Saudi Arabia’s publicly offered investment fund sector closed 2025 with total assets of SAR 220.8 billion, a 27% increase from approximately SAR 174.5 billion in 2024, according to data published by the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA). The growth reflects deepening retail investor participation in the Kingdom’s capital markets and points to a sustained cultural shift toward structured savings and investment products.
Domestic Funds Drive the Expansion
The bulk of the growth came from domestically focused funds, whose assets rose 33% to SAR 192.9 billion, representing 87% of the sector’s total asset base. Foreign fund assets, which account for the remaining 13%, saw a 6% decline to SAR 27.9 billion over the same period, reflecting a clear preference among Saudi retail investors for products with a domestic market orientation.
Breaking down the fund structure, open-ended funds — which allow investors to subscribe and redeem on a continuous basis — account for SAR 188 billion in assets across 330 active funds. These dominate the sector at 85% of total assets. Closed-ended funds make up the remaining SAR 32.8 billion across 26 funds.
Subscriber Growth Tells the Deeper Story
Beyond the headline asset figures, the subscriber data is perhaps the most telling indicator of how far the Saudi investment fund market has come. The number of active fund subscribers rose by over 6,000 during the year to reach approximately 1.58 million — a number that would have been hard to imagine even a decade ago. At the same time, the total number of active public investment funds grew from 325 to 356, indicating continued product innovation and market appetite from both asset managers and investors alike.
A Building Block of Vision 2030’s Financial Vision
The expansion in publicly offered funds runs alongside a parallel surge in Saudi Arabia’s private investment fund sector, which reached SAR 663.6 billion in assets in 2025 per Capital Market Authority (CMA) data. Between the two segments, the Kingdom’s asset management industry is developing at pace, providing both retail and institutional investors with a growing range of investment vehicles. Deepening local financial markets and increasing domestic investment participation are among the stated objectives of Vision 2030, and the latest SAMA figures suggest that trajectory is firmly on track.
