Saudi Arabia
Trott Bailey Family Abundance · Country Profile
Saudi Arabia
Tracking baselineEvidence through 20 Sep 2026Money Gate 20 · Overall Gate 0.7.0 Money Gate 20 Food, Housing / Land, Healthcare, Transportation and Water / Energy are four points each. All five must reach 4/4 before the country can cross zero. Money may still exist as an exchange tool; it cannot remain the permission slip for these five basics. Read Money Is a Weak Civilization Engine
Five basics stand between this country and zero
This older research pack has not yet received a direct five-part Money Gate audit. Its historical Reach/Friction evidence is compressed to a maximum transitional 4/20 so we do not invent free-access points that were never researched.
9% weightHuman Time & Burden Return
+41.5
Whether productivity, infrastructure and institutions return usable lifetime to people and families.
TBFC target: Necessary contribution should not require people to sell most of their waking life merely to retain access to food, shelter, care and ordinary family life.
Access-gate research question: How much paid work or income-producing activity is required before an ordinary household can keep access to basic life, and what usable family time remains afterward?
Abundance Gap: +25.0
Live-reviewed Saudi Arabia integration completed 2026-10-04 from current GASTAT, Saudi Vision 2030, MEWA, MHRSD, RCRC, Ministry of Justice, National Center for Wildlife, Visit Saudi, World Bank, WHO and UNFCCC evidence. Physical capacity, actual reach, monetary/eligibility friction and return/regeneration are scored separately. Citizen/non-citizen, urban/rural and geographic differences are preserved. No qualifying Saudi-specific external Trott Bailey adoption evidence was found, so no Adoption uplift is applied. The national monetary gate is applied only once at the overall-score stage.
Verified evidence
Saudi unemployment was 6.4% in Q1 2026 and labour-market participation has broadened, but time burden remains material: GASTAT previously found 45.8% of employees working more than 40 hours a week. High employment capacity therefore does not automatically return abundant family time.
GASTAT — Labor Market Statistics, Q1 2026 · GASTAT — Health and Safety at Work Statistics 2023
8% weightHousing, Shelter & Housing Reach
+41.8
Whether adequate shelter physically exists and actually reaches people without excessive cost, exclusion or vacancy mismatch.
TBFC target: Adequate family shelter should remain reachable without lifetime dependence on rent, mortgage debt or ability to pay.
Access-gate research question: What share of ordinary shelter access depends on rent, mortgage debt, purchase price or other recurring payment, and what dependable non-market routes exist at national scale?
Abundance Gap: +25.0
Live-reviewed Saudi Arabia integration completed 2026-10-04 from current GASTAT, Saudi Vision 2030, MEWA, MHRSD, RCRC, Ministry of Justice, National Center for Wildlife, Visit Saudi, World Bank, WHO and UNFCCC evidence. Physical capacity, actual reach, monetary/eligibility friction and return/regeneration are scored separately. Citizen/non-citizen, urban/rural and geographic differences are preserved. No qualifying Saudi-specific external Trott Bailey adoption evidence was found, so no Adoption uplift is applied. The national monetary gate is applied only once at the overall-score stage.
Verified evidence
Saudi housing capacity and public support are substantial. Vision 2030 reports a 65.4% homeownership rate among Saudi families in 2025, while Sakani expands subsidized and financed routes. Reach is nevertheless strongly mediated by nationality, income, finance eligibility, rent, purchase price and location.
Saudi Vision 2030 — Annual Report 2025 · GASTAT — Housing Statistics 2025 methodology
9% weightFood, Nourishment & Free Food Abundance
+47.3
Physical food and nutrient capacity, nourishment reach, waste/loss, public edible landscapes and free food access.
TBFC target: Nutritious food should exist in multiplying abundance and remain reachable even when a household has no money to spend.
Access-gate research question: Can people obtain adequate nutritious food when they cannot pay, and are free/public/productive-food routes large enough to be ordinary rather than exceptional?
Abundance Gap: +15.0
Live-reviewed Saudi Arabia integration completed 2026-10-04 from current GASTAT, Saudi Vision 2030, MEWA, MHRSD, RCRC, Ministry of Justice, National Center for Wildlife, Visit Saudi, World Bank, WHO and UNFCCC evidence. Physical capacity, actual reach, monetary/eligibility friction and return/regeneration are scored separately. Citizen/non-citizen, urban/rural and geographic differences are preserved. No qualifying Saudi-specific external Trott Bailey adoption evidence was found, so no Adoption uplift is applied. The national monetary gate is applied only once at the overall-score stage.
