# Saudi cybersecurity market reached SAR 16.3 billion in 2025

> An NCA report details market spending, GDP contribution and workforce indicators.

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- Published: 2026-10-20T14:20:11+00:00
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Saudi Arabia’s National Cybersecurity Authority (NCA) said its 2026 report put the Kingdom’s cybersecurity market at SAR 16.3 billion in 2025. The report gave a compound annual growth rate of 10.7% for 2023–2025. Government entities spent SAR 5.1 billion, while private-sector spending was SAR 11.2 billion.

The NCA estimated the sector’s 2025 contribution to GDP at about SAR 20 billion, comprising SAR 9.7 billion in direct and SAR 10.3 billion in indirect contribution. The cybersecurity workforce exceeded 22,000, with women accounting for 33%. The authority said the study drew on input from public- and private-sector stakeholders, academia and cybersecurity professionals.

## Data

### Cybersecurity sector indicators

Market, spending, GDP and workforce figures for 2025 reported by the NCA.

Methodology: Values are NCA-reported indicators for reference year 2025; CAGR labels specify the 2023–2025 interval. Approximate and lower-bound qualifiers are retained where stated by the source.

| label | value | unit | period | basis | value_qualifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cybersecurity market | 16300 | million SAR | 2025 | observed |  |
| Market CAGR, 2023–2025 | 10.7 | percent | 2025 | observed |  |
| Government cybersecurity spending | 5100 | million SAR | 2025 | estimate |  |
| Government spending share | 31 | percent | 2025 | observed |  |
| Private cybersecurity spending | 11200 | million SAR | 2025 | observed |  |
| Private-sector spending share | 69 | percent | 2025 | observed |  |
| Sector GDP contribution | 20000 | million SAR | 2025 | estimate |  |
| GDP contribution CAGR, 2023–2025 | 13.2 | percent | 2025 | observed |  |
| Direct GDP contribution | 9700 | million SAR | 2025 | observed |  |
| Indirect GDP contribution | 10300 | million SAR | 2025 | observed |  |
| More than 22,000 cybersecurity professionals | 22000 | people | 2025 | estimate | lower-bound |
| Workforce CAGR, 2023–2025 | 5.9 | percent | 2025 | observed |  |
| Women’s share of workforce | 33 | percent | 2025 | observed |  |
| Cybersecurity products | 8300 | million SAR | 2025 | observed |  |
| Product share of market | 51 | percent | 2025 | observed |  |
| Cybersecurity services | 7900 | million SAR | 2025 | observed |  |
| Services share of market | 49 | percent | 2025 | observed |  |
| Approximate global women workforce-share benchmark | 22 | percent | 2025 | estimate | approximate |

Sources: <https://nca.gov.sa/en/news/report-on-key-economic-indicators-in-the-cybersecurity-sector-in-the-kingdom-2026/> · Download data: [JSON](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/saudi-cybersecurity-sector-market-and-workforce-indicators-2025/data/cybersecurity-sector-2025?lang=en&format=json) · [CSV](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/saudi-cybersecurity-sector-market-and-workforce-indicators-2025/data/cybersecurity-sector-2025?lang=en&format=csv)

## Sources

- [National Cybersecurity Authority](<https://nca.gov.sa/en/news/report-on-key-economic-indicators-in-the-cybersecurity-sector-in-the-kingdom-2026/>) (Source checked: 2026-10-20; Published: 2026-10-14)

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