The Saudi Fund for Development signed 13 development-loan agreements with 11 developing countries during 2025, totalling SAR1,765.91 million, according to a Saudi Press Agency report published on 22 October citing the Fund’s annual report. The figures describe the 2025 reporting year, rather than financing newly agreed on the announcement date.

The regional breakdown includes two loans in Africa worth SAR368.28 million, six in Asia and the Pacific worth SAR855 million, two in Europe worth SAR120 million and three in Latin America and the Caribbean worth SAR422.62 million. Suriname, Solomon Islands and Barbados were new countries in the Fund’s lending activity.

Nine of the loans, covering eight countries, involved co-financing. The Fund’s contribution to those projects was SAR1,315.12 million, against combined project costs of SAR4,969.93 million. The release identifies partners including the Islamic Development Bank, the OPEC Fund for International Development, the Asian Development Bank and recipient governments.

The distinction matters when assessing the scale of Saudi Arabia’s development financing: total project costs include other financiers’ participation and cannot be presented as the Fund’s own lending. The reported agreement values also should not be described as cash already disbursed; the announcement does not provide a matching disbursement total.