2024

global knowledge index
Saudi Arabia

KEY INDICATORS

  • GDP (US$ billions):1,831.379
  • Population:33,264,292
  • HDI:0.875

Gki Rank

41/141
Gki Score
54.8
World Average
47.8

Country Performance Summary

Saudi Arabia is a strong performer in terms of its knowledge infrastructure. It ranks 41st out of 141 countries in the Global Knowledge Index 2024 and 40th out of the 59 countries with very high human development.

Areas of Strength

  • Firms with products and services new to the market (%)
  • Households with Internet access at home (%)
  • State of cluster development
  • Growth of innovative companies
  • Mobile broadband Internet traffic per subscription

Areas of Improvement

  • Firms offering formal training (%)
  • Share of students enrolled in post-secondary vocational programmes
  • Enrolment in vocational education, gender parity
  • Renewable energy consumption (%)
  • Ratio of medium-skill TVET occupations earnings to average wage

SECTORAL INDICES

Rank
Value
Pre-University
Education
4
83.95
Technical and Vocational
Education and Training
112
43.2
Higher
Education
77
44.43
Research, Development
and Innovation
33
38.75
Information and
Communications Technology
7
73.52
Economy
38
60.51
Enabling
Environment
77
52.9
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GKI Pillars

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