Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score by country
The score for the cost for men benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.
Countries reporting
191
Highest
100.0%
Rwanda
Lowest
0.0%
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Median
96.2%
Years covered
17
2003–2019
Data points
3,094
What the numbers show
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Rwanda; the lowest is 0.0% in Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of.
The median across all reporting countries is 96.2%, and the mean is 90.1%.
Over the past decade 164 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in South Sudan (up 1,492.7%), and the largest decrease in Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of (down 100.0%).
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rwanda | 100.0% | 2019 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 1 | Slovenia | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 3 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 100.0% | 2019 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 4 | Ireland | 99.9% | 2019 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 5 | Denmark | 99.9% | 2019 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | New Zealand | 99.9% | 2019 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 7 | South Africa | 99.9% | 2019 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 8 | Kazakhstan | 99.9% | 2019 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 9 | Romania | 99.8% | 2019 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 10 | Canada | 99.8% | 2019 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 11 | Singapore | 99.8% | 2019 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 12 | Belarus | 99.8% | 2019 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 13 | Lithuania | 99.8% | 2019 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 14 | Hong Kong, China | 99.8% | 2019 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 15 | Ukraine | 99.7% | 2019 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 16 | Sweden | 99.7% | 2019 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 17 | Botswana | 99.7% | 2019 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 18 | Finland | 99.7% | 2019 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 19 | Timor-Leste | 99.7% | 2019 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 20 | Australia | 99.7% | 2019 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 21 | Trinidad and Tobago | 99.7% | 2019 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 22 | France | 99.6% | 2019 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 23 | Armenia | 99.6% | 2019 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 24 | Norway | 99.6% | 2019 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 25 | Mauritius | 99.6% | 2019 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 26 | Russian Federation | 99.5% | 2019 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 27 | Slovakia | 99.5% | 2019 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 28 | Bulgaria | 99.5% | 2019 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 28 | United States of America | 99.5% | 2019 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 30 | Estonia | 99.5% | 2019 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 31 | Bahrain | 99.5% | 2019 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 32 | Brunei Darussalam | 99.5% | 2019 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 33 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 99.5% | 2019 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 34 | China | 99.5% | 2019 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 35 | Czechia | 99.4% | 2019 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 36 | Mongolia | 99.4% | 2019 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 37 | Puerto Rico | 99.4% | 2019 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 38 | Azerbaijan | 99.4% | 2019 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 39 | Montenegro | 99.4% | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 40 | Kosovo | 99.3% | 2019 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 40 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 99.3% | 2019 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 42 | Kyrgyzstan | 99.3% | 2019 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 43 | Greece | 99.3% | 2019 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 44 | Latvia | 99.2% | 2019 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 45 | Luxembourg | 99.2% | 2019 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 46 | Kuwait | 99.2% | 2019 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 47 | Taiwan, China | 99.1% | 2019 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 48 | Portugal | 99.1% | 2019 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 49 | Iceland | 99.0% | 2019 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 50 | Georgia | 99.0% | 2019 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 51 | Uzbekistan | 98.9% | 2019 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 52 | Palau | 98.9% | 2019 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 53 | Switzerland | 98.9% | 2019 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 54 | Serbia | 98.8% | 2019 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 55 | Israel | 98.6% | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 56 | Chile | 98.6% | 2019 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 57 | Côte d'Ivoire | 98.6% | 2019 | up 195.9% | volatile |
| 58 | Tunisia | 98.6% | 2019 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 59 | Thailand | 98.5% | 2019 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 60 | Oman | 98.5% | 2019 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 61 | North Macedonia | 98.5% | 2019 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 62 | Benin | 98.3% | 2019 | up 360.2% | volatile |
