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How it is governed

Saudi Arabia on the 12 axes

MOTNHeritage ConservativeFree enterprise, firm order, and loyalty to your country.

Saudi Arabia is typed MOTN, the Heritage Conservative. Religion shows the strongest lean, at the Religious pole, because religious law is the basis of the state and legal system (2025). Structure also reaches the Central pole, with a strong elected regional governments index of just 0.004 (2025). Authority leans Strong leader and Security leans Order, alongside a Liberal Democracy Index of 0.05 (2025), the death penalty in use in the last 5 years (2025) and criminalized same-sex relations (2026). Markets sit exactly at the centre.

Egypt is the closest country at 83%. Both lean Strong leader and National identity, but Egypt leans Protected on trade and Planned on markets, while Saudi Arabia sits near the centre on both. See how its politicians and historical figures compare on the page, or take the test to see how close you are to this profile.

Laws and institutionsData 2026-10
ECONOMYSTATESOCIETYWORLDOwnershipMarketsWelfareAuthoritySecurityStructureMoralityReligionTechnologyCultureTradeForeign
Axis by axis

Where Saudi Arabia sits

  1. 01Ownership-35
    PublicPrivate
  2. 02Markets0
    PlannedFree
  3. 03Welfare+45
    SharedSelf-reliant
  4. 04Authority+85
    DemocraticStrong leader
  5. 05Security+70
    LibertyOrder
  6. 06Structure+100
    LocalCentral
  7. 07Morality+60
    ProgressiveTraditional
  8. 08Religion+100
    SecularReligious
  9. 09Technology-20
    EmbraceCaution
  10. 10Culture+30
    MulticulturalNational identity
  11. 11Trade-15
    GlobalProtected
  12. 12Foreign policy+20
    CooperationStrength

Scores come from laws, budgets and institutional indexes, not from polls or the party in power. How country profiles are built

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Saudi Arabia: questions

What is Saudi Arabia's type on the 12 axes?

Read from its laws and institutions, Saudi Arabia comes out as MOTN (Heritage Conservative). The type takes one letter per family of three axes: Economy, State, Society and World. It describes how the country is governed, not what its people think.

Which countries are governed most like Saudi Arabia?

On the 12 axes, Egypt is closest at 83%, followed by Iran at 81%. The comparison uses the same country profiles as the country match on your 12 Axes result.