Canada vs New Zealand: Starting a business - Score

Canada
98.24
in 2019
New Zealand
99.98
in 2019
Canada rank
3rd
New Zealand rank
1st

Starting a business - Score over time

  • Canada
  • New Zealand
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How they compare

New Zealand currently reports 99.98 against 98.24 in Canada, a difference of 1.74.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 17 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 3rd and New Zealand ranks 1st of 190 countries.

New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Canada New Zealand Difference Ahead
2000s 96.49 96.86 0.362 New Zealand
2010s 97.73 99.96 2.23 New Zealand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher starting a business - score, Canada or New Zealand?
New Zealand, at 99.98 against 98.24 in Canada as of 2019.
What is the difference in starting a business - score between Canada and New Zealand?
1.74, with New Zealand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and New Zealand?
17 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2019.
How do Canada and New Zealand rank globally for starting a business - score?
Canada ranks 3rd and New Zealand ranks 1st of 190 countries.
Where does this data come from?
The World Bank, published as Starting a business - Score. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Starting a business - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
190 places, 3,083 data points, 2003–2019
Last refreshed

The score for starting a business is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time and cost for an entrepreneur to start and formally operate a business, as well as the paid-in minimum capital requirement.