The Global COVID-19 Index (GCI) - Saudi Arabia Dashboard

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Country Rank

3

Saudi Arabia

Recovery Rank for 180 countries/regions

Country Rank

3

Saudi Arabia

Recovery Rank for 184 countries/regions

COVID-19 Recovery Rating

4

Recovery Index
81.03
(Out of 100)

(100 = Best, 0 = Worst)

COVID-19 Recovery Rating

5

Recovery Index
76.27
(Out of 100)

(100 = Best, 0 = Worst)

COVID-19 Severity Rating

2

Severity Index
24.88
(Out of 100)

(0 = Best, 100 = Worst)

COVID-19 Severity Rating

1

Severity Index
21.05
(Out of 100)

(0 = Best, 100 = Worst)

Stringency Rating

N/A

(100 = Strictest Measures, 0 = No Measures)

Population

34,268,528

(Low Density)

GNI per capita (US$)

21,600

(High income)

COVID-19 Recovery Rating Guide

5	Countries who have made the most progress in curtailing the spread of the pandemic and can be used as examples of best practices (Relative Rating)
4
3
2	Countries who are struggling to cope with the crisis and who may need to consider maintaining stringent non-pharmaceutical measures (Relative Rating)
1

COVID-19 Severity Rating Guide

1	Countries who are coping with the crisis with a low percentage of infections and resulting deaths per population (Relative Rating)
2
3	Countries who may be overwhelmed by the crisis with a high percentage of infections and resulting deaths per population (Relative Rating)
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5

