The Digital Public Infrastructure Map

Tracking national-scale digital infrastructure around the world

The Digital Public Infrastructure Map

Tracking national-scale digital infrastructure around the world

Saudi Arabia

Digital ID System

DPI-like

Digital identity/ Nafath App

Governing entity: National Information Center
Status of implementation: Active
Legally binding redress mechanism: Both
Funding organizations identified: Ministry of Finance
Technical Support organizations identified: NA
URL: https://www.iam.gov.sa
Last Updated: 01/12/25
Claim of digital ID: YES
ID or Civil Registry Act: YES
Regulation for digital ID: NA
Codified digital ID legal status: YES
Procedural rules for digital ID enrolment: NA
Relationship with feeder documents: NA
Terms of data storage and sharing available: YES
National Data Protection Act: YES
Data leak disclosure process: YES
Data handling terms exist: YES
Collects or uses biometric data: YES
Digital authentication function: YES
Enables KYC packet collection: YES
Authentication through government portal: YES
Two or more sectoral use cases enabled: YES

Digital Payment System

DPI-like

sarie (instant payment system)

Payment system type: Interbank payment system
Status of implementation: Active
Operator: Central Bank
National / Regional: National
Annual value of transactions (USD): 2019- 157 M
Annual volume of transactions: 2019- 12.7 B
Cost of transactions: NA
Number of participants: 2024- 11
Types of transactions supported: P2P, P2M, B2B
Type of settlement system: RTGS
URL: https://sarie.sa
Last Updated: 01/10/24
Active real-time payment system present: YES
Cross-border payments: NA
QR code transactions: NA
Bank participation: YES
Non-bank participation: NO
Interoperability policy: NA
Participation conditions and rules: YES
Data-handing rules for payment system: YES
Reporting forum: YES
AML Law: YES

Data Exchange System

DPI-like

Government Service Bus

Base technical architecture: X-Road
Status of implementation: Active
Governing Entity: Saudi Authority for Data and Artificial Intelligence
Coordination unit: Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA)
National / Regional: National
Sector-specific / Cross-sectoral: Cross-sectoral
Permitted participants: Public
Ownership: Public
URL: https://sdaia.gov.sa
Last Updated: 09/12/25
Semantic interoperability: YES
Real-time sharing: YES
Scalable architecture: YES
Audit mechanism: YES
Procedural rules for data mgmt.: YES
Enrolment and participation information: YES
Used by more than one public entity: YES
Impact metrics: YES