Vision 2030… In nine years

Nine years since Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman launched “Vision 2030”, during which the transformation at home was impressive and rapid, the ambitions of the vision were high, and its outlook is holistic. Because it is the largest project in the kingdom’s history, it required serious and diligent work that combined the breadth of Horizon with consideration of the most minor details.

The way of working in government institutions has changed radically and widely, to achieve the objectives of the vision, and created structural and organizational reforms for the purpose, more than 900 legislative reforms, including performance monitoring and monitoring, accounting for corruption, raising the efficiency of spending with its increase, and achieving sustainable financial balance.

The journey of the future began towards progress and prosperity on the twenty-fifth of April 2016, where the launch of the crown prince and Prime Minister Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, the vision of the “Kingdom 2030”, was a real transformation through one of the largest national transformation programs globally, it is an insightful and ambitious vision.

Before the twenty-fifth of April 2016, it was not the same as after it, neither for the Saudis, nor for the region, nor even for the world, the “vision of the Kingdom 2030”, which surprised the Saudis and the world first with an ambition that has not been preceded by a country in the region in modern times.

Following the announcement of the kingdom’s vision, King Salman said at the time: “My first goal is for our country to be a successful and leading model in the world at all levels, and I will work with you to achieve this.

The godfather of the vision, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, added: “I am pleased to present to you the vision of the present for the future, which we want to start working with today for tomorrow, so that it expresses all our ambitions and reflects the capabilities of our country.

Nine years later, she achieved Vision 2030. The hopes of the Saudis and the achievement of the kingdom’s regional and global status, especially that the world is living swift changes, and the impact of the global trade war waged by US President Donald Trump negatively on economies around the world this year, including the United States, according to a new report issued by the World Trade Organization in April 2025.

The WTO predicts that global economies will grow more slowly than they would have without tariffs. This will be especially the case in North America, a region dominated by the United States, which will experience a greater.

Over the past nine years, the vision has achieved many successes on multiple levels and dimensions, including environmental, economic, social, sports, and entertainment aspects.

It was amazing for observers locally and internationally, the speed of Saudis adapting to a new and rapid start for their country according to a modern compass set by the nascent vision, the vision has become present in the councils of Saudis, their diwans, private and public conversations, discussing and touching on its impact on their lives and seeing the eye in the rapid reforms they have experienced day by day since the twenty-fifth of April 2016 until the moment.

Nine years have passed since Saudi Arabia and the Saudis have been able to impress the world with their modern achievements, and introduce those who do not know their vision through hundreds of conferences and exhibitions globally, and they are waiting for their arrival date to achieve their vision after eight years, while their dreams are flying away.. Preparing for the post-Vision 2030.

The kingdom’s “Vision 2030” is on track at a speed faster than the speed of light, serving as a roadmap for a journey aimed at building a vibrant society, a prosperous economy, and an ambitious homeland through an unprecedented transformation of the kingdom over the next several years until 2030.

The vision has set clear and transparent measurement indicators at various levels of the vision. Within the vision performance indicators, 93% of them have succeeded either in achieving their annual targets or are close to achieving the target by between 85% and 99%, while 374 is the total number of indicators that have active readings, including the achievement of the annual target of 299 targets, 257 of which exceeded the targets, and 49 targets reached achievement rates ranging from 85% to 99%. The percentage of completed or on-track initiatives reached 85%. Of the more than 1,500 initiatives, 674 have been completed since the launch of the vision, and 596 are on track.

The kingdom is today one of the most prominent investment destinations in the world, thanks to the kingdom’s vision that has made it the focus of the world’s attention, as evidenced by the continuous growth of foreign investment flows in the kingdom, the growth of foreign investments has tripled, compared to 2017, and the value of inflows into the kingdom’s economy reached 77.6 billion riyals until the fourth quarter of 2024.

The kingdom targeted qualitative investments to attract foreign investments, most notably mining, which is the main concern of the major countries of the world today, because of the strategic and economic importance of this sector. The kingdom is today the first in the world in terms of rapid growth in the mining investment environment. The number of mining licenses increased more than tenfold, from 224 to 2,400, as a direct result of the introduction of the mining investment system. The value of investments in the mining sector was approximately 1.5 trillion riyals, and the kingdom’s mineral wealth was estimated at around 9.4 trillion riyals.