Sustainable Development Goal 1
No Poverty
Introduction
Goal 1 aims to end poverty in all its forms everywhere by 2030, covering deprivation of food, education, healthcare, clean water, and safe housing.
United Nations in Saudi Arabia — Goal 1
Sub-targets
United Nations — Goal 1 targets and indicators
Saudi Arabia's efforts
Citizen's Account Program: more than 9.8 million beneficiaries and dependents were covered in the May 2026 disbursement, with total payments since launch exceeding SAR 277 billion.
Saudi Press Agency (SPA) — Citizen's Account, May 2026 disbursement
Social Security: the total number of beneficiaries empowered across all Tamkeen pathways reached nearly 100,000 by the end of November 2025.
Saudi Press Agency (SPA) — Expansion of the social security system
Relevant international conventions
Convention on the Rights of the Child
“States Parties recognize the right of every child to a standard of living adequate for the child's physical, mental, spiritual, moral and social development”
OHCHR
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
“The right to social security, particularly in cases of retirement, unemployment, sickness, invalidity and old age”
OHCHR
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
“An adequate standard of living and social protection”
OHCHR
Saudi Arabia acceded to the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1995 and to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2008.
Saudi Human Rights Commission
How individuals can contribute
Donate through Ehsan, the national non-profit giving platform
Ehsan official platform
Volunteer through the National Platform for Volunteering
National Platform for Volunteering