Global: Ease of doing business score in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Global: Ease of doing business score was 70.87 DB17-20 methodology in 2019. ▲ Rising
Global: Ease of doing business score in Saudi Arabia, 2015–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB17-20 methodology.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 70.87 DB17-20 methodology for global: ease of doing business score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.0% on the previous year and up 19.8% over five years.
Saudi Arabia ranks 64th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Global: Ease of doing business score in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | DB17-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 59.16 DB17-20 methodology | — |
| 2016 | 59.44 DB17-20 methodology | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 62.08 DB17-20 methodology | +4.4% |
| 2018 | 63.85 DB17-20 methodology | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 70.87 DB17-20 methodology | +11.0% |
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More private sector data for Saudi Arabia
- Merchandise trade 44.2% (2025)
- Food imports 13.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 70.5% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 254.06 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 1.9% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 15.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 310.67 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 8,403 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2433 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 1.69 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is global: ease of doing business score in Saudi Arabia?
- Global: ease of doing business score in Saudi Arabia was 70.87 DB17-20 methodology in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest global: ease of doing business score recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 70.87 DB17-20 methodology in 2019.
- What is the lowest global: ease of doing business score recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 59.16 DB17-20 methodology in 2015.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for global: ease of doing business score?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 64th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Global: Ease of doing business score (DB17-20 methodology). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The ease of doing business score is the simple average of the scores for each of the Doing Business topics: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts and resolving insolvency. The score is computed based on the methodology in the DB17-20 studies for topics that underwent methodology updates.