Arab Region | Basel Anti-Money Laundering index (AML) (Arab countries,2012–2020)
The overall score 0-100 (best) indicates a country’s risk level in money laundering/terrorist financing based on its adherence to AML/CTF standards and other risk categories such as financial regulations, public transparency, corruption and rule of law. Basel AML Index score 0-100 (best)s are based on 14 indicators from publicly available sources. These indicators, and their weighting in the composite index, are distributed accordig to the following categories: quality of AML/CFT framework (65%); corruption risk (10%); financial transparency and standards (15%); public transparency and accountability (5%); political and legal risk (5%). This is a Composite index (i.e. aggregating multiple sources)
| Location | Year | value |
|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 2012 | 5.5 |
| Algeria | 2013 | 6.6 |
| Algeria | 2014 | 6.61 |
| Algeria | 2015 | 6.57 |
| Algeria | 2016 | 6.5 |
| Algeria | 2017 | 6.4 |
| Algeria | 2018 | 6.35 |
| Algeria | 2019 | 6.28 |
| Algeria | 2020 | 6.74 |
| Bahrain | 2012 | 5.71 |
| Bahrain | 2013 | 5.73 |
| Bahrain | 2014 | 5.57 |
| Bahrain | 2015 | 5.56 |
| Bahrain | 2016 | 5.59 |
| Bahrain | 2017 | 5.43 |
| Bahrain | 2018 | 5.33 |
| Bahrain | 2019 | 5.46 |
| Bahrain | 2020 | 4.41 |
| Comoros | 2012 | 7.04 |
| Comoros | 2014 | 6.93 |
| Djibouti | 2014 | 5.48 |
| Egypt | 2012 | 4.98 |
| Egypt | 2013 | 5.1 |
| Egypt | 2014 | 5.18 |
| Egypt | 2015 | 4.91 |
| Egypt | 2016 | 4.74 |
| Egypt | 2017 | 5.56 |
| Egypt | 2018 | 5.35 |
| Egypt | 2019 | 4.55 |
| Egypt | 2020 | 4.96 |
| Jordan | 2013 | 8.19 |
| Jordan | 2014 | 8.22 |
| Jordan | 2019 | 4.77 |
| Jordan | 2020 | 5.96 |
| Iraq | 2012 | 5.55 |
| Iraq | 2013 | 5.54 |
| Iraq | 2014 | 5.02 |
| Iraq | 2015 | 4.91 |
| Iraq | 2016 | 4.88 |
| Iraq | 2017 | 4.9 |
| Iraq | 2018 | 4.84 |
| Kuwait | 2012 | 6.1 |
| Kuwait | 2013 | 6.18 |
| Kuwait | 2014 | 6.14 |
| Kuwait | 2015 | 6.25 |
| Kuwait | 2016 | 5.54 |
| Kuwait | 2017 | 5.55 |
| Kuwait | 2018 | 5.54 |
| Lebanon | 2012 | 6.62 |
| Lebanon | 2013 | 6.68 |
| Lebanon | 2014 | 7.01 |
| Lebanon | 2015 | 7.06 |
| Lebanon | 2016 | 7.02 |
| Lebanon | 2017 | 5.98 |
| Lebanon | 2018 | 5.99 |
| Lebanon | 2019 | 5.46 |
| Lebanon | 2020 | 5.33 |
| Oman | 2012 | 4.6 |
| Oman | 2013 | 4.75 |
| Oman | 2014 | 4.76 |
| Qatar | 2012 | 5.24 |
| Qatar | 2013 | 5.5 |
| Qatar | 2014 | 4.96 |
| Qatar | 2015 | 4.93 |
| Qatar | 2016 | 4.9 |
| Qatar | 2017 | 5.11 |
| Qatar | 2018 | 5.08 |
| Qatar | 2019 | 4.97 |
| Qatar | 2020 | 5.87 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2012 | 4.78 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2013 | 4.77 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2014 | 5.66 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2015 | 5.47 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2016 | 5.34 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2017 | 4.78 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2018 | 5.01 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2019 | 5.26 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2020 | 5.33 |
| Sudan | 2014 | 7.74 |
| Sudan | 2016 | 7.85 |
| Syria | 2012 | 6.11 |
| Syria | 2014 | 5.83 |
| Tunisia | 2012 | 4.96 |
| Tunisia | 2014 | 5.06 |
| Tunisia | 2015 | 4.63 |
| Tunisia | 2016 | 4.62 |
| Tunisia | 2020 | 5.4 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2012 | 6.32 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2013 | 6.31 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2014 | 6.33 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2015 | 5.88 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2016 | 5.98 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2017 | 5.71 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2018 | 5.7 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2019 | 5.6 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2020 | 5.89 |
| Yemen | 2012 | 7.32 |
| Yemen | 2013 | 7.34 |
| Yemen | 2014 | 7.51 |
| Yemen | 2015 | 6.75 |
Arab Region | Basel Anti-Money Laundering index (AML) (Arab countries,2012–2020)
The overall score 0-100 (best) indicates a country’s risk level in money laundering/terrorist financing based on its adherence to AML/CTF standards and other risk categories such as financial regulations, public transparency, corruption and rule of law. Basel AML Index score 0-100 (best)s are based on 14 indicators from publicly available sources. These indicators, and their weighting in the composite index, are distributed accordig to the following categories: quality of AML/CFT framework (65%); corruption risk (10%); financial transparency and standards (15%); public transparency and accountability (5%); political and legal risk (5%). This is a Composite index (i.e. aggregating multiple sources)