Travel Advisory

Saudi Arabia - published 29.12.2021

1. Passengers are not allowed to enter. - This does not apply to: - nationals of Saudi Arabia; - first degree family members of nationals of Saudi Arabia; - residents of Saudi Arabia arriving from Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Lebanon or Turkey with a COVID-19 vaccination certificate showing that they were fully vaccinated in Saudi Arabia; - residents of Saudi Arabia. They must not have been in or transited through Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Lebanon or Turkey in the past 14 days; - nationals of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and United Arab Emirates. They must not have been in or transited through Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Lebanon or Turkey in the past 14 days; - passengers with an exit/entry, work, residence or visit visa issued by Saudi Arabia. They must not have been in or transited through Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Lebanon or Turkey in the past 14 days; - passengers with a tourist visa issued by Saudi Arabia. They must not have been in or transited through Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Lebanon or Turkey in the past 14 days; - domestic workers of nationals of Saudi Arabia. They must be accompanied by the sponsor; - domestic workers of nationals of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and United Arab Emirates. They must be accompanied by the sponsor or one of the first degree family members of the sponsor. They must not have been in or transited through Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Lebanon or Turkey in the past 14 days; - Umrah passengers. They must not have been in or transited through Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Lebanon or Turkey in the past 14 days; - passengers with a COVID-19 vaccination certificate showing that they received one vaccine dose in Saudi Arabia. They must have an institutional quarantine package for 3 days. 2. Passengers who in the past 14 days have been in or transited through Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Seychelles, South Africa, Zambia or Zimbabwe are not allowed to enter. - This does not apply to nationals of Saudi Arabia. They must have an institutional quarantine package for 5 days if not arriving from Nigeria. 3. Passengers arriving from Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Lebanon or Turkey are not allowed to transit. 4. Passengers must have a negative COVID-19 PCR test taken at most 72 hours before departure of the last direct flight to Saudi Arabia. The test result must be issued by one of the following medical centers (Kartica Pulomas Hospital, Karunia Jakarta or PT Prodia Widyahusada TBK) if arriving from Indonesia. - This does not apply to: - nationals of Saudi Arabia; - spouses, children, parents and accompanying domestic workers of nationals of Saudi Arabia; - passengers younger than 8 years. 5. Passengers must have a COVID-19 vaccination certificate showing that they were fully vaccinated with AstraZeneca (Covishield), AstraZeneca (SK Bioscience), AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria), Janssen, Moderna (Spikevax), Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty), Sinopharm or Sinovac at least 14 days before departure. They must register at https://muqeem.sa/#/vaccine-registration/home , and must download the Tawakkalna App and submit their personal details within 8 hours after arrival. Passengers who received Sinopharm or Sinovac must have also received one vaccine dose of AstraZeneca (Covishield), AstraZeneca (SK Bioscience), AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria), Janssen, Moderna (Spikevax) or Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty) at least 14 days before departure. - This does not apply to: - nationals of Saudi Arabia; - first degree family members of nationals of Saudi Arabia; - domestic workers of nationals of Saudi Arabia. They must be accompanied by the sponsor. 6. Passengers must register before departure at https://muqeem.sa/#/vaccine-registration/home . - This does not apply to nationals of Saudi Arabia. 7. Passengers must have medical insurance to cover COVID-19 expenses. - This does not apply to nationals and residents of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates. 8. Passengers must obtain an institutional quarantine package for 5 days. - This does not apply to: - nationals of Saudi Arabia and their spouses, mothers, children and accompanying domestic workers. They must not be arriving from Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Lebanon or Turkey; - residents of Saudi Arabia and their spouses and children. They must have a COVID-19 vaccination certificate showing that they were fully vaccinated with AstraZeneca (Covishield), AstraZeneca (SK Bioscience), AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria), Janssen, Moderna (Spikevax), Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty), Sinopharm or Sinovac at least 14 days before departure. Passengers who received Sinopharm or Sinovac must have also received one vaccine dose of AstraZeneca (Covishield), AstraZeneca (SK Bioscience), AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria), Janssen, Moderna (Spikevax) or Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty) at least 14 days before departure. They must not be arriving from Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Lebanon or Turkey; - domestic workers accompanied by a resident of Saudi Arabia with a COVID-19 vaccination certificate showing that the resident was fully vaccinated with AstraZeneca (Covishield), AstraZeneca (SK Bioscience), AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria), Janssen, Moderna (Spikevax), Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty), Sinopharm or Sinovac at least 14 days before departure. Passengers who received Sinopharm or Sinovac must have also received one vaccine dose of AstraZeneca (Covishield), AstraZeneca (SK Bioscience), AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria), Janssen, Moderna (Spikevax) or Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty) at least 14 days before departure. They must not be arriving from Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Lebanon or Turkey; - passengers with a diplomatic visa and their accompanying domestic workers; - passengers younger than 18 years accompanied by their parents with a COVID-19 vaccination certificate showing that the parents were fully vaccinated with AstraZeneca (Covishield), AstraZeneca (SK Bioscience), AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria), Janssen, Moderna (Spikevax), Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty), Sinopharm or Sinovac at least 14 days before departure. Passengers who received Sinopharm or Sinovac must have also received one vaccine dose of AstraZeneca (Covishield), AstraZeneca (SK Bioscience), AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria), Janssen, Moderna (Spikevax) or Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty) at least 14 days before departure. They must not be arriving from Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Lebanon or Turkey. 9. Passengers could be subject to a COVID-19 PCR test upon arrival and quarantine for 5 days. 10. Airline crew are subject to quarantine until their next flight. 11. Suspension of visa on arrival facilities. 12. Suspension of e-visa issuance. 13. Airlines can check the validity of the exit/entry visas for residents of Saudi Arabia at https://muqeem.sa/#/visa-validity/check

Travel Advisory information provided and published with permission by IATA. (Timatic COVID-19 Alerts Service has been discontinued on 1/1/2022, please refer this page for latest travel advisory)

