International rankings of Saudi Arabia

The following are international rankings of Saudi Arabia.

Cities

Riyadh

• Metropolitan area by population
• Most expensive cities

Communications

• The World Factbook: Second number of mobile phones in use ranked
• OECD: number of broadband Internet users ranked ^[1]
• Economist Intelligence Unit: e-readiness 2008 ranked out of 70 countries ^[2]
• The second position among G20 countries for telecoms expansion ^[3]

Demographics

• United Nations: Population ranked out of 221 countries
• Population density ranked out of 241 countries
• United Nations report World Population Policies 2005, Number of immigrants ranked out of 192 countries

Economy

• United Nations: Human Development Index, ranked out of 177 countries
• Nominal GDP growth rate: ranked out of 215 countries
• Nominal GDP: ranked13 out of 179 countries ($ IMF; $ World Bank; $ CIA)
• Nominal GDP per capita 2006, ranked out of 179 IMF; out of 170 World Bank; out of 185 CIA
• A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine: Globalization Index 2006, ranked out of 62 countries
• The Heritage Foundation/ The Wall Street Journal : 2006 ^[unfit] Index of Economic Freedom , ranked out of 155 countries
• The Economist: Worldwide Quality-of-life Index, 2005, ranked out of 111 countries
• World Economic Forum: Global Competitiveness Index 2006-2007, ranked 24 out of 125 countries
• World Tourism Organization World Tourism rankings ranked out of all countries ^[4]
• World Economic Forum: Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2008, ranked out of 130 countries ^[5]

Education

According to ARWU ^[6]

1 King Abdulaziz University 101-150 2 King Saud University 151-200 3 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology 201-300 4 King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals 401-500

Energy

Oil

• The World Factbook: oil imports 2007, ranked 73 out of 207 countries ^[7]
• The World Factbook: oil consumption 2009, ranked 9 out of 207 countries ^[8]
• The World Factbook: oil exports 2007, ranked 1 out of 209 countries ^[9]
• The World Factbook: oil production 2009, ranked 2 out of 208 countries ^[10]
• The World Factbook: proven oil reserves 2010, ranked 1 out of 204 countries ^[11]

Natural gas

• The World Factbook: natural gas imports 2008, ranked 135 out of 204 countries ^[12]
• The World Factbook: natural gas consumption 2009, ranked 11 out of 209 countries ^[13]
• The World Factbook: natural gas exports 208, ranked 130 out of 205 countries ^[14]
• The World Factbook: natural gas production 2009, ranked 11 out of 207 countries ^[15]
• The World Factbook: natural gas proven reserves 2010, ranked 5 out of 205 countries ^[16]

Environment

• Yale University Center for Environmental Law and Policy and Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network: Environmental Sustainability Index, ranked out of 145 countries ^[17]
• US Department of Energy: CO₂ emissions per capita 2004, ranked out of 206 countries ^[18]
• The World Factbook: water resources ranked out of 174 countries ^[19]

Geography

• Total area ranked out of 234 countries

Globalization

• KOF: Index of Globalization 2007, ranked out of 122 countries ^[20]
• A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine: Globalization Index 2006, ranked out of 62 countries ^[21]

Industry

• OICA automobile production 2007, ranked out of 51 countries ^[22] The first country of the Arab World to invest in industrial heritage, 2019, International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage. ^[23]

Military

• Center for Strategic and International Studies: active troops ranked out of 166 countries ^[24]

Politics

• Transparency International: Corruption Perceptions Index, ranked 80th out of 180 countries
• Reporters without borders: Worldwide press freedom index, ranked 163 out of 167 countries
• The Economist Democracy Index 2007, ranked 161 out of 167 countries

Society

• Save the Children: State of the World's Mothers report 2006, ranked out of 110 countries
• World Health Organization: Suicide rate ranked out of 100 countries

Technology

• OECD: number of broadband Internet users 2007, ranked out of the 30 OECD countries ^[25]
• Brown University Taubman Center for Public Policy 2006: ranked in online government services ^{[26] [27]}
• Internet Freedom
• The 1st rank in the Arab World in the Global Cybersecurity Index ^[28]
• The 13th worldwide rank in Global Cybersecurity Index ^[29]
• World Intellectual Property Organization: Global Innovation Index 2024, ranked 47 out of 133 countries ^[30]

