The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has occupied the eighth place internationally in the field of attracting direct foreign investments according to UNCTAD 2010 report. In a press conference in Riyadh today, UNCTAD's representative in Riyadh Terphy said that despite the international financial crisis and its grave effects in 2009, including considerable reduction in the size of investments in the Kingdom, estimated by 7% in comparison to 2008, the Kingdom continued success in the field of attracting direct foreign investments compared to advanced countries in the same field, advancing from the 14th to the 8th place. According to the report, the size of capital flow into the Kingdom was estimated at SR133 billion, bringing to SR552 the total number of foreign investments in the country.
