Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women was 4 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Saudi Arabia, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: procedures required - women in Saudi Arabia stood at 4 number. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 66.7% on the previous year and down 73.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - women in Saudi Arabia peaked at 20 number in 2003 and was at its lowest, 4 number, in 2019.
That places Saudi Arabia 144th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 20 number | — |
| 2004 | 20 number | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 20 number | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 20 number | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 14 number | -30.0% |
| 2008 | 14 number | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 15 number | +7.1% |
| 2010 | 15 number | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 15 number | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 15 number | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 15 number | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 15 number | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 15 number | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 15 number | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 12 number | -20.0% |
| 2018 | 12 number | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 4 number | -66.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17.57 number | 14 number | 20 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 13.3 number | 4 number | 15 number | 10 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
- 143 China 4.55 number compare
- 144 Russian Federation 4 number compare
- 144 Belarus 4 number compare
- 144 Brunei Darussalam 4 number compare
- 144 Burundi 4 number compare
- 144 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 4 number compare
- 144 Côte d'Ivoire 4 number compare
- 144 Kazakhstan 4 number compare
- 144 Kyrgyzstan 4 number compare
- 144 Latvia 4 number compare
- 144 Lithuania 4 number compare
- 144 Mauritania 4 number compare
- 144 Mauritius 4 number compare
- 144 Morocco 4 number compare
- 144 Netherlands 4 number compare
- 144 Niger 4 number compare
- 144 Norway 4 number compare
- 144 Samoa 4 number compare
- 144 Senegal 4 number compare
- 144 Sweden 4 number compare
- 144 Tonga 4 number compare
- 144 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4 number 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 in Saudi Arabia?
- Starting a business: procedures required - women in Saudi Arabia was 4 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 20 number in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4 number in 2019.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for starting a business: procedures required - women?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 144th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - women rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 73.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The number of procedures for women records all the procedures required in practice for five female married entrepreneurs to start and operate a local limited liability company. A procedure is de?ned as any interaction of the company founders with external parties or spouses (if legally required). Both pre- and post-incorporation procedures that are officially required or commonly done in practice are recorded.