What works in Saudi Arabia
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Evidence snapshot for Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has pursued significant labour and technology reforms under Vision 2030. Female labour force participation rose from 17% (2017) to 36.2% (Q3 2024), exceeding the 30% target through measures including lifting the driving ban, anti-harassment legislation, and guardianship reform. In digital inclusion, Saudi Arabia mobilised 28,000+ volunteer specialists through Attaa Digital to reach over 7 million beneficiaries in the initiative's first year. The country has also positioned itself as a regional leader in AI governance, launching the region's first Data and Privacy Regulatory Sandbox in February 2023 and deploying large-scale AI systems for Hajj crowd management, tracking over one million pilgrims daily.
Drawn from: Saudi Arabia Vision 2030 Women's Labour Market Reforms · Attaa Digital – Saudi Arabia's Volunteer-Powered National Digital Literacy Initiative · SDAIA's Regulatory Sandbox — Saudi Arabia's Region-First Testing Ground for Privacy-Enhancing AI · Baseer and Makkah Route Initiative — Saudi Arabia’s AI crowd management and biometric pilgrim services for Hajj · Saudi Arabia National AI Curriculum — K-12 AI literacy for six million students · KAUST Innovation — Saudi Arabia's University-to-Market Deep-Tech Spinout Engine · NOOR — Saudi Arabia's National Education Management Information System · Baseer and Sawaher: AI Crowd-Management Platforms for the Hajj
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +55 pts 100 here · 45 average
Documented learning +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Curator validation +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Effectiveness +23 pts 100 here · 77 average
Impact on gender equality +20 pts 100 here · 80 average
Evaluated outcomes +16 pts 100 here · 84 average
Achievement / evidence +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Weaknesses
Governance, capability & sustainability -14 pts 50 here · 64 average
Evidence of impact / measured public value -16 pts 43 here · 59 average
Innovation -16 pts 47 here · 63 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control -17 pts 33 here · 50 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -17 pts 33 here · 51 average
Equity & inclusion -19 pts 33 here · 52 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability -20 pts 33 here · 54 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy -21 pts 17 here · 37 average
Sustainability -23 pts 56 here · 78 average
Demonstrated reach -26 pts 50 here · 76 average
Transferability / demonstrated replication -30 pts 29 here · 59 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -31 pts 0 here · 31 average
Inclusiveness / equity -42 pts 0 here · 42 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration -42 pts 33 here · 76 average
Efficiency -44 pts 0 here · 44 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Saudi Arabia. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
Saudi Arabia Vision 2030 Women's Labour Market Reforms · 85
Attaa Digital – Saudi Arabia's Volunteer-Powered National Digital Literacy Initiative · 76
SDAIA's Regulatory Sandbox — Saudi Arabia's Region-First Testing Ground for Privacy-Enhancing AI · 60
Saudi Arabia National AI Curriculum — K-12 AI literacy for six million students · 53
KAUST Innovation — Saudi Arabia's University-to-Market Deep-Tech Spinout Engine · 52
NOOR — Saudi Arabia's National Education Management Information System · 47
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Recommended to adopt or replicate
Transferable practices from elsewhere that address this place's gaps.
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- Backed by strong evidence
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Rwanda's Land Tenure Regularization Programme — Titling Land in Women's Names · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 6 other places
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- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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