Country
Saudi Arabia
Scores
Middle East & North Africa
5th
Overall
4th
Governance and accountability
3rd
Prevention
3rd
Healing
5th
Justice
Shared rank — one or more countries have the same score.
Ending Violence Against Children pledging process
45th
Overall
37th
Governance and accountability
30th
Prevention
41st
Healing
45th
Justice
Shared rank — one or more countries have the same score.
G20
19th
Overall
16th
Governance and accountability
16th
Prevention
18th
Healing
19th
Justice
Shared rank — one or more countries have the same score.
Background indicators
- GDP per capita
- 35057.23
- Gender Inequality Index (GII)
- 0.23
- Women in parliament
- 19.9
- Gender gap in educational attainment
- 0.99
- LGBTQ Equality Index
- 13.0
- Birth registration
- 100.0
- Internet penetration rate
- 100.0
- Lead child protection ministries or agencies
- 2.0
- Online child sexual abuse
- 3.7
- 5th
- within Middle East & North Africa
- out of 5 countries
- 14th
- in its high income classification
- out of 14 countries
- 9.5
- million children in Saudi Arabia
- represents 11.4% of the region's total population under the age of 18
This country’s score places it in the bottom third of those assessed in the Index
This low-ranking indicates significant gaps in the laws, policies, services, and systems that prevent sexual violence against children and adolescents and support survivors.
This score is not a judgement — it is a roadmap for progress.
The Index evaluates countries against 23 indicators covering foundational laws, policies, programs, and services governments should have in place to end sexual violence against children and adolescents.
By using these indicators as a step-by-step guide, governments can strengthen prevention, expand survivor-centered services, improve accountability, and coordinate action across sectors – making meaningful progress toward eliminating sexual violence in their country and improving their ranking in the next Index cycle.
Saudi Arabia's 2024 EVAC accountability pledges (opens in a new tab)
See Saudi Arabia's pledges to end violence against children at the 2024 Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence Against Children.
via End Violence Against Children Conference
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