Saudi Arabia ranked 2nd globally in Digital regulatory maturity

Saudi Arabia has ranked second globally in terms of Digital Regulatory Maturity Index in 2025 according to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

The ITU examines the organizational maturity through 50 standards whereby it measure the development of regulatory environment and how far it keeps pace with contemporary developments.

Saudi Arabia came behind Germany which took first place among 193 countries globally.

H.E. Eng. Haitham bin Abdulrahman Alohali, Acting Governor of the Communications, Space and Technology Commission (CST), stated that this achievement is the result of the support and enablement of the wise leadership, alignment of national digital economy directions with international multi-stakeholder initiatives, and strong collaboration between public and private sector entities through cooperative and participatory regulation.

He added that Saudi Arabi’s progress was further driven by adopting regulatory policies based on measuring social and economic impact, launching digital inclusion programs to empower all segments of society, implementing policies that promote development and innovation across sectors such as science, agriculture, and finance, and joining the Tampere Convention to facilitate the provision of telecommunications resources for disaster mitigation.

Alohali highlighted that attaining the highest “Leading” maturity level has contributed to accelerating the growth of Saudi Arabia’s digital economy, expanding the telecom and technology market, stimulating competition, attracting investment, and strengthening the Kingdom’s leading and active role within the ITU.

This achievement reflects the efforts led by CST in collaboration with the National Regulatory Committee, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Economy and Planning, Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture, Digital Government Authority, Saudi Central Bank, Saudi Data & AI Authority, Transport General Authority, General Authority of Media Regulation, National Cybersecurity Authority, Saudi Water Authority, Saudi Electricity Regulatory Authority, General Authority for Competition, and Consumer Protection Association. As they aims to develop the national regulations and leverage the infrastructure.