Saudi Arabia is placed at the Advanced stage in the 2025 release. National AI strategy: 2nd generation; dedicated governance bodies: 6; AI-relevant regulations: 11; data protection law: 2021.
- National AI strategy
- 2nd generation
- Dedicated AI governance bodies
- 6
- AI-relevant regulations
- 11
- Data protection law
- 2021
- International frameworks referenced
- 3
- OECD.AI registered initiatives
- 64
- Sovereign language-model programme
- ALLaM
- GDP per capita, 2023 (US$)
- 36,157
Index pillars
Indicators
Position among Arab League states with data
Oxford Insights AI readiness, 202571.57
UN E-Government Development Index, 2024rank 60.9602
Human Capital Index, 20240.9067
ITU Global Cybersecurity Index99.54
National Cyber Security Index84.42
Internet users, 2023 (% of population)100.00
AI publications, 20231,189
Trends
AI readiness score
Human Capital Index
AI publications per year
Typology coding
- Governance type
- Centralised, prime-ministerial level
- Regulatory approach
- Hybrid (binding PDPL, soft AI guidance)
- Enforcement model
- Direct (SDAIA fines)
- Sovereignty posture
- Assertive
- International alignment
- Selective multilateral
- Cluster label (M3)
- Gulf Sovereignty Pioneer
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Arab AI Governance Lab (2025). Saudi Arabia: country profile. https://arablab.ai/countries/saudi-arabia/ Data: https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/MOVIFA
Sources: Oxford Insights; UN DESA; World Bank WDI; ITU; e-Governance Academy; OECD.AI; Lab coding (F1, M3).