西亚及北非地区战略位置极其重要，同时又是世界上石油储量和输出量最大的地区。该地区国家信息化水平总体处于全球中等偏上水平，但也因国家经济水平、科技能力、社会稳定程度和国家投入的不同，存在较大差异。其中，巴林、以色列、阿联酋、科威特处于全球先进水平，也门、叙利亚、埃及处于全球落后水平。沙特已经迈入信息社会发展的初级阶段，在政府服务信息化和数字生活方面表现突出，强劲的经济增长、稳定的政治环境、人口年轻化以及国家经济政策也驱动信息经济向好发展。土耳其作为新兴发展中国家，十分重视信息技术在各领域中的应用，一方面通过信息化加快本国经济社会发展，另一方面积极对接欧盟的各类信息系统和标准。埃及在信息基础设施、信息经济、政府信息化、数字生活等方面均低于全球平均水平，但市场空间和发展潜力很大，其国家信息化战略的总体目标是利用ICT资源帮助实现开放、市场自由竞争、民主和社会正义。以色列极为重视信息通信技术的研发创新和深入应用，拥有中东地区最发达的网络通信设施体系，信息产业发展很好，网络安全水平世界领先，电子政务发展水平极高，享有“中东硅谷”的美誉。
As the transport hub of Asia，Europe and Africa，West Asia and North Africa are the regions of great strategic importance.Meanwhile，they are also the regions with the highest oil reserves and output of the world.The overall national informatization development of the two regions is at an upper medium level in the world，mostly higher than the world average and The Belt and Road countries' average.However，the specific situation of different countries could vary greatly，depending on their different economic development，technological level，social stability and national investment.Among those countries，Bahrain，Israel，UAE，Kuwait are at an advanced level in the world，yet Yemen，Syria，Egypt are at a lower level.This paper has made a detailed study of the informatization development of those countries and regions with representative significance such as Saudi Arabia，Turkey，Egypt，Israel.Saudi Arabia has stepped into an early stage of information society development，which can be very well demonstrated in the informatization of governmental service and digital living.The positive development of information economy is driven by factors such as strong economic growth，stable political environment，rejuvenation of population and national economic policy.As an emerging developing country，Turkey attaches great importance to the application of information technology in various fields.It's necessary to accelerate the national economic development with informatization development while it's also a need to actively become adapted to all kinds of information systems and standards of EU.Egypt's information infrastructure，information economy，government informatization and digital living are all below the global average level but there is a large market and great potential of development for Egypt.The main target of its national informatization strategy is to realize openness to the world，free market competition，democracy and social justice with ICT resources.With more importance attached to the innovation and in-depth application of information and communications technology，Israel has the most developed network communications facility system in Middle East，as well as an ongoing growth of information industry，an globally advanced internet security and a high level development of e-government，and thus it is renowned with the name of “Middle East Silicon Valley”.
