MENA AI Adoption
Saudi Arabia leads MENA AI uptake: AI adoption among Saudi establishments rose 20.0% year on year in 2025 (GASTAT), AI talent made up 29% of hiring in 2024 (World Bank), and AWS committed $5.3 billion to a Saudi cloud region.
20 verified facts tracked for this market — each with its source, reporting period and evidence tier. Tier 1 = primary institutions (central banks, statistical offices); tier 2 = disclosed industry panels.
| Metric | Value | Geo | Period | Tier | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year-over-year change in Saudi establishments' AI-technology adoption | 20.0percent | Saudi Arabia | 2025 | T1 | stats.gov.sa |
| Establishments using e-government services over the internet, Saudi Arabia | 93.2percent | SA | 2025 | T1 | stats.gov.sa |
| Saudi establishments with internet access | 98.1percent | Saudi Arabia | 2025 | T1 | stats.gov.sa |
| Saudi Arabia GDP per capita, PPP | 73783.56current international $ | SA | 2025 | T1 | data.worldbank.org |
| AWS cloud region investment, Saudi Arabia | 5.3USD billion | Saudi Arabia | 2024 announcement; region planned for 2026 | T1 | spa.gov.sa |
| Saudi Arabia AI talent hiring as a share of overall hiring | 29percent | SA | 2024 | T1 | blogs.worldbank.org |
| AI Preparedness Index (AIPI), Saudi Arabia | 0.58index 0-1 | SA | 2023 | T1 | data360.worldbank.org |
| IMF AI Preparedness Index, Egypt | 0.394index 0-1 | EG | 2023 | T1 | imf.org |
| IMF AI Preparedness Index, Saudi Arabia | 0.577index 0-1 | SA | 2023 | T1 | imf.org |
| Sales lost by Egyptian firms to electrical outages | 0.2percent | EG | 2020 | T1 | api.worldbank.org |
| Egyptian firms owning or sharing a generator | 6.6percent | EG | 2020 | T1 | api.worldbank.org |
| Egyptian firms experiencing electrical outages | 28.2percent | EG | 2020 | T1 | api.worldbank.org |
| Electrical outages per month experienced by Egyptian firms | 0.8outages/month | EG | 2020 | T1 | api.worldbank.org |
| Duration of a typical electrical outage for Moroccan firms | 1.7hours | MA | 2013 | T1 | api.worldbank.org |
| Median Series A round size, Cairo tech startups | 3USD million | EG | H2 2023–2025 | T2 | startupgenome.com |
| Median seed round size, Cairo tech startups | 400USD thousand | EG | H2 2023–2025 | T2 | startupgenome.com |
| UAE tech Seed and Angel equity funding round count | 19rounds | AE | 2025-H1 | T2 | cdn.tracxn.com |
| MENA early-stage AI deal activity year-on-year growth | 56percent | MENA | 2025 | T2 | magnitt.com |
| Generative-AI users engaging with the tools weekly or daily | 55percent | MENA | 2025 | T2 | deloitte.com |
| GCC organizations planning to increase their AI budgets in the coming year | 89percent of respondents | GCC | 2025 | T2 | mckinsey.com |
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