The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ranked fifth in the world out of 140 countries in the Mobile Internet Bandwidth Speed ​​Index, and has advanced 7 ranks for the current year 2021 compared to its performance for the past year 2020.

The Kingdom has also made remarkable progress over the past years in the e-government development index, to climb nine ranks in 2020 from its ranking in 2018, and to reach the 43rd place globally out of 193 countries, according to the report issued by the United Nations on monitoring and evaluating government actions.

The National Center for Measuring the Performance of Public Agencies "Adaa" stated that the communications infrastructure index is one of the most important indicators emanating from the e-government development index, as the Kingdom jumped 40 places to be ranked 27th in the world out of 193 countries.

On the other hand, the Kingdom's ranking in the Networked Readiness Index, which evaluates countries' economies to benefit from information and communication technology, has increased four ranks for the year 2020.

According to the results of analyzing the measurements of the fifth generation networks (G5) and their speed in the world, according to the report issued by Open signal 2021, the city of Riyadh ranked third in the world, and the Kingdom ranked sixth in the world among the countries that have the fastest data download speeds in the fifth generation networks.

With regard to the Global Digital Competitiveness Index for 2020, the Kingdom advanced five places to reach 34th out of 63 countries, as this indicator is important for exploring digital technologies as a major driver of economic transformation in business, government and society.

The Adaa Center created an electronic platform for international performance that enables public agencies to monitor the Kingdom’s performance and compare it to more than 217 countries. The platform gives a comprehensive view of more than 700 global measurement indicators through 12 measurement axes, which represent a reference for international classifications and highlight comparisons of the performance of countries in all countries. Domains and monitored periodically.