Verified evidence
Saudi Arabia has rapidly expanded domestic food capacity: official sources report more than 16 million tonnes of agricultural and food production in 2024 and rising self-sufficiency in several products. Yet food remains predominantly purchased, import dependence persists for staples, and arid-land water constraints limit what domestic production can sustainably supply.
GASTAT — Food Security Statistics 2024 · MEWA — Saudi food-security and sustainability indicators 2024–2025
6% weightWater & Sanitation Abundance
+54.8
Safe water, sanitation, reliability, capture, reuse, storage and living-landscape water capacity.
TBFC target: Safe water and sanitation should be dependable life infrastructure, not conditional on household purchasing power.
Access-gate research question: Can households retain safe water and sanitation when income falls, and which payment, disconnection or infrastructure barriers interrupt access?
Abundance Gap: +5.0
Live-reviewed Saudi Arabia integration completed 2026-10-04 from current GASTAT, Saudi Vision 2030, MEWA, MHRSD, RCRC, Ministry of Justice, National Center for Wildlife, Visit Saudi, World Bank, WHO and UNFCCC evidence. Physical capacity, actual reach, monetary/eligibility friction and return/regeneration are scored separately. Citizen/non-citizen, urban/rural and geographic differences are preserved. No qualifying Saudi-specific external Trott Bailey adoption evidence was found, so no Adoption uplift is applied. The national monetary gate is applied only once at the overall-score stage.
Verified evidence
Household service reach is extremely high: GASTAT reports 99.8% safely managed drinking-water access and 89.5% safely managed sanitation in 2024. The national average masks a large sanitation gap between urban areas (93.7%) and rural areas (59.3%), while desalination and severe natural water scarcity create continuing energy, cost and resource burdens.
GASTAT — Household Environment Statistics 2024 · World Bank — Saudi Arabia country data
5% weightEnergy & Household Capability
+57.8
Whether usable, reliable energy reaches households and removes burdens across water, food, health, cooling, cooking and movement.
TBFC target: Essential household energy should support cooking, cooling, water, food preservation and care without money becoming the switch that turns basic capability on or off.
Access-gate research question: Can households retain essential energy for cooking, cooling, water and food preservation when they cannot pay, and how often does price or disconnection reduce capability?
Abundance Gap: 0.0
Live-reviewed Saudi Arabia integration completed 2026-10-04 from current GASTAT, Saudi Vision 2030, MEWA, MHRSD, RCRC, Ministry of Justice, National Center for Wildlife, Visit Saudi, World Bank, WHO and UNFCCC evidence. Physical capacity, actual reach, monetary/eligibility friction and return/regeneration are scored separately. Citizen/non-citizen, urban/rural and geographic differences are preserved. No qualifying Saudi-specific external Trott Bailey adoption evidence was found, so no Adoption uplift is applied. The national monetary gate is applied only once at the overall-score stage.
Verified evidence
Electricity access is effectively universal and renewable build-out is accelerating. GASTAT reports 12,313 MW of operating renewable capacity by end-2025, up 88% from 2024. Household capability is therefore very high, but the overall energy system remains heavily fossil-based and essential access is still organized through tariffs and paid service.
GASTAT — Renewable Energy Statistics 2025 · GASTAT — Household Environment Statistics 2024
7% weightHealth & Care Reach
+54.5
Whether prevention, primary care, medicine, maternity care, dentistry and specialist capability reach people when needed.
TBFC target: Prevention, maternity, dentistry, medicine and necessary treatment should be reachable because care is needed, not because payment can be produced.
Access-gate research question: Can necessary care be obtained because it is needed, or do price, insurance, employment, debt or other financial tests materially delay or prevent access?
Abundance Gap: +10.0
Live-reviewed Saudi Arabia integration completed 2026-10-04 from current GASTAT, Saudi Vision 2030, MEWA, MHRSD, RCRC, Ministry of Justice, National Center for Wildlife, Visit Saudi, World Bank, WHO and UNFCCC evidence. Physical capacity, actual reach, monetary/eligibility friction and return/regeneration are scored separately. Citizen/non-citizen, urban/rural and geographic differences are preserved. No qualifying Saudi-specific external Trott Bailey adoption evidence was found, so no Adoption uplift is applied. The national monetary gate is applied only once at the overall-score stage.
