Country dossier
Saudi Arabia
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| FDI inflows, % GDP | — | — | — | — |
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| Internet users, % population | — | — | — | — |
| Fixed broadband per 100 | — | — | — | — |
| Military spending, % GDP | — | — | — | — |
Official development and governance statistics, latest published year. Rank 1 = strongest among the 18 economies covered; — = not published.
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- Hydrocarbon exporterYES
- Trade exposed to HormuzYES
- Red Sea coastline / tradeYES
- Suez Canal revenueNO
- Currency pegged to the US dollarYES
Documented geography, trade and currency regime. These flags drive every scenario calculation.
Ranked 2 of 16 Arab states in the published annual strength assessment.
| Active and reserve personnel | 397,000 |
| Total aircraft | 917 |
| Fighters | 283 |
| Attack helicopters | 34 |
| Tanks | 1,085 |
| Naval assets | 28 |
Published annual registers; counts, not combat effectiveness.
- Arab League Joint Defence & Economic Cooperation Treaty (1950)
- GCC Joint Defence Agreement (2000) · Peninsula Shield Force
- Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition member
- Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement with Pakistan (2025)
Formal, publicly recorded arrangements only. Context, never scored.
Pan-Arab newsroom headquarters
- · Al Arabiya / Al Hadath — Riyadh (relocated 2025)
- · Asharq News — Riyadh
Media cities and free zones
- · Riyadh Media City project (announced 2020)
Production stages
- · AlUla Studios — 2 × ~2,400 sqm stages
- · JAX Studios Riyadh — 2 × 1,500 sqm stages + virtual production
Production output
- · 18 Saudi films released in cinemas (2024)
Production incentives
- · Up to 60% production incentive
Broadcast licensing
- · Mawthooq creator advertising licence (2022) — 6,000 issued by mid-2023
Virtual production
- · JAX Studios virtual production volume (2025)
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- Military capacity (0-100)
- Where the country sits in a published annual ranking of armed-forces strength (personnel, aircraft, armour, naval fleet, logistics), rescaled among Arab states: 100 = strongest in the region, 0 = weakest. Use it to gauge security weight and defence-market size.
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- Documented production infrastructure: film/TV sound stages, media free zones and headquarters of pan-Arab news networks, equally weighted and scaled so the regional leader = 100. Blank means no documented facilities, not zero activity. Use it to choose production, broadcast and partnership locations.
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