Summary
- Saudi Arabia → Vietnam
- $644million
- Vietnam → Saudi Arabia
- $3.1billion
- Saudi Arabia’s balance
- -$2.4billion
Balance
Saudi Arabia’s trade balance with Vietnam
Trade between Saudi Arabia and Vietnam grew 82.3-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Saudi Arabia’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 0.6
- Imports 3.1
- Balance -2.4
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $32 million | $13 million | $19 million |
| 1996 | $21 million | $10 million | $10 million |
| 1997 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1998 | $19 million | $13 million | $6 million |
| 1999 | $0 | $10 million | -$10 million |
| 2000 | $14 million | $22 million | -$8 million |
| 2001 | $23 million | $22 million | $589 thousand |
| 2002 | $29 million | $23 million | $6 million |
| 2003 | $37 million | $24 million | $13 million |
| 2004 | $66 million | $32 million | $34 million |
| 2005 | $91 million | $49 million | $42 million |
| 2006 | $109 million | $72 million | $37 million |
| 2007 | $137 million | $107 million | $29 million |
| 2008 | $177 million | $204 million | -$27 million |
| 2009 | $360 million | $157 million | $203 million |
| 2010 | $605 million | $229 million | $375 million |
| 2011 | $800 million | $438 million | $362 million |
| 2012 | $887 million | $1.3 billion | -$420 million |
| 2013 | $1.2 billion | $1.9 billion | -$641 million |
| 2014 | $1.3 billion | $2.2 billion | -$885 million |
| 2015 | $1.1 billion | $2.3 billion | -$1.2 billion |
| 2016 | $1.2 billion | $1.5 billion | -$318 million |
| 2017 | $1.3 billion | $1.5 billion | -$131 million |
| 2018 | $1.5 billion | $1.4 billion | $154 million |
| 2019 | $1.2 billion | $1.3 billion | -$140 million |
| 2020 | $1.1 billion | $1.2 billion | -$16 million |
| 2021 | $1.6 billion | $1.2 billion | $476 million |
| 2022 | $1.9 billion | $1.6 billion | $275 million |
| 2023 | $1.6 billion | $2.5 billion | -$887 million |
| 2024 | $644 million | $3.1 billion | -$2.4 billion |
What they sell each other
What Saudi Arabia sells to Vietnam
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What Vietnam 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 Phu My is 5,126 nautical miles (9,493 km) long: ≈ 12–15.5 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
Vietnam was Saudi Arabia’s 26th largest trading partner (0.7% of its trade), and Saudi Arabia was Vietnam’s 28th (0.4%).
- Vietnam in Saudi Arabia’s trade
- 0.7%
- Vietnam’s rank among Saudi Arabia’s partners
- 26th
- Saudi Arabia in Vietnam’s trade
- 0.4%
- Saudi Arabia’s rank among Vietnam’s partners
- 28th
Compare with
Other partners of Saudi Arabia
Other partners of Vietnam
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.