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May 2026
83 metrics verified
Jobs & Saudization
Saudi women added to the formal workforce
Verified 2026-05-18
~3.4M
2017 → 2025
Jobs & Saudization
Defense procurement, Made in Saudi
Verified 2026-05-18
~20%
Latest
Vision 2030 Delivery
Saudi economy, a third larger
Verified 2026-05-18
SAR 5T
2025
Vision 2030 Delivery
Vision 2030 initiatives delivered
Verified 2026-05-18
935 / 1,290
2025
Economy & Investment
Saudi tech unicorns: Tamara, Tabby, Ninja
Verified 2026-05-18
3
2025
Economy & Investment
The cashless economy
Verified 2026-05-18
99%+
2025
Economy & Investment
Made in Saudi companies
Verified 2026-05-18
3,700+
2025
Economy & Investment
Cumulative foreign investment in Saudi
Verified 2026-05-18
SAR 1.1T
2025
Tourism & Hospitality
Tourism spending, all-time high
Verified 2026-05-18
SAR 300B
2025
Tourism & Hospitality
Religious tourism's economic footprint
Verified 2026-05-18
~7% GDP
Annual
Quality of Life & Culture
Cinema, reborn from zero
Verified 2026-05-18
700+
2025
Quality of Life & Culture
Riyadh Season — country's biggest festival
Verified 2026-05-18
13M
2024-2025
Housing & Urban Living
Saudi families housed by Sakani
Verified 2026-05-18
759,000
2025
Healthcare & Wellbeing
Saudi hospitals on Newsweek's world list
Verified 2026-05-18
7
2025
Healthcare & Wellbeing
WHO Universal Health Coverage Index
Verified 2026-05-18
83 pts
2024
Jobs & Saudization
Citizen Account — total disbursed since 2017
Verified 2026-05-18
SAR 229B+
2017-2025
Jobs & Saudization
Qurrah childcare subsidy
Verified 2026-05-18
~120,000
Cumulative
Jobs & Saudization
Saudi women in the Shoura Council
Verified 2026-05-18
≥20%
Current
Economy & Investment
Saudi commercial registrations
Verified 2026-05-18
1.8M
2025
Economy & Investment
Private sector share of Saudi GDP
Verified 2026-05-18
51%
2025
Economy & Investment
Made in Saudi product range
Verified 2026-05-18
19,000+
2025
Economy & Investment
Global Competitiveness ranking
Verified 2026-05-18
17th
2025
Economy & Investment
PIF — among world's largest sovereign funds
Verified 2026-05-18
~4th
2025
Economy & Investment
STC Pay and digital bank users
Verified 2026-05-18
14M+
2025
Vision 2030 Delivery
Vision 2030 KPIs tracked
Verified 2026-05-18
390
2025
Tourism & Hospitality
Hajj 2025 pilgrims hosted
Verified 2026-05-18
1.67M
2025
Tourism & Hospitality
Saudis traveling within Saudi
Verified 2026-05-18
86.2M
2024
Tourism & Hospitality
Holy Mosque simultaneous capacity
Verified 2026-05-18
2M+
Current
Tourism & Hospitality
Hotel rooms added in Mecca & Medina
Verified 2026-05-18
250K+
2016-2025
Tourism & Hospitality
Nusuk app downloads
Verified 2026-05-18
12M+
2025
Quality of Life & Culture
Saudis employed in entertainment
Verified 2026-05-18
100K+
2025
Quality of Life & Culture
MDLBeast Soundstorm — biggest Saudi music festival
Verified 2026-05-18
700K+
2024
Quality of Life & Culture
Annual Saudi cinema box office
Verified 2026-05-18
SAR 1B+
Annual
Quality of Life & Culture
Saudis in professional sports
Verified 2026-05-18
30K-40K
2025
Quality of Life & Culture
Savvy Games — global gaming commitment
Verified 2026-05-18
SAR 142B
2030 target
Quality of Life & Culture
Active entertainment destinations
Verified 2026-05-18
975
2025
Quality of Life & Culture
Saudi paid streaming subscribers (Shahid)
Verified 2026-05-18
~5M
2025
Housing & Urban Living
Saudi residential contracts signed (Sakani)
Verified 2026-05-18
850K+
Since program launch
Housing & Urban Living
Total Saudi residential lending
Verified 2026-05-18
SAR 859B
2025
Healthcare & Wellbeing
Cancers detected early
Verified 2026-05-18
70%
2025
Healthcare & Wellbeing
Sehhaty health-app users
Verified 2026-05-18
12M+
Peak
Healthcare & Wellbeing
Saudi cities WHO Healthy-Cities accredited
Verified 2026-05-18
16
2025
Healthcare & Wellbeing
Chronic disease mortality reduction
Verified 2026-05-18
−40%
Since baseline
Education & Scholarships
King's scholarship — cumulative since 2005
Verified 2026-05-18
250K+
2005-2025
Education & Scholarships
Active Madrasati teachers
Verified 2026-05-18
525K+
2025
Education & Scholarships
KAUST in CS globally
Verified 2026-05-18
Top 50
2025
Education & Scholarships
Working-age Saudis with AI certification
Verified 2026-05-18
9%
2025
Digital Government & Citizen Services
