73%
Complete Arabic RTL root
16 of 22. Sets an Arabic lang value and dir="rtl" on the HTML element.
13 pp above full sample
Country report · .sa
22 measured sitesSaudi Arabia Arabic and RTL website statistics
A measured view of how ranked .sa homepages implement Arabic language metadata, document direction, logical CSS, web fonts, and search-friendly markup.
Dataset v3 · collected July 24, 2026 · domains anonymized
Direct answer
73% set a complete Arabic RTL document root
16 of 22 measured .sa homepages set both an Arabic language value and dir="rtl" on the HTML element. That places Saudi Arabia 3 of 11 publishable country samples for this implementation signal. Rankings are descriptive and sensitive to the sample.
Country benchmark
Saudi Arabia compared with the full sample
91%
Arabic language metadata
20 of 22. Declares Arabic using an HTML language tag.
16 pp above full sample
73%
Root RTL direction
16 of 22. Declares dir="rtl" on the HTML element.
10 pp above full sample
14%
Logical CSS dominant
3 of 22. Uses more logical than physical directional CSS properties.
9 pp above full sample
45%
Arabic web font
10 of 22. Deliberately loads an Arabic-supporting web font.
14 pp below full sample
73%
Canonical link
16 of 22. Publishes a canonical URL in the initial server response.
18 pp above full sample
91%
Meta description
20 of 22. Publishes a meta description in the initial response.
22 pp above full sample
27%
JSON-LD
6 of 22. Publishes JSON-LD structured data.
8 pp below full sample
Strongest measured signal
Arabic language metadata: 91%
This is the highest-adoption signal among the eight indicators summarized in this country report. It describes technical presence, not implementation quality.
Largest opportunity
Logical CSS dominant: 14%
This is the least-adopted measured signal. Teams should verify relevance against their own pages before treating it as a remediation priority.
Country comparison
Comparable country samples
Interpretation limits
What this report can—and cannot—say
The sample includes ranked .sa homepages returning substantial Arabic content. It does not cover every website hosted in Saudi Arabia, domains using other TLDs, internal pages, or JavaScript changes after the initial response. Country percentages can move as the ranked list and qualifying sample change.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
How many Saudi websites use RTL correctly at the document root?
16 of 22 measured .sa homepages (73%) set both an Arabic language and dir="rtl" on the HTML element. This is a ranked ccTLD sample, not a census of every website in Saudi Arabia.
Is this representative of every website in Saudi Arabia?
No. The report measures 22 qualifying Arabic-language homepages from the .sa portion of the Tranco ranked-domain list. It describes this sample and should not be generalized to every Saudi website.
Why compare percentage points rather than relative percentages?
Percentage-point differences make adoption rates directly comparable. A rate of 70% versus 60% is 10 percentage points higher; describing that as a relative percentage can exaggerate the practical gap.