1. Passengers are not allowed to enter. - This does not apply to: - nationals of Saudi Arabia; - first degree family members of nationals of Saudi Arabia; - residents of Saudi
Arabia arriving from Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Lebanon or Turkey with a COVID-19 vaccination certificate showing that they were fully vaccinated in Saudi Arabia; - residents of Saudi
Arabia. They must not have been in or transited through Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Lebanon or Turkey in the past 14 days; - nationals of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and United Arab
Emirates. They must not have been in or transited through Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Lebanon or Turkey in the past 14 days; - passengers with an exit/entry, work, residence or visit
visa issued by Saudi Arabia. They must not have been in or transited through Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Lebanon or Turkey in the past 14 days; - passengers with a tourist visa issued
by Saudi Arabia. They must not have been in or transited through Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Lebanon or Turkey in the past 14 days; - domestic workers of nationals of Saudi Arabia. They
must be accompanied by the sponsor; - domestic workers of nationals of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and United Arab Emirates. They must be accompanied by the sponsor or one of the
first degree family members of the sponsor. They must not have been in or transited through Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Lebanon or Turkey in the past 14 days; - Umrah passengers. They
must not have been in or transited through Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Lebanon or Turkey in the past 14 days; - passengers with a COVID-19 vaccination certificate showing that they
received one vaccine dose in Saudi Arabia. They must have an institutional quarantine package for 3 days.

2. Passengers who in the past 14 days have been in or transited through Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria,
Seychelles, South Africa, Zambia or Zimbabwe are not allowed to enter. - This does not apply to nationals of Saudi Arabia. They must have an institutional quarantine package for 5
days if not arriving from Nigeria.

3. Passengers arriving from Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Lebanon or Turkey are not allowed to transit.

4. Passengers must have a negative COVID-19 PCR test taken at most 72 hours before departure of the last direct flight to Saudi Arabia. The test result must be issued by one of
the following medical centers (Kartica Pulomas Hospital, Karunia Jakarta or PT Prodia Widyahusada TBK) if arriving from Indonesia. - This does not apply to: - nationals of Saudi
Arabia; - spouses, children, parents and accompanying domestic workers of nationals of Saudi Arabia; - passengers younger than 8 years.

5. Passengers must have a COVID-19 vaccination certificate showing that they were fully vaccinated with AstraZeneca (Covishield), AstraZeneca (SK Bioscience), AstraZeneca
(Vaxzevria), Janssen, Moderna (Spikevax), Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty), Sinopharm or Sinovac at least 14 days before departure. They must register at
https://muqeem.sa/#/vaccine-registration/home , and must download the Tawakkalna App and submit their personal details within 8 hours after arrival. Passengers who received
Sinopharm or Sinovac must have also received one vaccine dose of AstraZeneca (Covishield), AstraZeneca (SK Bioscience), AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria), Janssen, Moderna (Spikevax) or
Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty) at least 14 days before departure. - This does not apply to: - nationals of Saudi Arabia; - first degree family members of nationals of Saudi Arabia; -
domestic workers of nationals of Saudi Arabia. They must be accompanied by the sponsor.

6. Passengers must register before departure at https://muqeem.sa/#/vaccine-registration/home . - This does not apply to nationals of Saudi Arabia.

7. Passengers must have medical insurance to cover COVID-19 expenses. - This does not apply to nationals and residents of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United
Arab Emirates.

