# Saudi Arabia

- **Record type**: Jurisdiction profile
- **Short name**: Saudi Arabia
- **ISO code**: SA
- **Type**: country
- **Region**: Asia / Gulf Cooperation Council

## In brief

Saudi Arabia has 2 recorded AI policy instruments, none of them binding. Instruments on record: National Strategy for Data & AI (2020, strategy, adopted); AI Ethics Principles (2025, guidance, guidance). The national strategy, approved by royal decision in July 2020, sets an ambition for Saudi Arabia to be among the leading data- and AI-driven economies through phased milestones to 2030.

## Overview

The national strategy, approved by royal decision in July 2020, sets an ambition for Saudi Arabia to be among the leading data- and AI-driven economies through phased milestones to 2030. SDAIA's AI Ethics Principles set out ethical principles and associated controls for entities developing, deploying or affected by AI systems in Saudi Arabia, covering fairness, privacy and security, humanity, social and environmental benefit, reliability and safety, transparency, and accountability.

## Regulatory status

Instruments on record: National Strategy for Data & AI (2020, strategy, adopted); AI Ethics Principles (2025, guidance, guidance). Each is linked to its official source; human verification pending.

## What is binding and what is guidance

Binding: none recorded. Strategy or guidance: National Strategy for Data & AI, AI Ethics Principles.

## How to use this profile

- Open the official source on each instrument before relying on any date or obligation.
- Treat strategies and guidance as signals of coming regulation, not as binding requirements.

## Official sources

- National Strategy for Data & AI — Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority — https://sdaia.gov.sa/en/SDAIA/SdaiaStrategies/Pages/NationalStrategyForDataAndAI.aspx
- AI Ethics Principles — Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority — https://sdaia.gov.sa/en/SDAIA/about/Documents/ai-principles.pdf

## Instruments recorded for this jurisdiction (2)

- **AI Ethics Principles** — Guidance, Guidance, non-binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/saudi-arabia-ai-ethics-principles
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/saudi-arabia-ai-ethics-principles.md
- **National Strategy for Data & AI** — National strategy, Adopted, non-binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/saudi-arabia-national-strategy-for-data-ai
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/saudi-arabia-national-strategy-for-data-ai.md

## Provenance

- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-regulation-saudi-arabia
- **Official source**: https://sdaia.gov.sa/en/SDAIA/SdaiaStrategies/Pages/NationalStrategyForDataAndAI.aspx
- **Source document**: National Strategy for Data & AI
- **Published by**: Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: medium
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: AI Policy Tracker (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-09-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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