All metrics

Saudi unemployment rate

7.2%

Halved since Vision 2030 began — from 12.3% to 7.2%

Women in the workforce

36.3%

From 17% to 36% in eight years

Saudi careers in 269 professions

340,000

Next phase: 340,000 more jobs localized by 2028

Direct cash support to 10 million Saudis

10M+

SAR 229 billion delivered to families since 2017

70% of Aramco's supply chain — Made in Saudi

70%

$280 billion to the economy, 200,000 jobs, 47 strategic products manufactured locally for the first time

Saudi women added to the formal workforce

~3.4M

From ~600,000 in 2017 to ~4 million today — a sixfold absolute rise

Defense procurement, Made in Saudi

~20%

Local content went from under 2% to ~20% in a decade

Citizen Account — total disbursed since 2017

SAR 229B+

SAR 229 billion in direct cash support to Saudi households

Qurrah childcare subsidy

~120,000

~120,000 working Saudi mothers supported

Saudi women in the Shoura Council

≥20%

At least 20% of council seats held by Saudi women

Made-in-Saudi exports

SAR 624B ($166B)

A record SAR 624 billion in 2025

Global capital coming to Saudi

SAR 133B

FDI 5× higher than in 2017

PIF: from sovereign fund to sector builder

SAR 3.41T

Assets grew nearly 5× since 2016

Global companies headquartered in Saudi

700+

From 44 to 700+ in four years

MENA's #1 venture market — Saudi startups, Saudi capital

$1.72B

$1.72B raised in 2025; +145% year on year; 257 deals (most in MENA)

Saudi tech unicorns: Tamara, Tabby, Ninja

3

Three startups built in Riyadh, valued in billions

The cashless economy

99%+

Mada penetration above 99%; cash share of retail spend fell from ~70% to <20%

Made in Saudi companies

3,700+

3,700+ domestic manufacturers exporting 19,000+ products to 180 countries

Cumulative foreign investment in Saudi

SAR 1.1T

Total FDI stock at SAR 1.1 trillion — roughly doubled since 2017

Saudi commercial registrations

1.8M

1.8 million registered businesses — entrepreneurship at scale

Private sector share of Saudi GDP

51%

51% of GDP now from the private sector — up from 44% in 2016

Made in Saudi product range

19,000+

19,000+ products manufactured in Saudi Arabia and shipped to 180 countries

Global Competitiveness ranking

17th

Saudi Arabia at 17th — up 20 places

PIF — among world's largest sovereign funds

~4th

Public Investment Fund now ranks roughly 4th globally

STC Pay and digital bank users

14M+

14 million+ Saudis on STC Pay — fintech reached majority adoption

Saudis owning their own homes

65.4%

From 47% to 65% — and climbing

Saudi families housed by Sakani

759,000

759,000 subsidized mortgages extended through the national housing program

Saudi residential contracts signed (Sakani)

850K+

850,000+ residential contracts signed through the national housing program

Total Saudi residential lending

SAR 859B

SAR 859 billion ($229B) deployed for citizen housing

Saudis living longer

79.7 yrs

Almost six extra years of life since 2016

Healthcare reaches almost every corner

97.5%

97.5% of populated areas covered by basic health services

Saudi hospitals on Newsweek's world list

7

Seven Saudi institutions named among the World's Best Hospitals

WHO Universal Health Coverage Index

83 pts

Saudi Arabia's UHC score rose by 9 points in two years to 83

Cancers detected early

70%

70% of cancers now caught at early stages — the survivability turning point

Sehhaty health-app users

12M+

12 million+ Saudis on the unified health platform

Saudi cities WHO Healthy-Cities accredited

16

16 Saudi cities recognized for public health quality

Chronic disease mortality reduction

−40%

40% fewer deaths from chronic disease

Visitors to Saudi

122M

Record-breaking 122 million in 2025

18 million Umrah pilgrims welcomed from abroad

18.03M

Up 214% since 2022 — and pilgrim satisfaction at 94%

Tourism spending, all-time high

SAR 300B

Inbound and domestic tourist spending crossed SAR 300B ($81B) in 2025

Religious tourism's economic footprint

~7% GDP

Hajj and Umrah generate ~$12B/year — about 7% of GDP, ~20% of the non-oil economy

