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Trade between Saudi Arabia and Yemen

In 2024, Saudi Arabia exported $1.4 billion to Yemen and imported $175 million. Saudi Arabia ran a surplus of $1.2 billion with Yemen, compared with a surplus of $619 million in 2019. Yemen was Saudi Arabia’s 44th largest trading partner (0.3% of its trade), and Saudi Arabia was Yemen’s 2nd (16%).

Summary

Saudi Arabia → Yemen
$1.4billion
Yemen → Saudi Arabia
$175million
Saudi Arabia’s balance
$1.2billion

Balance

Saudi Arabia’s trade balance with Yemen

Trade between Saudi Arabia and Yemen grew 13.1-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). Saudi Arabia’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 1.4
  • Imports 0.2
  • Balance +1.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$82 million$36 million$46 million
1996$131 million$45 million$86 million
1997$0$0$0
1998$123 million$32 million$91 million
1999$0$58 million-$58 million
2000$94 million$56 million$38 million
2001$131 million$71 million$60 million
2002$99 million$84 million$16 million
2003$121 million$106 million$14 million
2004$338 million$178 million$160 million
2005$411 million$200 million$211 million
2006$555 million$184 million$371 million
2007$553 million$177 million$376 million
2008$622 million$231 million$391 million
2009$605 million$265 million$340 million
2010$749 million$313 million$436 million
2011$1 billion$475 million$570 million
2012$861 million$335 million$527 million
2013$1 billion$266 million$737 million
2014$974 million$546 million$428 million
2015$657 million$184 million$474 million
2016$544 million$63 million$481 million
2017$549 million$125 million$424 million
2018$645 million$153 million$492 million
2019$777 million$158 million$619 million
2020$1.2 billion$179 million$1 billion
2021$1.3 billion$225 million$1.1 billion
2022$1.4 billion$182 million$1.3 billion
2023$1.3 billion$176 million$1.1 billion
2024$1.4 billion$175 million$1.2 billion

What they sell each other

What Saudi Arabia sells to Yemen

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Polyethylene$127 million · 9.3%
    109 thousand tonnes · Saudi Arabia’s destinations
  2. Fruit and vegetable juices$93 million · 6.8%
    125 thousand tonnes
  3. Toilet paper and tissues$87 million · 6.3%
    31 thousand tonnes
  4. Plastic packaging$86 million · 6.3%
    51 thousand tonnes
  5. Uninsulated copper cable$64 million · 4.7%
    10 thousand tonnes
  6. Bread, biscuits and pastries$57 million · 4.2%
    32 thousand tonnes
  7. Cheese$54 million · 4%
    18 thousand tonnes
  8. Pasta$49 million · 3.6%
    29 thousand tonnes
  9. Cement$43 million · 3.1%
    1.2 million tonnes
  10. Avocados, mangoes, pineapples and dates$40 million · 2.9%
    70 thousand tonnes

What Yemen sells to Saudi Arabia

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Fresh fish$47 million · 27%
    25 thousand tonnes
  2. Onions and garlic$25 million · 14.3%
    94 thousand tonnes
  3. Avocados, mangoes, pineapples and dates$21 million · 12.3%
    40 thousand tonnes
  4. Other fresh fruit (berries, kiwi)$16 million · 8.9%
    29 thousand tonnes
  5. Tea$12 million · 6.9%
    1 thousand tonnes
  6. Ferrous scrap$7 million · 4.2%
    23 thousand tonnes
  7. Coffee$7 million · 3.8%
    3 thousand tonnes
  8. Prepared fish and caviar$6 million · 3.6%
    1 thousand tonnes
  9. Powdered and condensed milk$6 million · 3.5%
    4 thousand tonnes
  10. Melons, watermelons and papayas$5 million · 3%
    10 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Jeddah to Ras Isa Terminal.

The estimated sea route between Jeddah and Ras Isa Terminal is 462 nautical miles (856 km) long: ≈ 1–1.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

It does not cross any major canal or 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

  1. Sea$529 million · 34.2%
  2. Land$1 billion · 65.8%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

Yemen was Saudi Arabia’s 44th largest trading partner (0.3% of its trade), and Saudi Arabia was Yemen’s 2nd (16%).

Yemen in Saudi Arabia’s trade
0.3%
Yemen’s rank among Saudi Arabia’s partners
44th
Saudi Arabia in Yemen’s trade
16.3%
Saudi Arabia’s rank among Yemen’s partners
2nd

Compare with

Other partners of Saudi Arabia

Other partners of Yemen

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

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.