabia’s rank among Thailand’s partners
- 19th
Compare with
Other partners of Saudi Arabia
Other partners of Thailand
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.