Verified evidence
Saudi Arabia has extensive public and insured health infrastructure. Vision 2030 reports healthcare coverage rising to 96.41% by 2023 and WHO tracks continued UHC expansion. Reach is strong but not identical across citizenship, employment, insurance and geography, while private and out-of-pocket channels preserve a monetary gate for parts of care.
Saudi Vision 2030 — A Vibrant Society · WHO — Saudi Arabia country health profile
6% weightEducation & Human Capability
+61.0
Foundational learning plus practical, technical and enduring civilization capability retained by people.
TBFC target: Foundational learning and useful capability should be reachable as part of civilization life rather than purchased according to family income.
Access-gate research question: Which essential learning and capability routes are genuinely reachable regardless of family income, and where do fees, debt or paid enrichment create decisive access gaps?
Abundance Gap: +5.0
Live-reviewed Saudi Arabia integration completed 2026-10-04 from current GASTAT, Saudi Vision 2030, MEWA, MHRSD, RCRC, Ministry of Justice, National Center for Wildlife, Visit Saudi, World Bank, WHO and UNFCCC evidence. Physical capacity, actual reach, monetary/eligibility friction and return/regeneration are scored separately. Citizen/non-citizen, urban/rural and geographic differences are preserved. No qualifying Saudi-specific external Trott Bailey adoption evidence was found, so no Adoption uplift is applied. The national monetary gate is applied only once at the overall-score stage.
Verified evidence
Education capacity and basic completion are very strong. GASTAT Education and Training Statistics 2025 reports completion of 99.6% for primary and 99.1% for intermediate education. Public provision returns substantial capability, although higher education, private schooling, residency status and labour-market pathways still create differentiated access.
GASTAT — Education and Training Statistics 2025 · Ministry of Education — Information & Statistics
4% weightMobility & Reachability
+38.0
Local, regional and national movement that connects people to family, services, work, learning and public life without consuming excessive time.
TBFC target: Ordinary local and regional movement should be available for family, care, learning and civic life without travel becoming a paywall.
Access-gate research question: Can ordinary people reach family, care, learning and public life without high recurring fares, vehicle costs, debt or fuel dependence?
Abundance Gap: +25.0
Live-reviewed Saudi Arabia integration completed 2026-10-04 from current GASTAT, Saudi Vision 2030, MEWA, MHRSD, RCRC, Ministry of Justice, National Center for Wildlife, Visit Saudi, World Bank, WHO and UNFCCC evidence. Physical capacity, actual reach, monetary/eligibility friction and return/regeneration are scored separately. Citizen/non-citizen, urban/rural and geographic differences are preserved. No qualifying Saudi-specific external Trott Bailey adoption evidence was found, so no Adoption uplift is applied. The national monetary gate is applied only once at the overall-score stage.
Verified evidence
Urban public transport is expanding quickly: Saudi cities recorded more than 104 million public-bus passenger journeys in 2024, and Riyadh now has a six-line automated metro integrated with buses. Capacity has improved sharply, but nationwide reach remains uneven across a very large territory and everyday mobility still relies heavily on privately owned vehicles, fuel and paid travel.
GASTAT — Livability in Saudi Cities 2025 · RCRC — Riyadh Metro lines 2025
8% weightFamily Formation, Continuity & Child Stability
Fertility agenda · target 5.0
Family continuity is measured partly by whether children are actually multiplying. New and re-reviewed profiles use total fertility as 40% of Family Formation: 2.1 births per woman is the replacement floor and earns positive but limited credit; the authored target is 5.0.
Read A Civilization Built for Mothers and Fathers
+45.5
Conditions that let people form stable families, raise children, share parental time and continue family life without punishing material barriers.
TBFC target: People should be able to form, continue and multiply family life. Trott Bailey Family Civilization uses 5.0 children per woman as the fertility target; 2.1 is the replacement floor, not the aspiration, while housing, care, food and time should not be withheld behind financial thresholds.
Access-gate research question: How strongly do housing, childcare, health, food and work-income requirements delay or destabilize family formation and continuity, and is total fertility moving above replacement toward the 5.0-children-per-woman civilization target?
