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Saudi Arabia

The world’s largest oil exporter, a nation of 37 million financing Vision 2030, which raised $11.5 billion in international bonds in January 2026 under a $58 billion borrowing plan.

Perfect Nations values what Saudi Arabia owns and raises capital against it, through innovative financing for development (FfD) and super intelligence (SI).

Saudi Arabia at a glance

  • 37.0mPeopleWorld Bank
  • Furthest from reach · Education32.4%of children in Saudi Arabia cannot read a simple text by the end of primary schoolWorld Bank, 2021
  • 2Instruments and investments on recordCapital already committed
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What we do for Saudi Arabia

Assets. Capital. Solutions.

Perfect Nations is a new-age sovereign advisory firm, and its clients are nations.

  1. 01AssetsThe cupFive sovereign assets, valued, from The Oil and Gas to The Borrowing Power.
  2. 02CapitalThe laurels2 instruments and investments on record, every one sourced.
  3. 03SolutionsThe seven starsSeven basic standards of living, star by star. Education is furthest from reach today.

The whole logo: a Perfect Nation, where every citizen has all seven basic standards of living, led by good governance.

01Assets · The cup · Sovereign Assets

Five assets no balance sheet counts.

Each is owned today, earns today, and can carry Saudi Arabia toward seven basic standards of living for every citizen.

  • 25.4%Of GDP from oil and gas rents, 2021

    The Oil and Gas

    The world’s largest oil exporter, with a pipeline to the Red Sea that bypasses the Gulf.

  • 37.0mCitizens, 2025

    The People

    23.6% are under fifteen: the workforce and the market of the next generation.

  • 2.15M km²Land area, 2023

    The Land

    Desert sun for solar power and land for new cities.

  • 80.8%Of the land in agriculture, 2023

    The Farmland

    Rangeland across four fifths of the land, and farms that must spend scarce water wisely.

  • $11.5bnRaised in one sale, January 2026

    The Borrowing Power

    A sovereign that raises capital at scale, on long maturities, to build Vision 2030.

Every figure, with its sourceThe Sovereign Assets ledger

02Capital · The laurels · Capital Architecture

The busiest sovereign borrower in the emerging world.

Bonds, guarantees, swaps and loans that raise capital against what Saudi Arabia owns, every line sourced.

Capital Architecture

The record in figures

  • $11.5bnFour-tranche international bonds under the Global Medium-Term Note Programme, January 2026; orders about $31 billionMinistry of Finance, 2026
  • $57.9bn2026 borrowing plan: about $44 billion for the deficit and $14 billion of principalThe National, 2026
  • $13bnSeven-year syndicated loan for power, water and public utilities projectsArab News, 2026
  • 31.8%General government gross debt, share of GDP, 2025IMF, WEO Oct 2026

Capital already committed

  • PrivateIssuedInternational bonds, four tranches$11.5bn

    National Debt Management Center · 3, 5, 10 and 30 years · January 2026

    The first GCC sovereign issue of 2026, 2.7 times oversubscribed.

    Investors

    Source
  • PrivateSignedSyndicated loan for utilities$13bn

    National Debt Management Center · Seven years

    Finance for power, water and public utilities projects.

    Banks

    Source

The Saudi Arabia Newswire

The Solutions Wire
Reem Al-Otaibi, Nation Steward of Saudi Arabia

Reem Al-OtaibiNation Steward of Saudi Arabia · SI Researcher

Already working in Saudi Arabia.

Independent firms and social enterprises already at work in Saudi Arabia, highlighted by Perfect Nations. None is a partner of Perfect Nations.

Suggest an enterprise

  • The first firms and social enterprises at work in Saudi Arabia are being gathered.

    Name one already at work there: it may be highlighted here, with its source.

03Solutions · The seven stars · Perfect Capita

Perfect Saudi Arabia, star by star.

Perfect Capita is the yearly cost, per person, of lifting everyone above the Living Line in all seven basic living standards, set with Saudi Arabia in its own prices.

How Perfect Capita works
Saudi Arabia: the seven stars of the logo, one for each basic standard of living, rising from the cup; Food is the larger centre star. Each star carries the figure for Saudi Arabia.WATER99%SHELTER83.9%ENERGY100%FOOD–EDUCATION67.6HEALTH83LIVELIHOOD–
67.6
Education · furthest from reach67.6% of children read a simple text by the end of primary schoolWorld Bank, 2021

Tap a star for its figure and source.

The price of Perfect Saudi Arabia

To be set with Saudi Arabia, from its own figures and in its own prices: Perfect Capita times the people of Saudi Arabia, each year.

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  • FoodNot measuredNo FAO measure of food insecurity is published for Saudi ArabiaFAO
  • Water99%Basic drinking water; safely managed water is not measured (lenient)WHO/UNICEF, 2024
  • Shelter83.9%Safely managed sanitation; 0.6% of city dwellers live in slumsWHO/UNICEF, 2024
  • Energy100%100% cook with clean fuels and technology; 100% have electricityWorld Bank, 2024
  • Education67.667.6% of children read a simple text by the end of primary schoolWorld Bank, 2021
  • Health83WHO service coverage indexWHO, 2023
  • LivelihoodNot measuredNo poverty survey for Saudi Arabia is published by the World BankWorld Bank

Perfect Nations estimate, to be confirmed with Saudi Arabia. Figures marked dated rest on surveys more than five years old; lenient measures are marked as such. The strict measures

Strict measures. Food: share not moderately or severely food insecure (FAO). Water: safely managed drinking water where measured; where it is not, basic water, marked as such. Shelter: the lower of safely managed sanitation and the share outside urban slums. Energy: the lower of electricity per person against 1,000 kWh and clean cooking; where electricity per person is not published, clean cooking. Education: the lower of children reading by the end of primary school and lower-secondary completion. Health: WHO service coverage index. Livelihood: share above the stricter of the national poverty line and the World Bank line for the nation’s income group (US$8.30 a day for high-income nations). Each figure links to its source.

