Arab Region | Business freedom (Arab countries,1995–2021)
Business freedom measures the extent to which the regulatory and infrastructure environments constrain the efficient operation of businesses. The quantitative score 0-100 (best) is derived from an array of factors that affect the ease of starting, operating, and closing a business. The business freedom score 0-100 (best) for each country is a number between 0 and 100, with 100 indicating the freest business environment. The score 0-100 (best) is based on 13 sub-factors, all of which are weighted equally, using data from the World Bank’s doing business report: 1) starting a business—procedures (number); 2) starting a business—time (days); 3) starting a business—cost (% of income per capita); 4) starting a business—minimum capital (% of income per capita); 5) obtaining a license—procedures (number); 6) obtaining a license—time (days); 7) obtaining a license—cost (% of income per capita); 8) closing a business—time (years); 9) closing a business—cost (% of estate); 10) closing a business—recovery rate (cents on the dollar); 11) getting electricity—procedures (number); 12) getting electricity—time (days); and 13) getting electricity—cost (% of income per capita). This is a Composite Index (i.e. aggregating multiple sources)
Publisher
Arab Development Portal
Origin
Arab Region
Records
493
Source
| Location |
value
Min
Max
|
Year |
|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 70 | 2000 |
| Algeria | 74.8 | 2006 |
| Algeria | 66.3 | 2014 |
| Algeria | 62.1 | 2017 |
| Algeria | 63 | 2020 |
| Algeria | 63.5 | 2021 |
| Bahrain | 100 | 1996 |
| Bahrain | 100 | 1997 |
| Bahrain | 85 | 1999 |
| Bahrain | 85 | 2004 |
| Bahrain | 77.4 | 2011 |
| Bahrain | 76.5 | 2012 |
| Bahrain | 72.5 | 2015 |
| Comoros | 42.9 | 2011 |
| Comoros | 44.7 | 2013 |
| Comoros | 49.4 | 2014 |
| Comoros | 58.5 | 2017 |
| Djibouti | 55 | 1998 |
| Djibouti | 38.3 | 2006 |
| Djibouti | 37.7 | 2008 |
| Djibouti | 38.1 | 2009 |
| Egypt | 55 | 1997 |
| Egypt | 65.9 | 2019 |
| Egypt | 62.7 | 2021 |
| Iraq | 55 | 1996 |
| Iraq | 55 | 2001 |
| Iraq | 47 | 2013 |
| Iraq | 56.9 | 2014 |
| Iraq | 59.1 | 2018 |
| Iraq | 54.4 | 2019 |
| Jordan | 70 | 1996 |
| Jordan | 70 | 1997 |
| Jordan | 70 | 1999 |
| Jordan | 70 | 2001 |
| Jordan | 70 | 2004 |
| Jordan | 69.2 | 2013 |
| Jordan | 61.8 | 2019 |
| Kuwait | 70 | 2004 |
| Kuwait | 68.6 | 2008 |
| Kuwait | 58.6 | 2015 |
| Kuwait | 57.4 | 2019 |
| Lebanon | 70 | 1997 |
| Lebanon | 70 | 2001 |
| Lebanon | 55 | 2004 |
| Lebanon | 51.5 | 2017 |
| Lebanon | 48.8 | 2018 |
| Libya | 40 | 1997 |
| Libya | 40 | 1999 |
| Libya | 40 | 2000 |
| Libya | 40.7 | 2020 |
| Mauritania | 55 | 1999 |
| Mauritania | 55 | 2001 |
| Mauritania | 55 | 2003 |
| Mauritania | 55 | 2005 |
| Mauritania | 43.3 | 2013 |
| Mauritania | 38 | 2014 |
| Mauritania | 48.7 | 2016 |
| Morocco | 70 | 1996 |
| Morocco | 70 | 1997 |
| Morocco | 70 | 2004 |
| Morocco | 70 | 2005 |
| Morocco | 69.6 | 2018 |
| Morocco | 72.3 | 2021 |
| Oman | 85 | 1995 |
| Oman | 85 | 1997 |
| Qatar | 55 | 2002 |
| Qatar | 75.7 | 2009 |
| Qatar | 70.3 | 2011 |
| Qatar | 69.4 | 2013 |
| Saudi Arabia | 85 | 1997 |
| Saudi Arabia | 85 | 1998 |
| Saudi Arabia | 70 | 1999 |
| Saudi Arabia | 70 | 2001 |
| Saudi Arabia | 70 | 2002 |
| Saudi Arabia | 70 | 2003 |
| Sudan | 70 | 1996 |
| Syria | 55 | 1999 |
| Syria | 55 | 2004 |
| Syria | 58.9 | 2006 |
| Syria | 59.2 | 2010 |
| Syria | 55.9 | 2011 |
| Syria | 49.7 | 2021 |
| Tunisia | 70 | 2002 |
| Tunisia | 70 | 2005 |
| Tunisia | 78.9 | 2007 |
| United Arab Emirates | 85 | 1998 |
| United Arab Emirates | 57.4 | 2009 |
| United Arab Emirates | 67.4 | 2010 |
| United Arab Emirates | 74 | 2013 |
| United Arab Emirates | 74.4 | 2014 |
| United Arab Emirates | 78.6 | 2020 |
| Yemen | 55 | 2000 |
| Yemen | 55 | 2001 |
| Yemen | 55 | 2002 |
| Yemen | 73.7 | 2011 |
| Yemen | 71.5 | 2012 |
| Yemen | 54 | 2015 |
| Yemen | 51.4 | 2017 |
| Somalia | 92.3 | 2017 |
| Somalia | 31.6 | 2020 |
Arab Region | Business freedom (Arab countries,1995–2021)
Business freedom measures the extent to which the regulatory and infrastructure environments constrain the efficient operation of businesses. The quantitative score 0-100 (best) is derived from an array of factors that affect the ease of starting, operating, and closing a business. The business freedom score 0-100 (best) for each country is a number between 0 and 100, with 100 indicating the freest business environment. The score 0-100 (best) is based on 13 sub-factors, all of which are weighted equally, using data from the World Bank’s doing business report: 1) starting a business—procedures (number); 2) starting a business—time (days); 3) starting a business—cost (% of income per capita); 4) starting a business—minimum capital (% of income per capita); 5) obtaining a license—procedures (number); 6) obtaining a license—time (days); 7) obtaining a license—cost (% of income per capita); 8) closing a business—time (years); 9) closing a business—cost (% of estate); 10) closing a business—recovery rate (cents on the dollar); 11) getting electricity—procedures (number); 12) getting electricity—time (days); and 13) getting electricity—cost (% of income per capita). This is a Composite Index (i.e. aggregating multiple sources)
Publisher
Arab Development Portal
Origin
Arab Region
Records
493
Source