# National Strategy for Data & AI

- **Record type**: Policy instrument
- **Jurisdiction**: Saudi Arabia
- **Instrument type**: National strategy
- **Status**: Adopted
- **Binding**: No — guidance, strategy or standard
- **Issuing body**: Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA)
- **Adopted**: 2020-07-17

## In brief

National Strategy for Data & AI is a non-binding national strategy of Saudi Arabia, issued by Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA). It was adopted on 17 July 2020. Scope is as set out in the official text linked below.

## Summary

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. It targets talent development, welcoming regulation, investment attraction, research and an active ecosystem, with measurable goals such as training data and AI specialists, attracting investment and creating startups.

## Scope

Scope is as set out in the official text linked below. Issued by Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA). Oversight: SDAIA guides and supervises execution by government entities and runs its own initiatives. Stated purpose: Make the Kingdom a global hub for data and AI in support of Vision 2030.

## Key dates

2020-07-17: Strategy approved by the King (per SDAIA)

## Notes on dates

Only the announcement or adoption date is recorded from the source; in-force and application dates are to be confirmed by a reviewer.

## Provenance

- **Permanent id**: AIPT-POL-0164 (https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0164; never changes or gets reused)
- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/saudi-arabia-national-strategy-for-data-ai
- **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**: high
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: Bhaskar Bhatt (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- **Cite as**: AIPolicyTracker (2026). "National Strategy for Data & AI" [AIPT-POL-0164, record version 1, verified 26 September 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0164 (accessed 27 October 2026).

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