Saudi Arabia: investment freedom score on the Economic Freedom Index 2018

This statistic describes the government spending score of Saudi Arabia on the Economic Freedom Index ranking from 1998 to 2018. According to the 2018 ranking, Saudi Arabia scored on government spending of the Economic Freedom index 40 compared to the world average is 59.5. Saudi Arabia is considered in this regard repressed.

Investment freedom score of Saudi Arabia on the Economic Freedom Index ranking from 1998 to 2018

Characteristic	Saudi Arabia	World average
2018	40	59.5
2017	40	59.7
2016	40	58
2015	40	57.6
2014	40	57.1
2013	40	54.1
2012	40	53.1
2011	40	52.6
2010	45	51
2005	30	49.9
2000	30	53.5
1998	30	54.1

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Release date

January 2018

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Region

Africa, MENA

Survey time period

1998 to 2018

Supplementary notes

The Index of Economic Freedom is an annual ranking by The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal to measure the degree of economic freedom of countries. Since 1995 the authors of the index took an approach aligned to Adam Smith's in The Wealth of Nations.

The 2018 ranking has main categories with total twelve sub-categories:
Rule of law sub-categories: Property rights, Judicial effectiveness, Government integrity
Government size sub-categories: Tax burden, Government spending, Fiscal health
Regulatory efficiency sub-categories: Business freedom, Labor freedom, Monetary freedom
Market openness sub-categories: Trade freedom, Investment freedom, Financial freedom

Ranking: 100 - Total economic freedom; 80–99 = free; 70.0–79.9 = mostly free; 60.0–69.9 = moderately free; 50.0–59.9= mostly unfree; 0–49.9 = repressed; 0 ; no economic freedom.

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