المملكة: Standard numbers and indicators … a comprehensive view of the Kingdom’s 2030 vision targets

The Kingdom raced time towards achieving a brighter future according to an ambitious vision and a road map to build a vital society, a prosperous economy, and an ambitious homeland, under the directives of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and His Royal Highness Prince Muhammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince, Prime Minister – may God protect them – is a source of power that God has bestowed on the homeland; And translated on the ground what His Highness the Crown Prince said: “Success stories always begin with a vision, and the most successful visions are those that are based on the strengths of power.”
The Kingdom is witnessing a qualitative shift at all levels, thanks to the remarkable progress in the targets of the Kingdom’s 2030 vision to this day, through programs (achieving integrated national vision and strategies), and this has contributed to the Kingdom’s human and natural wealth, investment capabilities, economic power, Arab, Islamic and international status, and a strategic geographical location.

The Kingdom’s vision 2030

The Kingdom’s Vision 2030 draws a path that enhances the integration between culture and innovation, to keep pace with the rapid global changes, and opens wider horizons for citizens, residents and visitors from around the world, and was designed to implement three main stages, each stage extends for five years, and is based on the successes of the previous stage.
The first stage began with the establishment of the foundations of transformation through comprehensive structural, economic and social reforms, while the second stage focused on advancing the completion and maximizing interest from the priority sectors, and the third stage is expected to contribute to enhancing the sustainability of the transformation and investing new growth opportunities.

The annual report to see Saudi Arabia

In conjunction with the ninth year to launch the Kingdom’s promising and ambitious vision; The “annual report for Saudi Vision 2030 for the year 2024 AD” provides a comprehensive view of the vision, deals with the previous stages, the gains made, and the preparations for the next stage, in addition to the vision programs and national strategies associated with it.
The second section of the annual report also includes an executive summary of the performance of the vision at the level of the first and second level indicators, and the total progress rates in the indicators of the performance of the vision programs and their initiatives, in addition to excerpts of distinguished performance in terms of the pillars of the three vision: a vital society, a prosperous economy, an ambitious homeland, while the third section deals with detailed in the most prominent achievements in 2024 through 4 axes: “an economy of accelerated growth”, And “a powerful society”, “a leading vital destination”, and “sustainable vision”.

Complete initiatives

Based on the statistics of the “annual report”, the percentage of complete initiatives that follow the correct path reached 85%, with 674 complete initiatives, and 596 in the right track out of a total of 1502 active initiatives, and 93% of the Kingdom’s vision of the national programs and strategies achieved or overlooked or overlooked or nearly achieved in 2024, of which 257 An indicator that exceeded its annual target, and 18 indicators that achieved its annual target, and 8 targeted visions were achieved 6 years old.
A number of indicators targeted in 2030 early, the most prominent of which was the number of tourists exceeding the barrier of 100 million visitors, the record of 8 Saudi sites in the UNESCO World Heritage List, and the number of volunteers to 1.2 million, planning targeting in 2030 million volunteers, and the percentage of women’s participation in the labor market reached 33.5%, exceeding the target of 2030 of 30%.

Reduced unemployment rate

The Kingdom recorded a historical decrease in the unemployment rate, achieving the target of the vision of 7%, and ranked 32 ranks in the e -participation index since 2016 to reach the seventh rank globally, overcoming its target for the year 2030 by reaching the first ten ranks.
30 ranks in the United Nations E -government development index compared to the basic line, to reach the sixth rank globally, approached the target in 2030, which is to reach the first five ranks, while the number of regional headquarters for international companies in the Kingdom exceeded its target for 2030 by reaching more than 571 companies.

The numbers of pilgrims

According to the classification of the advanced indicators of a “vital community”, the Kingdom recorded the highest historical number with the number of pilgrims reaching 16.92 million pilgrims, bypassing the target of the year of 11.3 million pilgrims.
The percentage of Saudi housing families was 65.4%, compared to 47% in 2016, and the excessive targeted in 2025, and the coverage of health care services reached 96.4% of population communities, approaching the target in 2030 of 99.5%.

The percentage of physical activity practitioners increased for 150 minutes per week from adults to 58.5%, exceeding the target in 2024, and increased by children and adolescents who practice physical activity for 60 minutes a day to 18.7%, and the average life of humanity increased to 78.8 years, approaching the target in 2030 of 80 years.

Public Investment Fund

The advanced “annual report” indicators of a “prosperous economy” showed that the total assets managed to the Public Investment Fund have doubled more than three times since the start of the vision to reach 3.53 trillion riyals, bypassing the target of the year.

The percentage of the contribution of the private sector in the Saudi GDP reached 47%, and the transgression of the target in 2024, and the resettlement of the military industries exceeded its phased target, to reach 19.35% after it was 7.7% in 2021.

Small and medium enterprises

The achievements achieved by the Kingdom’s vision in its ninth year continue, as the number of workers in small and medium enterprises increased to 7.86 million employees, exceeding the target of the year.

4 Saudi universities were ranked among the 500 best universities in the world, and King Saud University ranked 90th globally, making it the first Saudi university to be among the best 100 international universities. And to achieve the “ambitious homeland” target, which made progress in its indicators.

