Saudi Arabia – Network Readiness Index

Performance Overview

GDP (PPP) per capita

IS03

SAU

Country

Saudi Arabia

Score

56.49

Rank

45

Technology

52.47

People

54.02

Governance

67.99

Impact

51.49

1. Mobile tariffs	83.49	20
2. Cost of cheapest internet-enable device (% of monthly GDP per capita)	56.91	44
3. Households with internet acccess	94.16	12
4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population)	93.1	59
5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of totaal subscriptions)	87.61	35
6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user	77.95	12
7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose	100	1

1. Digital participation	n/a	n/a
2. Mobile apps development	56.71	69
3. Receipts for the use of intellectual property	n/a	n/a

1. Availability of latest technologies	68.01	39
2. Company investment in emerging technology	58.27	30
3. Government procurement of advanced technology products	66.04	14
4. ICT PCT patent applications per million population	16.83	41
5. Total computer software spending (% of GDP)	36.36	21
6. Robot density	0.47	60

1. Medium and high-tech industry	48.32	34
2. High-tech exports	1.15	110
3. PCT patent applications	3.31	38
4. Labour productivity per employee	81.05	6

1. Happiness	68.72	33
2. Freedom to make life choices	75.57	50
3. Income inequality	n/a	n/a
4. Healthy life expectancy at birth	61.54	72

1. Access to basic services	100	1
2. Pollution	18	117
3. Road safety	18.44	109
4. Reading proficiency in schools	63.48	46
5. Maths proficiency in schools	14.54	64
5. Use of clean fuels and technology	100	1

1. Internet users	92.94	12
2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions	43.07	22
3. Use of virtual social networks	67.78	30
5. Tertiary enrolment	49.5	32
5. Adult literacy rate	92.8	47
6. ICT skills	58.16	25

1. Firms with website	n/a	n/a
2. Internet shopping	31.95	44
3. Professionals	5.09	109
4. Technicians and associate professionals	52.94	38
5. Extent of staff training	50.4	43
6. R&D expenditure by businesses	n/a	n/a

1. Government online services	76.93	48
2. Publication and use of open data	18.66	73
3.ICT use and government efficiency	83.17	7
4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education	n/a	n/a

1. Rule of law	56.57	54
2. Software piracy rate	56.76	38
3. Secure Internet servers	43.36	89
4. Cybersecurity	94.52	14
5. Online trust and safety	70.02	37

1. Regulatory quality	50.4	71
2. Ease of doing business	73.1	58
3. Legal framework's adaptability to digital business models	74.24	16
4. E-commerce legislation	50	100
5. Social safety net protection	68.94	29
6. ICT regulatory environment	93.83	22

1. E-Participation	67.52	64
2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments	79.32	43
3. Availability of local online content	77.33	27
4. Gender gap in internet use	60.82	47
5. Rural gap in use of digital payments	71.56	46