The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has made progress in the Global Competitiveness Report (GCR) for the year 2020, issued by the World Economic Forum (WEF), as it ranked among the top ten countries in the world in digital skills among the active population index, and the report attributed this remarkable progress to four factors represented in its adoption Information and communication technology, and its flexible work arrangements, in addition to your national digital skills, and the digital legal framework you possess.

The launch of four academies to enhance digital skills (the Saudi Digital Academy, Misk Academy, Twaiq Academy, and the National Academy for Information Technology), in addition to spreading knowledge and digital literacy through the initiatives (Digital Giving) and (Think Tech), which in turn contributed to reaching more From 15 million beneficiaries around the world, more than 70,000 young people have benefited from initiatives to raise and enhance digital skills, and more than 31,000 trainees and trainees in the Future Skills Initiative.