Other

Organization	Survey	Ranking
Institute for Economics and Peace	Global Peace Index [31]	104 out of 144
The Heritage Foundation/ The Wall Street Journal	Index of Economic Freedom [32]	65 out of 179
The Economist	Quality-of-life index [33]	72 out of 111
The Economist	Democracy Index	161 out of 167
Reporters Without Borders	Worldwide Press Freedom Index	163 out of 175
Transparency International	Corruption Perceptions Index	63 out of 163
United Nations Development Programme	Human Development Index	59 out of 182
A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine	Globalization Index [34]	68 out of 122
Fund for Peace	Failed States Index	89 out of 177
Simon Anholt	Nation branding	47 out of 49

References

1. "Broadband Internet users". OECD.
2. "e-readiness 2008" (PDF). Economist Intelligence Unit.
3. "Saudi Arabia ranked second among G20 countries for telecoms expansion". Arab News. 2019-07-11. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
4. "UNWTO World Tourism Barometer". Archived from the original on 2007-07-15. Retrieved 2008-10-24.
5. Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2008 Archived 2008-03-05 at the Wayback Machine World Economic Forum
6. "World University Rankings - 2020 | Saudi Arabia Universities in Top 1000 universities | Academic Ranking of World Universities - 2020 | Shanghai Ranking - 2020". Archived from the original on 2021-02-24. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
7. Oil - imports
8. Oil - consumption
9. Oil - exports Archived 2012-01-27 at the Wayback Machine
10. Oil - production Archived 2012-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
11. Oil - proved reserves Archived 2007-06-13 at the Wayback Machine
12. Natural gas - imports Archived 2012-01-29 at the Wayback Machine
13. Natural gas - consumption Archived 2013-01-20 at the Wayback Machine
14. Natural gas - exports Archived 2009-01-14 at the Wayback Machine
15. Natural gas - production Archived 2012-09-21 at the Wayback Machine
16. Natural gas - proved reserves Archived 2013-03-09 at the Wayback Machine
17. Environmental Sustainability Index Archived 2011-08-15 at the Wayback Machine PDF
18. "United Nations Millennium Development Goals Indicators". Archived from the original on 2011-03-17. Retrieved 2008-10-24.
19. World Factbook 2201 Archived 2015-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
20. KOF Index of Globalization 2007 Archived 2009-03-04 at the Wayback Machine PDF
21. Globalization Index 2006 Archived 2008-03-06 at the Wayback Machine PDF
22. OICA (PDF)
23. "Ministry of Culture launches first national competition to document Saudi industrial heritage". Arab News. 2019-07-15. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
24. Asia balance of power Archived 2009-06-24 at the Wayback Machine (PDF)
25. "OECD Broadband Statistics to June 2007". OECD. 2007-06-01.
26. "S. Korea rated No. 1 in e-government rankings". The Hankyoreh. 2006-09-04.
27. "Sixth Annual Global e-Government Study". Brown University Taubman Center for Public Policy. 2006-08-01.
28. "Saudi Arabia Ranks 1st in the Arab World on Global Cybersecurity Index". Al Bawaba. 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
29. "Saudi Arabia ranked among top global players in tackling cybersecurity". Arab News. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
30. World Intellectual Property Organization (2024). "Global Innovation Index 2024: Unlocking the Promise of Social Entrepreneurship". www.wipo.int. p. 18. doi:10.34667/tind.50062. ISBN   978-92-805-3681-2 . Retrieved 2024-10-06.
31. "Vision of Humanity". Vision of Humanity. Archived from the original on 2010-01-18. Retrieved 2010-02-04.
32. "Country rankings for trade, business, fiscal, monetary, financial, labor and investment freedoms". Heritage.org. Archived from the original on 2018-12-24. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
33. "Worldwide Quality-of-life Index, 2005". Economist.com. 2004-11-17. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
34. Globalization Index 2005 Archived June 2, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

• Saudi Arabia portal