The Global Competitiveness Report issued by the World Economic Forum showed that the Kingdom advanced 3 places to rank 36 internationally in terms of international competitiveness, as the report indicated that the Kingdom is making vigorous steps to diversify its economy, with expectations of growth in the non-oil sector, and that more investments outside the mining sector will appear, in turn. In the public and private sectors in the coming years.

The report noted the Kingdom’s clear insistence on carrying out structural reforms and its adoption of communication technology on a large scale, with the high potential for innovation, especially in terms of patent registration, as international security-related indicators revealed the Kingdom’s supremacy and that the G20 countries are ranked among the five permanent members. At the UN Security Council, through 5 security indicators issued by the Global Competitiveness Report 2019 and the Sustainable Development Report 2020.

The Kingdom ranked first among the G20 countries, ahead of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council in the index of the population’s feeling of safety while walking alone at night for 2020, surpassing China and Canada among the G20 countries, and China and the United States of America among The five permanent members of the UN Security Council. It also topped the first place in the index of citizens’ confidence in police services, which is an indicator that measures popular confidence in precisely the security and its effectiveness in imposing order and security, and the Kingdom topped the Group of Twenty, also outperforming the five permanent members of the UN Security Council.

In the Organized Crime Control Index issued by the Global Competitiveness Report for the year 2019, the Kingdom ranked first, ahead of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, ahead of France and the United States of America, and second in the same index among the G20 countries. It also ranked third among the G20 countries after Australia and Japan, ahead of Canada, South Korea, France and Germany in the 2019 Security Index, issued by the Global Competitiveness Report, and outperforming the same index over the five permanent members of the UN Security Council.

The report relies on its classification on the criterion of the extent to which tourists and businessmen in 136 countries are exposed to security risks, especially violence against persons and terrorism, and despite the violence and terror incidents in the Middle East region, the Kingdom topped the list with great superiority, as the classification takes into account the rate of crimes committed and incidents of violence And terrorist attacks and the extent of reliance on security services and the police to provide the necessary protection and repel such acts.