Hajj 2025 pilgrims hosted

1.67M

1.67 million pilgrims, from 171 countries

Saudis traveling within Saudi

86.2M

86.2 million domestic trips taken by Saudis in 2024

Holy Mosque simultaneous capacity

2M+

From 600,000 to 2 million+ worshippers — the largest religious expansion in modern history

Hotel rooms added in Mecca & Medina

250K+

250,000+ new hotel rooms built in the two holy cities

Nusuk app downloads

12M+

12 million+ pilgrims use Nusuk — in 14 languages

1 million+ Saudis trained in AI

1.1M+

Three-year target met in under one year

Saudis studying at the world's best universities

23,400

70,000 students abroad by 2030 — 23,400 already at top-200 institutions

6 million students on one school platform

6M+

98% of K-12 reached — equal access from Riyadh to remote villages

King's scholarship — cumulative since 2005

250K+

250,000+ Saudis funded to study abroad over two decades

Active Madrasati teachers

525K+

525,000+ Saudi teachers operating in the unified digital platform

KAUST in CS globally

Top 50

Top 50 universities worldwide for computer science

Working-age Saudis with AI certification

9%

9% of working-age Saudis hold AI training certifications

An entertainment industry, built from zero

89M+

89 million visits to events and venues in 2025

Cinema, reborn from zero

700+

From 0 cinema screens in 2017 to 700+ at 60+ locations across 16 governorates

Riyadh Season — country's biggest festival

13M

13 million visits to the multi-month festival in 2024-2025

Saudis employed in entertainment

100K+

100,000+ direct jobs in the entertainment sector

MDLBeast Soundstorm — biggest Saudi music festival

700K+

700,000+ attendees at a single multi-day festival

Annual Saudi cinema box office

SAR 1B+

Over SAR 1 billion in box-office revenue every year

Saudis in professional sports

30K-40K

30,000 to 40,000 Saudis employed across professional sports

Savvy Games — global gaming commitment

SAR 142B

SAR 142 billion ($38B) committed to gaming and esports

Active entertainment destinations

975

975 entertainment destinations operating — up from 513 the year before

Saudi paid streaming subscribers (Shahid)

~5M

~5 million Saudi paid subscribers on MBC's Shahid platform

Vision 2030 delivery

93%

93% of indicators on track or already achieved

Saudi economy, a third larger

SAR 5T

Real GDP grew from SAR 3.73T in 2016 to SAR 5T in 2025

Vision 2030 initiatives delivered

935 / 1,290

935 of 1,290 fully implemented; 225 more on schedule

Vision 2030 KPIs tracked

390

390 measurable indicators across all programs and sectors

430 million government transactions, done from a phone

430M+

Passports, IDs, vehicles, visas — no queues

6th in the world for digital government

6th globally

Up 25 places — one of the biggest leaps ever recorded

Perfect 100/100 on global cybersecurity

100/100

Among only 12 'Tier 1 – Role-modelling' countries worldwide

Saudi unified digital identities

28M+

28 million+ Saudis with unified digital identity

Daily Absher operations

605K

605,000+ government transactions completed every day

Citizen-state transactions, digital

99%+

99%+ of routine government transactions now happen digitally

Najiz — online judicial services

150+

150+ judicial services available online

G20 ranking — online service quality

2nd

Saudi Arabia ranks 2nd among G20 nations for online service quality

Saudi cybersecurity professionals

19,600

19,600 cybersecurity workers — 32% are women

Greening Saudi: 100+ million trees, 130 GW renewable target

130 GW

SAR 705 billion invested across 86 sustainability initiatives

60% fewer deaths on Saudi roads

−60%

One of the most lives-saved-per-year transformations in the world

Trees planted — Saudi Green Initiative

100M+

100 million+ trees planted toward a 10-billion target

Saudi land rehabilitated

118K ha

118,000 hectares restored — equivalent to 165,000 football fields

Renewable energy capacity online

6.2 GW

6.2 GW renewable capacity connected to the grid

Riyadh Metro Phase 1

6 / 85

6 lines, 85 stations, 176 km of urban rail

Riyadh Metro weekday ridership

1.4M

~1.4 million passengers using the Metro every weekday