Abundance Gap: +20.0
Live-reviewed Saudi Arabia integration completed 2026-10-04 from current GASTAT, Saudi Vision 2030, MEWA, MHRSD, RCRC, Ministry of Justice, National Center for Wildlife, Visit Saudi, World Bank, WHO and UNFCCC evidence. Physical capacity, actual reach, monetary/eligibility friction and return/regeneration are scored separately. Citizen/non-citizen, urban/rural and geographic differences are preserved. No qualifying Saudi-specific external Trott Bailey adoption evidence was found, so no Adoption uplift is applied. The national monetary gate is applied only once at the overall-score stage.
Verified evidence
Saudi social-protection systems include unemployment support, social security, food and electricity support, child additions, disability support and maternity protections. These programs materially protect family continuity, but eligibility is program-specific and often citizenship/status-linked; housing, childcare and ordinary provisioning still depend on income or benefits.
MHRSD — Social protection · MHRSD — Child support
5% weightLand Access & Spatial Freedom
+28.8
Whether land and settlement choice reach ordinary people rather than opportunity being functionally trapped inside expensive commercial centres.
TBFC target: Suitable productive land and settlement opportunity should not be functionally reserved for those able to outbid everyone else.
Access-gate research question: Can ordinary families gain secure use of suitable productive ground without first accumulating enough money to purchase, finance or outbid others?
Abundance Gap: +45.0
Live-reviewed Saudi Arabia integration completed 2026-10-04 from current GASTAT, Saudi Vision 2030, MEWA, MHRSD, RCRC, Ministry of Justice, National Center for Wildlife, Visit Saudi, World Bank, WHO and UNFCCC evidence. Physical capacity, actual reach, monetary/eligibility friction and return/regeneration are scored separately. Citizen/non-citizen, urban/rural and geographic differences are preserved. No qualifying Saudi-specific external Trott Bailey adoption evidence was found, so no Adoption uplift is applied. The national monetary gate is applied only once at the overall-score stage.
Verified evidence
Saudi Arabia has immense physical territory and large state-backed residential development capacity. Practical household access is much narrower: most land is arid, serviced urban land is concentrated, and secure residential access is mediated by ownership, financing, planning, nationality and infrastructure rather than by physical land abundance alone.
GASTAT — Housing Statistics 2025 methodology · Saudi Vision 2030 — Housing Program Annual Report 2024
6% weightPeace of Mind, Happiness, Beauty & Delight
+51.8
Peace of mind, social support, everyday safety, public beauty, recreation, nature, culture and delight reachable without constant payment.
TBFC target: Beauty, nature, recreation, rest and public delight should belong to ordinary life rather than appearing mainly after payment.
Access-gate research question: How much everyday rest, nature, recreation, culture and public beauty is freely reachable, rather than principally accessed through paid venues, travel or private property?
Abundance Gap: +15.0
Live-reviewed Saudi Arabia integration completed 2026-10-04 from current GASTAT, Saudi Vision 2030, MEWA, MHRSD, RCRC, Ministry of Justice, National Center for Wildlife, Visit Saudi, World Bank, WHO and UNFCCC evidence. Physical capacity, actual reach, monetary/eligibility friction and return/regeneration are scored separately. Citizen/non-citizen, urban/rural and geographic differences are preserved. No qualifying Saudi-specific external Trott Bailey adoption evidence was found, so no Adoption uplift is applied. The national monetary gate is applied only once at the overall-score stage.
Verified evidence
Everyday safety and leisure capacity are strong and rising. GASTAT reports Saudi Arabia among the safest G20 countries and 2025 culture/entertainment statistics show broad participation; parks and gardens are among the most-used leisure spaces. Access is nevertheless shaped by city, climate, transport, paid venues and household income.
GASTAT — Safety Index 2025 · GASTAT — Household Culture and Entertainment Survey Statistics 2025
6% weightLiving Ground, Biodiversity & Resilience
+33.3
Whether soil, forests, wetlands, habitat, pollinators, species and water-holding landscapes are strengthening rather than being consumed.
TBFC target: Regenerating soil, water, habitat and food-bearing landscapes should be maintained as shared life-supporting capacity rather than only where a transaction makes them profitable.
Access-gate research question: Are regenerative land, water and habitat functions maintained as life-supporting infrastructure even when no direct commercial return is available?
