Starting a business: Time - Women (days)- Score in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Starting a business: Time - Women (days)- Score was 89.45 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Time - Women (days)- Score in Saudi Arabia, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: time - women (days)- score in Saudi Arabia stood at 89.45. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.9% on the previous year and up 24.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - women (days)- score in Saudi Arabia peaked at 89.45 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 17.59, in 2003.
That places Saudi Arabia 84th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Time - Women (days)- Score in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 17.59 | — |
| 2004 | 17.59 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 24.62 | +40.0% |
| 2006 | 49.75 | +102.0% |
| 2007 | 71.86 | +44.4% |
| 2008 | 71.86 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 71.86 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 71.86 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 71.86 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 74.87 | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 74.37 | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 74.37 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 75.88 | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 79.9 | +5.3% |
| 2017 | 81.41 | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 81.41 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 89.45 | +9.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 46.45 | 17.59 | 71.86 | 7 |
| 2010s | 77.54 | 71.86 | 89.45 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
- 82 Russian Federation 90.35 compare
- 83 Trinidad and Tobago 89.95 compare
- 84 Ireland 89.45 compare
- 84 Israel 89.45 compare
- 84 Italy 89.45 compare
- 84 Mali 89.45 compare
- 84 Saint Lucia 89.45 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: time - women (days)- score in Saudi Arabia?
- Starting a business: time - women (days)- score in Saudi Arabia was 89.45 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - women (days)- score recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 89.45 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - women (days)- score recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.59 in 2003.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for starting a business: time - women (days)- score?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 84th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - women (days)- score rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Time - Women (days)- Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for the time 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.