8. Passengers must obtain an institutional quarantine package for 5 days. - This does not apply to: - nationals of Saudi Arabia and their spouses, mothers, children and
accompanying domestic workers. They must not be arriving from Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Lebanon or Turkey; - residents of Saudi Arabia and their spouses and children. They must have a
COVID-19 vaccination certificate showing that they were fully vaccinated with AstraZeneca (Covishield), AstraZeneca (SK Bioscience), AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria), Janssen, Moderna
(Spikevax), Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty), Sinopharm or Sinovac at least 14 days before departure. Passengers who received Sinopharm or Sinovac must have also received one vaccine
dose of AstraZeneca (Covishield), AstraZeneca (SK Bioscience), AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria), Janssen, Moderna (Spikevax) or Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty) at least 14 days before
departure. They must not be arriving from Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Lebanon or Turkey; - domestic workers accompanied by a resident of Saudi Arabia with a COVID-19 vaccination
certificate showing that the resident was fully vaccinated with AstraZeneca (Covishield), AstraZeneca (SK Bioscience), AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria), Janssen, Moderna (Spikevax),
Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty), Sinopharm or Sinovac at least 14 days before departure. Passengers who received Sinopharm or Sinovac must have also received one vaccine dose of
AstraZeneca (Covishield), AstraZeneca (SK Bioscience), AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria), Janssen, Moderna (Spikevax) or Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty) at least 14 days before departure. They
must not be arriving from Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Lebanon or Turkey; - passengers with a diplomatic visa and their accompanying domestic workers; - passengers younger than 18 years
accompanied by their parents with a COVID-19 vaccination certificate showing that the parents were fully vaccinated with AstraZeneca (Covishield), AstraZeneca (SK Bioscience),
AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria), Janssen, Moderna (Spikevax), Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty), Sinopharm or Sinovac at least 14 days before departure. Passengers who received Sinopharm or
Sinovac must have also received one vaccine dose of AstraZeneca (Covishield), AstraZeneca (SK Bioscience), AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria), Janssen, Moderna (Spikevax) or Pfizer-BioNTech
(Comirnaty) at least 14 days before departure. They must not be arriving from Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Lebanon or Turkey.

9. Passengers could be subject to a COVID-19 PCR test upon arrival and quarantine for 5 days.

10. Airline crew are subject to quarantine until their next flight.

11. Suspension of visa on arrival facilities.

12. Suspension of e-visa issuance.

13. Airlines can check the validity of the exit/entry visas for residents of Saudi Arabia at https://muqeem.sa/#/visa-validity/check

Travel Advisory information provided and published with permission by IATA. (Timatic COVID-19 Alerts Service has been discontinued on 1/1/2022, please refer this page for latest travel advisory)

Saudi Arabia Infection Trend

How can you tell if a curve is really flattening?

The number of daily confirmed cases has been used as an estimation of how severe the COVID-19 situation is in a given country. However, we’ve found that focusing on the country’s cumulative number of active cases gives a clearer picture of whether the infection curve is flattening.

Countries with Similar Characteristics

This table is generated by a GCI-developed tool to match countries based on their similar characteristics such as population, population density, income and climate.

Country	Recovery Index	Recovery Index	Population	Density	GNI per capita	Average Temperature since First Case (Celsius)	Match%
Saudi Arabia	76.27	81.03	34,268,528	Low Density	High income	26-30 deg
Australia	55.25	44.62	25,364,307	Low Density	High income	26-30 deg	100%
Canada	75.10	66.34	37,589,262	Low Density	High income	< 10 deg	85%
Chile	72.37	75.18	18,952,038	Low Density	High income	< 10 deg	85%
Somalia	40.93	52.30	15,442,905	Low Density	Low income	26-30 deg	75%
South Sudan	51.50	54.29	11,062,113	Low Density	Low income	26-30 deg	75%
Algeria	23.00	45.62	43,053,054	Low Density	Lower middle income	21-25 deg	60%
Angola	50.24	56.66	31,825,295	Low Density	Lower middle income	21-25 deg	60%
Argentina	53.38	58.75	44,938,712	Low Density	Upper middle income	11-20 deg	60%
Bolivia	36.64	41.32	11,513,100	Low Density	Lower middle income	21-25 deg	60%
Chad	47.46	56.60	15,946,876	Low Density	Low income	> 30 deg	60%

GCI Recovery Forecast

The GCI Recovery Forecasting methodology relies on a Monte Carlo simulation model as we recognise that the factors that contribute to an increase / decrease in confirmed COVID19 cases are highly variable and subject to various localised circumstances and interventions. The P10 / P50 / P90 are probabilities assigned to the forecasts, with P10 being highly optimistic, and P90 being very conservative on recovery and reduction in cases. The forecast model is updated daily based on the latest case data.

Forecast Results:

Situation Improving. The GCI Model forecasts that the situation is definitely improving and with the right discipline and compliance, the country can hope to see numbers diminish significantly in the near future.