Middle East
Saudi Arabia
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Market-entry intelligence →Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Saudi Arabia's #2 import source (world lens). Saudi Arabia is the EU's #37 goods supplier.
Saudi Arabia on the world stage
Total imports
$232.8bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$305.5bn
225 partners
#1 import source
China
23.9%
#1 export dest.
Areas, nes
73.1%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Saudi Arabia and the EU
EU imports from
€28.3bn
1.1% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€38.0bn
1.4% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #37 supplier
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 1.34
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
39
EUR/MWh
Consumer
12
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
696
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
3%
of generation
Wholesale 22 EUR/MWh · regulated market
Power market
● Take-or-pay / single-buyer lock-inMarket model
Single buyer (reforming)
Direct PPA
Limited
grid access: closed
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Independent
Water and Electricity Regulatory Authority (WERA, formerly ECRA)
A single-buyer model (SPPC) on a 60 Hz island grid disconnected from the 50 Hz GCC neighbours except via a single HVDC back-to-back converter, with generation still 98% fossil-fuelled despite a 50%-by-2030 renewable…
Tracked infrastructure
335 gas plants
63.0 GW · 9 building
1 wind farms
400 MW
11 solar farms
3.4 GW · 9 building
1 steel plants
1,180 ktpa
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
3
2 production-backed
Acid-drainage prone
2
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Copper, Aluminium
Mine-water verifiability
Partial
NCEC monitoring + mandatory annual environmental compliance…
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Monitored ports (6)
Source: IMF PortWatch. Port count reflects monitoring coverage, not economic significance.
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
29.6
→ 32 by 2050
Fertility
2.31
above replacement
Working-age
73.2%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
4
→ 11.4 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 34M · still growing past 2100
By 2050: +40% (47.7M)