International indicators related to security have showed that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is at the top of G20 countries, outperforming the five permanent members of 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 "Feeling safe while walking alone at night" index for the year 2020, surpassing China and Canada among the G20 countries, and surpassing China and the United States of America among the five permanent members of the UN Security Council. The Kingdom also came first in the citizens' confidence in police services index, which measures popular confidence in security and its effectiveness in enforcing law and order. The Kingdom topped the G20 countries, and surpassed the five permanent members of the UN Security Council. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ranked first in "control of organized crime" index issued by the Global Competitiveness Report for the year 2019. The Kingdom surpassed the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, ahead of France and the United States of America, and came second in the same index among the G20 countries. Saudi Arabia ranked third among the G20 countries, after Australia and Japan, ahead of Canada, South Korea, France and Germany, in the Security Index for 2019 issued by the Global Competitiveness Report. The Kingdom also surpassed, in the same index, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council. The Global Competitiveness Report issued by the World Economic Forum showed that the Kingdom advanced three places to rank 36th internationally in terms of international competitiveness. The report indicated that the Kingdom is making rapid 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 succession in the public and private sectors in the coming years. The report commended the Kingdom's clear insistence on carrying out structural reforms and its widespread adoption of communication technology, with the high potential for innovation, especially in the field of patent registration.
