Arab Knowledge Economy Report

Arab Knowledge Economy Report 2015 – 2016 forecasts Arab World internet users to reach around 226 million by 2018

  • GCC’s GDP constitutes about 60 per cent of total Arab GDP
  • Saudi Arabia ranked first in Arab World in GDP with USD 753 billion, backed by oil-based economy accounting for around 20 per cent of global reserves
  • UAE ranked first on 2015 Arab E-performance Index with average of 67.35
  • Five Arab universities appeared on Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)
  • Seven Saudi Arabia supercomputers are in the TOP500 list of the