Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number) - Score in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number) - Score was 82.35 in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number) - Score in Saudi Arabia, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score in Saudi Arabia is 82.35, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 133.3% on the previous year and up 366.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score in Saudi Arabia peaked at 82.35 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0, in 2003.
That places Saudi Arabia 27th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number) - Score in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 0 | — |
| 2004 | 0 | — |
| 2005 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 23.53 | — |
| 2008 | 23.53 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 17.65 | -25.0% |
| 2010 | 17.65 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 17.65 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 17.65 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 17.65 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 17.65 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 17.65 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 17.65 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 35.29 | +100.0% |
| 2018 | 35.29 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 82.35 | +133.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.24 | 0 | 23.53 | 7 |
| 2010s | 27.65 | 17.65 | 82.35 | 10 |
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- 27 Mauritania 82.35 compare
- 27 Mauritius 82.35 compare
- 27 Morocco 82.35 compare
- 27 Netherlands 82.35 compare
- 27 Niger 82.35 compare
- 27 Norway 82.35 compare
- 27 Samoa 82.35 compare
- 27 Senegal 82.35 compare
- 27 Sweden 82.35 compare
- 27 Tonga 82.35 compare
- 27 United Kingdom 82.35 compare
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 starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score in Saudi Arabia?
- Starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score in Saudi Arabia was 82.35 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 82.35 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 2003.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 27th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 366.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for the number of procedures for women benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.