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Provision–experience mismatch Typology Country brief (PDF)

49.0Index

Below the regional meanPosition

54.2Access

43.7Experience

+10.5Access–experience gap

100n

Figure 1Saudi Arabia: access most exceeds experience in health and care

AccessExperienceDotted lines: regional averages

Health74.3 · 39.8 Social71.5 · 39.7 Housing67.7 · 51.2 Services56.5 · 41.7 Civic46.0 · 35.0 Finance55.5 · 48.9 Leisure47.8 · 41.5 Safety50.0 · 44.0 Education52.6 · 52.2 Digital38.8 · 42.2 Environment35.6 · 44.6

Sorted by the gap between access and experience.

A-SCOPE MENA, Arab Access and Experience Dataset 2026, ten states, N = 1,861. Wave 1 · Release 1.0 · September 2026.Image (PNG)

Index 49.0, below the regional mean, access 54.2 and experience 43.7. The gap is 34.5 points on health and 31.8 on family relationships. Saudi Arabia is last on environment and leisure and records low access on safety (50.0) and digital use (38.8).

Where access most exceeds experience

Experience furthest ahead of access

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Samples are not representative: scores describe respondents, not national populations. Comparisons are indicative and small differences carry no weight. See Data and methods. A-SCOPE MENA, Arab Access and Experience Dataset 2026, ten states, N = 1,861. Wave 1 · Release 1.0 · September 2026.