Saudi ArabiaMohammad bin Salman has been crown prince of Saudi Arabia since 2017 and prime minister since September 2022. He launched Vision 2030 to diversify the economy and curbed religious police powers while tightening political control.
In the 12 Axes register, Mohammed bin Salman leans hardest on Democratic – Autocratic: Autocratic 95%; the register median is Democratic 68%.
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Where Mohammed bin Salman sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Centralized
Rules through a centralised absolute monarchy
Autocracy
Crown prince since 2017 and prime minister since 2022
Authoritarian
Arrested activists and clerics, tightened security
Anti-Interventionist
Pursues independent, sovereignty-focused diplomacy
Military-Focused
Led the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen
Assimilationist
Relies on foreign labour under sponsorship rules
Mixed Economic
State-driven Vision 2030 with privatisation goals
Regulationism
Public Investment Fund directs the economy
Free Trade
Seeks foreign investment and global trade
Religious
Governs under Sharia while curbing the religious police
Conservative
Let women drive in 2018; weakened, not ended, male guardianship
Technological
Funds NEOM and AI projects
Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.
Democratic – Autocratic
On Democratic – Autocratic, Mohammed bin Salman is at Autocratic 95%. The register median is Democratic 68%.
Collectivize – Privatize
On Collectivize – Privatize, Mohammed bin Salman is at balanced 50%, almost the register median of balanced 50%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.bbc.com
Portrait: وكالة الأنباء السعودية, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.
The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
