Saudi Arabia
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Key Indicators
| Income Group | High income |
| Regional Group | Arab States |
| Population (Total) | 34,268,528 |
| Population as a share world total | 0.45% |
| GDP (current US$, millions) | 793,000 |
| GDP as a share of world total | 0.90% |
| GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) | 48,908 |
Performance Overview
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SAU
Country
Saudi Arabia
Score
57.97
Rank
41
Technology
49.78
People
63.01
Governance
64.92
Impact
54.17
| 1. Mobile tariffs | 83.49 | 20 |
| 2. Handset prices | 56.91 | 44 |
| 3. Households with internet acccess | 94.52 | 12 |
| 4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population) | 93.10 | 60 |
| 5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of total subscriptions) | 87.61 | 36 |
| 6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user | 77.96 | 13 |
| 7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose | 100.00 | 1 |
| 1. GitHub commits | 0.46 | 109 |
| 2. Wikipedia edits | 44.49 | 64 |
| 3. Internet domain registrations* | - | - |
| 4. Mobile apps development | 60.75 | 70 |
| 1. Availability of latest technologies | 72.31 | 23 |
| 2. Company investment in emerging technology | 61.52 | 30 |
| 3. ICT PCT patent applications per million population | 23.87 | 33 |
| 4. Total computer software spending (% of GDP) | 29.93 | 29 |
| 5. Robot density | 0.47 | 60 |
| 1. Medium and high-tech industry | 48.32 | 34 |
| 2. High-tech exports | 1.16 | 117 |
| 3. PCT patent applications | 5.12 | 33 |
| 4. Labour productivity per employee | 77.24 | 8 |
| 5. Prevalence of gig economy | 90.33 | 4 |
| 1. Happiness | 76.03 | 27 |
| 2. Freedom to make life choices | 87.73 | 34 |
| 3. Income inequality | n/a | n/a |
| 4. Healthy life expectancy at birth | 64.48 | 73 |
| 1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being | 75.41 | 54 |
| 2. SDG 4: Quality Education | 18.08 | 73 |
| 3. SDG 5: Gender Equality | 44.61 | 113 |
| 4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy | 71.89 | 90 |
| 5. SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities | 0.00 | 129 |
| 1. Internet users | 93.46 | 12 |
| 2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions | 43.54 | 22 |
| 3. Use of virtual social networks | 72.16 | 20 |
| 5. Tertiary enrolment | 49.50 | 33 |
| 5. Adult literacy rate | 94.02 | 47 |
| 6. ICT skills | 85.11 | 13 |
| 1. Firms with website | n/a | n/a |
| 2. Ease of doing business | 73.10 | 60 |
| 3. Professionals | 27.85 | 58 |
| 4. Technicians and associate professionals | 49.70 | 40 |
| 5. Business use of digital tools | 85.73 | 13 |
| 6. R&D expenditure by businesses | n/a | n/a |
| 1. Government online services | 67.88 | 70 |
| 2. Publication and use of open data | 18.66 | 75 |
| 3. Government promotion of investment in emerging technologies | 84.33 | 4 |
| 4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education | n/a | n/a |
| 1. Secure Internet servers | 41.56 | 91 |
| 2. Cybersecurity | 94.58 | 14 |
| 3. Online access to financial account | 40.98 | 45 |
| 4. Internet shopping | 31.95 | 44 |
| 1. Regulatory quality | 50.40 | 72 |
| 2. ICT regulatory environment | 93.83 | 23 |
| 3. Legal framework's adaptability to emerging technologies | 77.22 | 12 |
| 4. E-commerce legislation | 50.00 | 115 |
| 5. Privacy protection by law content | n/a | n/a |
| 1. E-Participation | 70.37 | 65 |
| 2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments | 79.32 | 43 |
| 3. Availability of local online content | 91.10 | 10 |
| 4. Gender gap in internet use | 60.82 | 50 |
| 5. Rural gap in use of digital payments | 71.56 | 49 |