📌 Key Highlights & Quick Takeaways:
- Saudi Arabia ranks globally among 70 countries in several AI indicators in the IMD World Digital and AI Ranking 2026.
- According to SPA, a report issued by the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) said that the kingdom ranked second global.
- Saudi Arabia ranked fourth in the three indicators of implementing a national artificial intelligence strategy, using artificial intelligenc.
Saudi Arabia ranks globally among 70 countries in several AI indicators in the IMD World Digital and AI Ranking 2026.
According to SPA, a report issued by the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) said that the kingdom ranked second globally in terms of companies' awareness of cyber security risks related to artificial intelligence and the protection of sensitive data in corporate AI systems.
Saudi Arabia ranked fourth in the three indicators of implementing a national artificial intelligence strategy, using artificial intelligence in companies, and providing access to this technology in society.
In the category of overall use of artificial intelligence, the kingdom secured the fifth position. The kingdom was ranked seventh in AI skills, use of the technology in cities to improve quality of civic services, and the quality of AI algorithms by companies, while eighth in readiness for AI.
Saudi Arabia was ranked 9th in the quality of private sector investment in artificial intelligence and 11th in the category of investment in artificial intelligence and capital.