Solutions for Perfect Saudi Arabia

All Solutions

  • The Solution for Saudi ArabiaEducation

    Finance learning, not only classrooms.

    • 01The challenge32.4% Of children in Saudi Arabia cannot read a simple text by the end of primary school. World Bank, 2021
    • 02The dealProgram-for-Results, proved in Tanzania, 2021: $588M for primary school learning. World Bank, project P169380
    • 03What Perfect Nations advisesNations where education is furthest from reach should borrow on a Program-for-Results basis, releasing each tranche only when pupils reach an agreed learning level, verified independently. With super intelligence, reading levels can be tracked school by school, so that every child who falls behind is reached in time.
    Co-design it inThe ReDesign StudioThe three mandates
Perfect Nations® · Letters to the NationsSaudi Arabia

Dear Saudi Arabia,

You are the world’s largest oil exporter, and investors lend you billions in a single sale to build Vision 2030.

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Your homes have water, power and clean fuel. One in three of your children cannot yet read a simple text by the end of primary school. Of all the giga-projects, make learning the largest.

“Of all the giga-projects, let the largest be every child reading.”

Yours in design,Preeti SinhaPresident and CEO, Perfect Nations

Work with us · The ReDesign Studio

The Perfect Saudi Arabia ReDesign Studio

One mission, three depths: the same four moves for Saudi Arabia, taken as far toward market as you choose.

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For the Government of Saudi Arabia, its development partners and investors. Scope and fees are agreed in writing before any work begins.

  1. 01Identify the assets
  2. 02Estimate Perfect Capita
  3. 03Co-design the capital architecture
  4. 04Launch the instruments

  1. Mandate 013 hours

    The Nation Briefing

    A private session for the people who decide.

    You leave withThe gap, named and sized

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    1. 01The five sovereign assets on this page, walked through.
    2. 02Education, the standard furthest from reach, and the Gap, explained.
    3. 03The instruments that could close the Gap, shortlisted.
    4. 04The path to market, outlined.
    Request a Nation Briefing

  2. Mandate 023 days

    The Blueprint Lab

    Your team and ours, working the blueprint together.

    You leave withThe structure, drawn

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    1. 01The ledger tested against your ministries’ own data.
    2. 02Each of the seven standards costed in local prices.
    3. 03One financing structure, drawn with your team.
    4. 04A term sheet and the partners to approach.
    Plan a Blueprint Lab

  3. Mandate 03End to end

    The Sovereign Mandate

    Led personally by the President and CEO.

    You leave withA structure ready for market

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    1. 01A full sovereign asset ledger, valued and verified.
    2. 02Perfect Capita set and agreed with government, with a monitoring plan.
    3. 03The full structure: legal form, credit enhancement, guarantees and pricing.
    4. 04Taken to investors and development partners, through to close.
    Discuss a Sovereign Mandate

Co-design it with us

Where Saudis and Co-designers design the nation they want to live in.

  • Writings

    Write Perfect Saudi Arabia into being.

    Up to 1,500 words on your vision of Perfect Saudi Arabia, published with your name.

    Submit your writing

  • Voices of Perfect Nations Launching soon

    The local leaders already building Perfect Saudi Arabia.

    Great local leaders: honest, dedicated and committed to basic standards of living for all. Every guest answers one question: “What does Saudi Arabia already own, and how could it pay for a decent life for every citizen?”

    Nominate yourselfSuggest a guest

  • Co-designers

    Join the community.

    Everyone who shares a vision, a voice or an enterprise here becomes a Co-designer of Perfect Saudi Arabia.

    Become a Co-designer

The Saudi Arabia ReDesign Studio is open

Design Perfect Saudi Arabia with us.

Share your vision, suggest a guest, or write to us: every message receives a personal reply.

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Sources
  1. World Bank, World Development Indicators (API), accessed 10 November 2026: population and ages 0 to 14, 2025; land area and agricultural and forest land; renewable fresh water per person, 2022; natural resource, oil, gas and mineral rents, 2021; renewable electricity output, 2021; tourism receipts; personal remittances; electricity access and clean cooking.
  2. The seven standards: FAO food insecurity, WHO/UNICEF JMP water and sanitation, UN-Habitat urban slums, World Bank clean cooking, learning poverty and lower-secondary completion, and poverty headcounts (all via the World Bank); WHO UHC service coverage index, 2023.
  3. IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026 (DataMapper, accessed 10 November 2026): general government gross debt, 2025, and real GDP growth projected for 2026.
  4. Ministry of Finance and National Debt Management Center, January 2026.
  5. The National, 6 January 2026; Arab News, 1 January 2026.
  6. IMF 2025 Article IV country report (4 August 2025) and IMF article of 18 December 2025.
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