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OtherSaudi Arabia · Ambassador: Dr. Suhel Ajaz Khan
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In short
India’s other in Saudi Arabia records bilateral trade of $41.88bn, a reported community of 27,50,551, 39 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 73%. Led by Dr. Suhel Ajaz Khan, ambassador.
Total bilateral trade
$41.88bn
US dollars · as stated in the brief
Source· retrieved 22 minutes ago
Bilateral Brief — Saudi Arabia
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Economic Cooperation” section
“In FY 2024-25, bilateral trade stood at USD 41.88 billion, with Indian exports at USD 11.76 billion and imports at USD 30.12 billion.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Overseas Indians
Medium confidence27,50,551
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Saudi Arabia"
“PIOs 3,000 + NRIs 2,747,551 = 2,750,551”
Published: undated · Read: 7 October 2026
MEA publishes no methodology for these estimates and told a Parliamentary committee it holds "no authentic data". The page also repeats some countries from an older vintage with the PIO/NRI columns swapped; the first occurrence is used here. This country appears 2× on the page.
Agreements on record
Medium confidence39
agreements · 1950–present
Source· retrieved 23 minutes ago
Indian Treaties Database — filtered by country
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: search-result-item count, sorted newest first (newest: 30 September 2021)
“PROGRAM OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF MUNICIPAL,RURAL AFFAIRS AND HOUSING OF SAUDI ARABIA AND THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS OF REPUBLIC OF INDIA — 30 September 2021”
Published: 30 September 2021 · Read: 8 October 2026
MEA states it cannot vouch for the accuracy or completeness of this database. It carries no status field, so "in force" cannot be derived from it — only that an agreement is on record.
UN votes matching India’s
73%
share of UNGA votes matching India’s · UNGA session 78
Source· retrieved 12 hours ago
United Nations General Assembly Voting Data — Ideal Point Estimates
Source: Bailey, Strezhnev & Voeten — Harvard Dataverse
Where: row “Saudi Arabia”, session 78, IndiaAgree over 86 votes
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
UN General Assembly Voting Data (v39), non-commercial licence. The share is the dataset’s own IndiaAgree column — roll-call votes on which this country and India voted the same way, as the dataset defines agreement — not our calculation. Independent of MEA.
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The relationship, in figures
Trade
Exports to Saudi ArabiaUS dollars · as stated in the brief$11.76bn
Bilateral Brief — Saudi Arabia
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Economic Cooperation” section
“In FY 2024-25, bilateral trade stood at USD 41.88 billion, with Indian exports at USD 11.76 billion and imports at USD 30.12 billion.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Imports from Saudi ArabiaUS dollars · as stated in the brief$30.12bn
Bilateral Brief — Saudi Arabia
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Economic Cooperation” section
“In FY 2024-25, bilateral trade stood at USD 41.88 billion, with Indian exports at USD 11.76 billion and imports at USD 30.12 billion.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Trade balance in India’s favourUS dollars · as stated in the brief · our calculation−$18.36bn
Exports minus imports, as stated in the same briefing (in USD)
exports − imports
People
Indian community in Saudi Arabiapersons · as stated in the brief27,40,000
Bilateral Brief — Saudi Arabia
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Indian Community in Saudi Arabia” section
“The Indian community in the Kingdom numbers at approximately 2.74 million and is a living bridge between the two countries.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Diplomacy
Agreements the briefing enumeratesagreements · as stated in the brief4
Bilateral Brief — Saudi Arabia
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “India-Saudi Arabia Bilateral Relations” section
“Four bilateral MoUs/Agreements in the fields of Space, Health, Sports (AntiDoping) and Postal Cooperation were signed.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Most recent high-level visityear of the visit · as stated in the brief2026
Bilateral Brief — Saudi Arabia
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Defence Partnership” section
“In February 2026, Hon’ble MoS (Defence) Shri Sanjay Seth attended the 3rd World Defence Show (WDS), where he inaugurated the India Pavillion, a first for WDS.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Agreements on record (39)
MEA Treaties Database- PROGRAM OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF MUNICIPAL,RURAL AFFAIRS AND HOUSING OF SAUDI ARABIA AND THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS OF REPUBLIC OF INDIAAid and Cooperation30 September 2021
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE MORARJI DESAI INSTITUTE OF YOGA (MDNIY), MINISTRY OF AYUSH, GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND LEADERS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE, MINISTRY OF SPORTS, SAUDI ARABIA.Cultural Relations and Sport21 June 2021
- AGREEMENT ON SECURITY COOPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND SAUDI ARABIACivil and Criminal Matters29 October 2019
- COOPERATION PROGRAMME BETWEEN INDIA AND SAUDI ARABIADiplomatic Relations29 October 2019