Social responsibility

The report indicated the high percentage of major companies that provide social responsibility programs to 71.67%, bypassing the target of the year, in addition to the contribution of the non -profit sector to the gross domestic product by 1%, targeting reaching 5%in 2030, and the percentage of workers in it increased to 64%.
The axes of the report have identified exceptional achievements in achieving the targets, as it shows the rating of the “accelerated growth economy” the Kingdom’s progress to 16th in the global competitiveness index, and has retained its issuance at the level of the Middle East and North Africa in bold investment by 40%.

Exceptional achievements

In 2024, the generation of investment opportunities in the 2024, achieving more than 1,800 investment opportunities. Among the exceptional achievements according to the “Possible Environment” classification, the report stated that the year 2024 witnessed the entry of the Virtual Health Hospital to the Guinness Book as the largest virtual hospital in the world, and 7 Saudi hospitals were included among the best 250 hospitals in the world.
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center won the first place globally in the use of medical technology, and 16 Saudi cities were approved by healthy cities; The Kingdom becomes the highest country in the region in terms of the number of health cities approved globally, and the readiness of health areas in the Kingdom increased to face health risks to 92%.
More than 850,000 Saudi families managed to own their housing at the end of 2024, and 98% of the litigation sessions were carried out electronically at a rate of more than 2.3 million sessions, and more than 5.3 million electronic agencies were issued that benefited more than 6 million beneficiaries.

Saudi students

The qualitative achievements also continue at the international level, as Saudi students won 114 medals and a major prize in the two largest international competitions in the fields of science, engineering and invention, namely “Iceve 2024” and “Aitx 2024”.
As an extension of the efforts to enable national competencies, more than 437 thousand citizens and citizens enabled joining the labor market in the private sector during the year 2024, through the programs and initiatives of the Human Resources Development Fund (Hadaf), and the number of Saudis working in the private sector until the end of 2024 reached about 2.4 million citizens and citizens.

Enhancing the role of women

In the context of strengthening the role of women in leadership sites, the percentage of Saudi women in moderate and higher administrative positions reached 43.8%, and their participation in the labor market increased to 36% by the end of 2024, compared to 17% in 2017.
In the field of traffic safety, traffic accident deaths per 100,000 people decreased from 17.6 in 2018 to 12.3 in 2024, and the confidence index in security services in the Kingdom also recorded a high level of 99.85%.

Digital leadership

The Kingdom has achieved internationally advanced centers in digital leadership, as the first came in the number of Internet users, and the second globally in the digital transformation index, as well as the second place globally in the technology development and application index.
In fact, the Kingdom has achieved increases in a number of indicators, as the number of sports clubs whose games vary increased to 128 clubs, and the number of sports federations increased to 97 federations, with a growth rate of more than 200%, and the percentage of Saudi women practices for sports weekly reached 46%.
The Kingdom won the hosting of the “UNCTAD” global forum for supply chains for the year 2026, in addition to its progress in the degree of logistical services performance issued by the World Bank to reach 38th during 2024, and King Khalid International Airport ranked the best globally in its commitment to flight dates.

A pioneering vital destination

According to the classification of “a pioneering vital destination”, the Kingdom advanced to the 16th globally in the social responsibility index issued by “IMD”, and the G20 countries topped the safety index, and won the hosting of the largest version of the 2034 FIFA World Cup; To be the first country in history to host this event alone (with its new system), and the Kingdom created the World Cup for Electronic Sports and hosted its first version.
In continuation of the Kingdom’s success in the competitiveness of Saudi cities at the international level, Medina was included among the 100 best tourist destinations for the year 2024, and Al -Ula received the first destination in the Middle East accredited to the International Organization for Tourism Equipment “Destinichns International”.

Tourist revenue

The Kingdom expanded by granting the visa of the Kingdom’s visit electronically to 66 countries, and the achievement rate in the Qidiya projects reached 81% in the “Aquaria” park, and 87% in the “Six Flags” park, and international tourism revenues increased compared to 2019 to 148%, and the number of visitors to the entertainment events reached 76.9 million, and the Kingdom topped the G20 countries in the growth of the number of international tourists.
There were also 16 cultural elements in the representative list of UNESCO International Cultural Heritage, and the first specialized college of arts at King Saud University was launched, and the “flags” model was included in the “Watsonx” platform in “IBM” as one of the best models of obstetric intelligence in Arabic in support of Arab content in international organizations.

The contribution of the agricultural sector

According to the report of the report for a “sustainable vision”, more than 115 million trees were planted at the end of 2024, the contribution of the agricultural sector to GDP reached 114 billion riyals, and more than 118,000 hectares of deteriorating lands were rehabilitated, and more than 7800 extinct animals were resettled.
The first bus and taxi operating in hydrogen, and 4 additional projects for renewable energy were operated, and the cost of electricity production from sustainable sources reached rates of the least globally, and the world’s first solar -powered desalination plant was established.

Quality results

And here is the vision of the Kingdom 2030 in its ninth year, it was brought before its time, and it achieved qualitative results that exceeded expectations, with the efficiency of planning, the passion of work, and the aspiration of the citizen, and this was confirmed by His Highness the Crown Prince – may God protect him – by saying: The targets, we have overcome some of them, and we will continue to manage steadily towards our goals for the year 2030, and we renew the determination to double efforts and accelerate the pace of implementation, to invest all opportunities and promote the Kingdom’s position as a leading country at the global level.
To view the details of the “annual report for Saudi Vision 2030 for the year 2024”, click here.