Saudi unified digital identities
Verified 2026-05-18
28M+
2025
Digital Government & Citizen Services
Daily Absher operations
Verified 2026-05-18
605K
2025
Digital Government & Citizen Services
Citizen-state transactions, digital
Verified 2026-05-18
99%+
2025
Digital Government & Citizen Services
Najiz — online judicial services
Verified 2026-05-18
150+
2025
Digital Government & Citizen Services
G20 ranking — online service quality
Verified 2026-05-18
2nd
2024
Digital Government & Citizen Services
Saudi cybersecurity professionals
Verified 2026-05-18
19,600
2025
Environment & Sustainability
Trees planted — Saudi Green Initiative
Verified 2026-05-18
100M+
Since 2021
Environment & Sustainability
Saudi land rehabilitated
Verified 2026-05-18
118K ha
2025
Environment & Sustainability
Renewable energy capacity online
Verified 2026-05-18
6.2 GW
2025
Environment & Sustainability
Riyadh Metro Phase 1
Verified 2026-05-18
6 / 85
Operational
Environment & Sustainability
Riyadh Metro weekday ridership
Verified 2026-05-18
1.4M
2025
Jobs & Saudization
Saudi unemployment rate
Verified 2026-05-16
7.2%
Q4 2025
↓ 0.30 vs Q3 2025
Tier 13 sourcesJobs & Saudization
Women in the workforce
Verified 2026-05-16
36.3%
Q1 2025
↑ 0.50 vs Q4 2024
Tier 13 sourcesTourism & Hospitality
Visitors to Saudi
Verified 2026-05-16
122M
2025 (preliminary, MoT)
↑ 6.0 vs 2024
Tier 14 sourcesHousing & Urban Living
Saudis owning their own homes
Verified 2026-05-16
65.4%
End of 2024 (official Housing Program 2024 Annual Report)
↑ 1.4 vs 2023
Tier 14 sourcesHealthcare & Wellbeing
Saudis living longer
Verified 2026-05-16
79.7 yrs
2025 (Health Minister, Dec 2025)
↑ 0.20 vs 2024
Tier 14 sourcesEconomy & Investment
Made-in-Saudi exports
Verified 2026-05-16
SAR 624B ($166B)
Full year 2025
↑ 82.0 vs 2024
Tier 14 sourcesEconomy & Investment
Global capital coming to Saudi
Verified 2026-05-16
SAR 133B
Full year 2025
↑ 23.0 vs 2024
Tier 13 sourcesVision 2030 Delivery
Vision 2030 delivery
Verified 2026-05-16
93%
2025 Annual Report (published April 2026)
↑ 3.0 vs 2024
Tier 14 sourcesEducation & Scholarships
1 million+ Saudis trained in AI
Verified 2026-05-16
1.1M+
End 2025
↑ 350.0 vs 2024
Tier 13 sourcesQuality of Life & Culture
An entertainment industry, built from zero
Verified 2026-05-16
89M+
2025 (GEA Annual Report)
↑ 9.0 vs 2024
Tier 12 sourcesEducation & Scholarships
Saudis studying at the world's best universities
Verified 2026-05-16
23,400
current
Healthcare & Wellbeing
Healthcare reaches almost every corner
Verified 2026-05-16
97.5%
End 2025
Economy & Investment
PIF: from sovereign fund to sector builder
Verified 2026-05-16
SAR 3.41T
End 2025
↑ 0.31 vs 2024
Tier 12 sourcesEconomy & Investment
Global companies headquartered in Saudi
Verified 2026-05-16
700+
End 2025
↑ 160.0 vs 2024
Tier 21 sourceJobs & Saudization
Saudi careers in 269 professions
Verified 2026-05-16
340,000
2026–2028
↑ 339998.0 vs 2026
Tier 13 sourcesJobs & Saudization
Direct cash support to 10 million Saudis
Verified 2026-05-16
10M+
2025
↑ 192.0 vs 2025
Tier 14 sourcesDigital Government & Citizen Services
430 million government transactions, done from a phone
Verified 2026-05-16
430M+
Full year 2024
Digital Government & Citizen Services
6th in the world for digital government
Verified 2026-05-16
6th globally
2024 edition
↓ 46.0 vs 2018
Tier 22 sourcesEducation & Scholarships
6 million students on one school platform
Verified 2026-05-16
6M+
2025
↑ 6.0 vs 2020
Tier 23 sourcesJobs & Saudization
70% of Aramco's supply chain — Made in Saudi
Verified 2026-05-16
70%
Feb 2026 (target achieved)
↑ 20.0 vs 2020
Tier 13 sourcesDigital Government & Citizen Services
Perfect 100/100 on global cybersecurity
Verified 2026-05-16
100/100
2024 edition
↓ 102.0 vs 2020
Tier 13 sourcesEconomy & Investment
MENA's #1 venture market — Saudi startups, Saudi capital
Verified 2026-05-16
$1.72B
Full year 2025 (MAGNiTT)
↑ 1.0 vs 2024
Tier 13 sourcesTourism & Hospitality
18 million Umrah pilgrims welcomed from abroad
Verified 2026-05-16
18.03M
Full year 2025
↑ 3.5 vs 2023
Tier 14 sourcesEnvironment & Sustainability
Greening Saudi: 100+ million trees, 130 GW renewable target
Verified 2026-05-16
130 GW
Long-term target
↑ 47.4 vs 2025
Tier 13 sourcesEnvironment & Sustainability
60% fewer deaths on Saudi roads
Verified 2026-05-16
−60%
2025 vs 2016 baseline