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND SAUDI ARABIA IN THE FIELD OF COMBATING ILLICIT TRAFFICKING AND SMUGGLING OF NARCOTIC DRUGS, PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES AND CHEMICAL PRECURSORSCivil and Criminal Matters29 October 2019
- AGREEMENT FOR THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP COUNCIL BETWEEN INDIA AND SAUDI ARABIAAid and Cooperation29 October 2019
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND SAUDI ARABIA RELATING TO AIR SERVICESTransport29 October 2019
- MOU ON INVESTING IN THE NATIONAL INVESTMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE FUND BETWEEN INDIA AND SAUDI ARABIAAid and Cooperation20 February 2019
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND SAUDI ARABIA FOR COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF HOUSINGAid and Cooperation20 February 2019
- MOU ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF TOURISM BETWEEN INDIA AND SAUDI ARABIAAid and Cooperation20 February 2019
- AGREEMENT FOR LABOUR COOPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND SAUDI ARABIA FOR RECRUITMENT OF GENERAL CATEGORY WORKERSAid and Cooperation03 April 2016
- FRAMEWORK FOR INVESTMENT PROMOTION COOPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND SAUDI ARABIABusiness and Trade03 April 2016
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND SAUDI ARABIA CONCERNING COOPERATION IN EXCHANGE OF INTELLIGENCE RELATED TO MONEY LAUNDERING, TERRORISM FINANCING AND RELATED CRIMESCivil and Criminal Matters03 April 2016
- TECHNICAL COOPERATION PROGRAM BETWEEN INDIA AND SAUDI ARABIAAid and Cooperation03 April 2016
- AGREEMENT ON LABOUR CO-OPERATION FOR DOMESTIC SERVICE WORKERS RECRUITMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND SAUDI ARABIAAid and Cooperation02 January 2014
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND SAUDI ARABIA FOR COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONEducation01 March 2010
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND SAUDI ARABIA ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACEAid and Cooperation28 February 2010
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN PRESS TRUST OF INDIA AND SAUDI PRESS AGENCY ON NEWS COOPERATIONAid and Cooperation28 February 2010
- MOU BETWEEN SAUDI ARABIA AND INDIA ON COOPERATION IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICESAid and Cooperation28 February 2010
- AGREEMENT ON NEWS COOPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND SAUDI ARABIAAid and Cooperation28 February 2010
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND SAUDI ARABIA ON COOPERATION IN THE PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACEAid and Cooperation28 February 2010
- AGREEMENT ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGICAL COOPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND SAUDI ARABIAScience and Technology28 February 2010
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND SAUDI ARABIA ON CULTURAL COOPERATIONCultural Relations and Sport28 February 2010
- EXTRADITION TREATY BETWEEN INDIA AND SAUDI ARABIACivil and Criminal Matters28 February 2010
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND SAUDI ARABIA ON TRANSFER OF SENTENCED PERSONSCivil and Criminal Matters08 February 2010
- MOU ON COOPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND SAUDI ARABIAAid and Cooperation28 January 2008
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND SAUDI ARABIAAid and Cooperation23 January 2008
- MOU ON SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL COOPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND SAUDI ARABIAEducation06 November 2006
- DELHI DECLARATION BETWEEN INDIA AND SAUDI ARABIAAid and Cooperation27 January 2006
- COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND SAUDI ARABIA IN YOUTH AND SPORTSCultural Relations and Sport25 January 2006
- CONVENTION BETWEEN INDIA AND SAUDI ARABIA FOR AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND PREVENTION OF TAX EVASION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOMEBusiness and Trade25 January 2006
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND SAUDI ARABIA CONCERNING THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND RECIPROCAL PROTECTION OF INVESTMENTSBusiness and Trade25 January 2006
- MOU ON COMBATING CRIME BETWEEN INDIA AND SAUDI ARABIACivil and Criminal Matters25 January 2006
- COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND SAUDI ARABIA IN THE FIELD OF YOUTH AND SPORTSCultural Relations and Sport25 January 2006
- MOU ON MUTUAL COOPERATION BETWEEN SAUDI ARABIA AND INDIAAid and Cooperation24 June 2005
- MOU FOR COORDINATION AND CONSULTATION BETWEEN INDIA AND SAUDI ARABIAAid and Cooperation19 January 2001
- ECONOMICS AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND THE SAUDI ARABIAAid and Cooperation14 April 1981
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND SAUDI ARABIA RELATING TO AIR SERVICESTransport26 April 1973
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA FOR AIR SERVICES BETWEEN AND BEYOND THEIR RESPECTIVE TERRITORIESTransport26 April 1973
The briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 6 sections, 13,254 characters of extractable text. Sections include: India-Saudi Arabia Bilateral Relations · Economic Cooperation · Energy Partnership · Defence Partnership · Cultural Relations · Indian Community in Saudi Arabia.
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