Regional Indices Terminal
110 composite benchmarks in eleven strategic pillars, now including security, defence capacity and regional friction. Regional views cover 18 Arab economies; other Middle East economies are available for optional comparison. Coverage reflects the available dataset, not the full Arab League membership.
01 · Select pillar
02 · Select index
03 · Compare within
Bands, not ranks. Scores are relative to the region and describe structural capacity, not the standing of any people or nation.
Pillar composite
01 · Digital Infrastructure & Connectivity
Mean of 10 index scores · 18 economies
Interpretation · intervention pivots
What the profile suggests
Derived from the selected economies’ 11 pillar scores · indicative policy levers, not forecasts
Relative strengths ▲ Macroeconomic Stability & Fiscal Space · Institutional Integrity & Governance
Structural gaps ▼ Maritime Trade & Logistics Resilience · Strategic Energy, Resources & Transition · Media Production & Creative Industries
- ⟶TRD Port, customs and corridor efficiency
- ⟶NRG Grid integration of renewables
Relative strengths ▲ Human Capital, Research & Innovation · Institutional Integrity & Governance
Structural gaps ▼ Strategic Energy, Resources & Transition · Media Production & Creative Industries · Food & Water Security
- ⟶NRG Grid integration of renewables
- ⟶CRE Production incentives and co-production treaties
Digital Connectivity Index Per resident / quality
Depth of internet access and digital infrastructure.
- Who uses it
- Telecoms, streaming and digital-service investors
- How to act on it
- Use it to choose digital-first markets and size distribution budgets.
- High reading means
- Audiences can be reached online at scale and cost.
- Low reading means
- Online reach is thin; plan for broadcast, mobile-light or offline formats.
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| Very high | United Arab Emirates | 87.6 | 4/4 · 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Very high | Bahrain | 81.6 | 4/4 · 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Mediumborderline | Saudi Arabia | 46.8 | 4/4 · 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
“Borderline” marks economies whose band would change if the components were combined in a different accepted way or if any single component were left out; hover it for the score range. Unmarked bands hold under every test.
Head-to-head · 11 pillars
Compare two economies
Each pillar is scored 0–100 against the region: 0 sits at the regional low end, 100 at the regional high end. The further a point reaches toward the outer ring, the stronger that pillar.
Exact scores and gaps are available with membership.
Country lens · all 110 indices
Where each economy is strong — index by index
Overall averages can hide decisive strengths. Scale indices measure absolute mass (total forces, market size, economic weight); Intensity indices measure per-resident effort and quality. A large economy can lead on Scale while a smaller one leads on Intensity — both are true.
Scale lens
Mean of 15 absolute-size series: defence budget, armed forces, economy, population, transport…
Intensity lens
Mean of 151 per-resident, share and quality series
Head-to-head tally
Saudi Arabia 28 · level 7 · United Arab Emirates 70
Gaps under 2 points count as level.
101 more indices, exact scores and lens totals with membership.
Bar = selected economy; accent tick = comparison economy. Peer position compares against the regional peer set, not a numbered rank. Defence and security indices measure published capacity, not combat effectiveness or intent.
15 further economies, pillar scores and data export
Full rankings, indicator-level scores, head-to-head comparison and CSV export across all 110 indices and 11 pillar composites are included in the Strategic Foresight Lab, Research Membership, Institutional and Enterprise plans.