Abundance Gap: +20.0
Live-reviewed Saudi Arabia integration completed 2026-10-04 from current GASTAT, Saudi Vision 2030, MEWA, MHRSD, RCRC, Ministry of Justice, National Center for Wildlife, Visit Saudi, World Bank, WHO and UNFCCC evidence. Physical capacity, actual reach, monetary/eligibility friction and return/regeneration are scored separately. Citizen/non-citizen, urban/rural and geographic differences are preserved. No qualifying Saudi-specific external Trott Bailey adoption evidence was found, so no Adoption uplift is applied. The national monetary gate is applied only once at the overall-score stage.
Verified evidence
Saudi Arabia is expanding terrestrial and marine protection, ecological restoration and wildlife management. Official conservation reporting records 36 protected areas covering 18.1% of land and 6.49% of marine territory, with further expansion planned. These gains coexist with extreme aridity, water stress, habitat pressure and a fossil-intensive economic base.
National Center for Wildlife — Protected Areas System Plan · Saudi Vision 2030 — Annual Report 2025
5% weightJustice, Safety & Institutional Friction
+43.0
Physical safety, usable justice, legal identity, reliable public administration and low needless institutional burden.
TBFC target: Usable justice, legal identity, safety and ordinary administration should remain accessible regardless of wealth.
Access-gate research question: Do fees, legal costs, bail, fines, documentation costs or ability to hire expertise materially change access to justice, safety or public administration?
Abundance Gap: +25.0
Live-reviewed Saudi Arabia integration completed 2026-10-04 from current GASTAT, Saudi Vision 2030, MEWA, MHRSD, RCRC, Ministry of Justice, National Center for Wildlife, Visit Saudi, World Bank, WHO and UNFCCC evidence. Physical capacity, actual reach, monetary/eligibility friction and return/regeneration are scored separately. Citizen/non-citizen, urban/rural and geographic differences are preserved. No qualifying Saudi-specific external Trott Bailey adoption evidence was found, so no Adoption uplift is applied. The national monetary gate is applied only once at the overall-score stage.
Verified evidence
Saudi Arabia reports very high perceived safety, while the Ministry of Justice provides extensive digital case, enforcement and notarial services, including e-litigation and 99 public judicial indicators. Administrative reach is strong, though legal navigation, representation, status and language can still create practical friction for some residents.
GASTAT — Safety Index 2025 · Ministry of Justice — MOJ by Numbers / judicial indicators
4% weightDurability, Repair & Material Return
+38.5
Whether useful materials, infrastructure and goods are maintained, repairable, recovered and cycled instead of repeatedly becoming waste.
TBFC target: Repair, maintenance and useful material circulation should protect capability instead of forcing repeated repurchase as the default route to continued use.
Access-gate research question: Do repair and maintenance remain practically accessible, or do pricing, proprietary restrictions and replacement incentives turn continued use into repeated purchasing?
Abundance Gap: +15.0
Live-reviewed Saudi Arabia integration completed 2026-10-04 from current GASTAT, Saudi Vision 2030, MEWA, MHRSD, RCRC, Ministry of Justice, National Center for Wildlife, Visit Saudi, World Bank, WHO and UNFCCC evidence. Physical capacity, actual reach, monetary/eligibility friction and return/regeneration are scored separately. Citizen/non-citizen, urban/rural and geographic differences are preserved. No qualifying Saudi-specific external Trott Bailey adoption evidence was found, so no Adoption uplift is applied. The national monetary gate is applied only once at the overall-score stage.
Verified evidence
Basic waste collection reaches 99.9% of households and official SDG reporting records 92.8% proper treatment of hazardous industrial waste. Saudi Arabia now publishes national waste accounts and is expanding regulated recycling infrastructure, but total industrial throughput is very large and landfill/material-loss pressures remain substantial.
GASTAT — Waste Statistics in Saudi Arabia 2024 · GASTAT — Progress achieved towards SDGs 2024Trott Bailey Family Civilization Target
The end state: life beyond monetary gatekeeping
Trott Bailey Family Civilization treats money as an exchange tool rather than a prerequisite for access to life. The long-run abundance target is that food, water, shelter, care, education, mobility, land access and ordinary public life remain reachable even when a person cannot pay.
This target is an authored civilization standard. The diagnostic evidence score can now draw from all 16 weighted categories. The five-part Money Gate remains a separate domestic threshold asking whether food, housing/land, healthcare, transportation and water/energy are genuinely reachable without payment before any civilization can cross zero.
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