Saudi Arabia

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Key Indicators
Income Group High income
Regional Group Arab States
Population (Total) 33,962,757
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 71,365

Performance Overview

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SAU

Country

Saudi Arabia

Score

58.75

Rank

35

Technology

53.95

People

51.13

Governance

70.44

Impact

59.47

Pillar: Technology Score: 53.95Rank: 31
SCORERANK

Access

78.61 22

1. Mobile tariffs

71.4851

2. Handset prices

65.4664

3. FTTH/building Internet subscriptions

47.3523

4. Population covered by at least a 3G mobile network

100.001

5. International Internet bandwidth

87.359

6. Internet access in schools

100.001

Content

21.58 79

1. GitHub commits

2.5997

2. Internet domain registrations

1.7283

3. Mobile apps development

64.2269

4. AI scientific publications

17.7941

Future technologies

61.67 14

1. Adoption of emerging technologies

95.398

2. Investment in emerging technologies

61.5030

3. Robot density

n/an/a

4. Computer software spending

28.1141
Pillar: People Score: 51.13Rank: 30
SCORERANK

Individuals

66.54 15

1. Mobile broadband internet traffic within the country

60.785

2. ICT skills in the education system

82.7111

3. Use of virtual social networks

83.435

4. Adult literacy rate

95.9437

5. AI talent concentration

9.8735

Businesses

31.53 87

1. Firms with website

16.33110

2. Number of venture capital deals invested in AI

3.4764

3. Annual investment in telecommunication services

69.6117

4. Public cloud computing market scale

36.7031

Governments

55.31 26

1. Government online services

80.3332

2. Data Capabilities

45.8438

3. Government promotion of investment in emerging tech

86.916

4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education

8.1963
Pillar: Governance Score: 70.44Rank: 44
SCORERANK

Trust

74.12 32

1. Secure internet servers

43.0989

2. Cybersecurity

99.502

3. Online access to financial account

82.3112

4. Internet shopping

71.5921

Regulation

61.25 91

1. Regulatory quality

57.8551

2. ICT regulatory environment

94.0514

3. Regulation of emerging technologies

78.7418

4. E-commerce legislation

50.00119

5. Privacy protection by law content

25.59128

Inclusion

75.95 30

1. E-Participation

68.6143

2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments

78.2460

3. Availability of local online content

91.1111

4. Gender gap in Internet use

70.2131

5. Rural gap in uses of digital payments

71.5642
Pillar: Impact Score: 59.47Rank: 45
SCORERANK

Economy

42.33 29

1. ICT patent applications

4.9433

2. Domestic market scale

74.1817

3. Prevalence of gig economy

86.055

4. ICT services exports

4.1798

Quality of life

84.30 16

1. Happiness

83.4814

2. Freedom to make life choices

89.4425

3. Income inequality

n/an/a

4. Healthy life expectancy at birth

75.6540

SDG Contribution

51.79 112

1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

72.5864

2. SDG 4: Quality Education

20.6166

3. SDG 5: Women's economic opportunity

60.68111

4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

65.50103

4. SDDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

48.1696

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