Summary
- Saudi Arabia → Turkey
- $3.2billion
- Turkey → Saudi Arabia
- $3.9billion
- Saudi Arabia’s balance
- -$716million
Balance
Saudi Arabia’s trade balance with Turkey
Trade between Saudi Arabia and Turkey grew 3.6-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Saudi Arabia’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 3.2
- Imports 3.9
- Balance -0.7
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $1.4 billion | $598 million | $814 million |
| 1996 | $1.7 billion | $509 million | $1.2 billion |
| 1997 | $1 billion | $535 million | $483 million |
| 1998 | $700 million | $550 million | $150 million |
| 1999 | $579 million | $413 million | $166 million |
| 2000 | $988 million | $416 million | $572 million |
| 2001 | $744 million | $542 million | $202 million |
| 2002 | $127 million | $600 million | -$473 million |
| 2003 | $216 million | $895 million | -$679 million |
| 2004 | $389 million | $879 million | -$490 million |
| 2005 | $658 million | $1.2 billion | -$561 million |
| 2006 | $755 million | $1.2 billion | -$417 million |
| 2007 | $931 million | $1.7 billion | -$742 million |
| 2008 | $967 million | $2.5 billion | -$1.6 billion |
| 2009 | $911 million | $2.1 billion | -$1.2 billion |
| 2010 | $1.6 billion | $2.7 billion | -$1 billion |
| 2011 | $2.2 billion | $3.1 billion | -$897 million |
| 2012 | $2.4 billion | $4.2 billion | -$1.8 billion |
| 2013 | $2.1 billion | $3.7 billion | -$1.6 billion |
| 2014 | $2.7 billion | $3.4 billion | -$715 million |
| 2015 | $2.3 billion | $3.8 billion | -$1.4 billion |
| 2016 | $2 billion | $3.4 billion | -$1.4 billion |
| 2017 | $2.3 billion | $3.2 billion | -$832 million |
| 2018 | $2.6 billion | $3 billion | -$391 million |
| 2019 | $2 billion | $3.5 billion | -$1.5 billion |
| 2020 | $1.7 billion | $2.7 billion | -$985 million |
| 2021 | $3.4 billion | $248 million | $3.2 billion |
| 2022 | $4.4 billion | $1 billion | $3.4 billion |
| 2023 | $3.2 billion | $2.7 billion | $562 million |
| 2024 | $3.2 billion | $3.9 billion | -$716 million |
What they sell each other
What Saudi Arabia sells to Turkey
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What Turkey 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 Istanbul is 1,531 nautical miles (2,835 km) long: ≈ 3.5–4.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Suez Canal and Dardanelles.
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
Turkey was Saudi Arabia’s 19th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Saudi Arabia was Turkey’s 21st (1%).
- Turkey in Saudi Arabia’s trade
- 1.4%
- Turkey’s rank among Saudi Arabia’s partners
- 19th
- Saudi Arabia in Turkey’s trade
- 1.2%
- Saudi Arabia’s rank among Turkey’s partners
- 21st
Compare with
Other partners of Saudi Arabia
Other partners of Turkey
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.