| 63 | Morocco | 98.2% | 2019 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 64 | Bhutan | 98.2% | 2019 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 65 | Spain | 98.1% | 2019 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 66 | Netherlands | 98.0% | 2019 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 67 | Republic of Moldova | 98.0% | 2019 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 68 | Maldives | 98.0% | 2019 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 69 | Brazil | 97.9% | 2019 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 70 | Jamaica | 97.9% | 2019 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 71 | Hungary | 97.8% | 2019 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 72 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 97.7% | 2019 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 73 | Austria | 97.7% | 2019 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 74 | Argentina | 97.5% | 2019 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 75 | Belgium | 97.3% | 2019 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 76 | Saudi Arabia | 97.3% | 2019 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 77 | Viet Nam | 97.2% | 2019 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 78 | Cyprus | 97.2% | 2019 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 79 | Indonesia | 97.2% | 2019 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 80 | Panama | 97.1% | 2019 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 81 | Tonga | 97.0% | 2019 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 82 | Türkiye | 97.0% | 2019 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 83 | Lesotho | 97.0% | 2019 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 84 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 96.9% | 2019 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 85 | Croatia | 96.9% | 2019 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 86 | Liberia | 96.9% | 2019 | up 69.4% | rising |
| 87 | Qatar | 96.9% | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 88 | Germany | 96.7% | 2019 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 89 | Pakistan | 96.7% | 2019 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 90 | Malta | 96.7% | 2019 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 91 | Afghanistan | 96.6% | 2019 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 92 | Samoa | 96.6% | 2019 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 93 | India | 96.4% | 2019 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 94 | Barbados | 96.3% | 2019 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 95 | Japan | 96.3% | 2019 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 96 | Sierra Leone | 96.2% | 2019 | up 137.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Niger | 96.1% | 2019 | up 136.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Antigua and Barbuda | 96.0% | 2019 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 99 | Togo | 96.0% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Syrian Arab Republic | 95.9% | 2019 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 101 | Sri Lanka | 95.6% | 2019 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 102 | Bangladesh | 95.6% | 2019 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 103 | San Marino | 95.6% | 2019 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 104 | Namibia | 95.5% | 2019 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 105 | Peru | 95.3% | 2019 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 106 | Guyana | 95.3% | 2019 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 107 | Costa Rica | 95.2% | 2019 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 108 | Eswatini | 94.7% | 2019 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 109 | Albania | 94.6% | 2019 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 110 | Bahamas | 94.5% | 2019 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 111 | Malaysia | 94.5% | 2019 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 112 | Angola | 94.5% | 2019 | up 286.6% | volatile |
| 113 | Algeria | 94.3% | 2019 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 114 | Poland | 94.2% | 2019 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 115 | Burundi | 93.9% | 2019 | up 245.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Ghana | 93.8% | 2019 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 117 | Sao Tome and Principe | 93.8% | 2019 | up 84.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Seychelles | 93.7% | 2019 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 119 | Marshall Islands | 93.6% | 2019 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 120 | Cape Verde | 93.5% | 2019 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 121 | Gabon | 93.3% | 2019 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 122 | Myanmar | 93.3% | 2019 | up 341.4% | rising |
| 123 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 93.2% | 2019 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 124 | Dominican Republic | 93.2% | 2019 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 125 | Italy | 93.1% | 2019 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 126 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 93.0% | 2019 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 127 | Colombia | 92.9% | 2019 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 128 | Grenada | 92.8% | 2019 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 129 | Fiji | 92.8% | 2019 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 130 | Republic of Korea | 92.7% | 2019 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 131 | Mexico | 92.4% | 2019 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 132 | Dominica | 92.4% | 2019 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 133 | Mauritania | 92.1% | 2019 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 134 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 91.8% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Saint Lucia | 91.5% | 2019 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 136 | United Arab Emirates | 91.4% | 2019 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 137 | Guatemala | 91.3% | 2019 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 138 | Tajikistan | 91.2% | 2019 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 139 | Sudan | 91.1% | 2019 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 140 | Papua New Guinea | 90.7% | 2019 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 141 | Nepal | 89.9% | 2019 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 142 | Egypt | 89.9% | 2019 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 143 | Eritrea | 89.3% | 2019 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 144 | Kenya | 88.8% | 2019 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 145 | Senegal | 88.7% | 2019 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 146 | Philippines | 88.4% | 2019 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 147 | Jordan | 88.3% | 2019 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 148 | Uruguay | 88.0% | 2019 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 149 | Cameroon | 87.7% | 2019 | up 145.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Libya | 87.7% | 2019 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 151 | Nigeria | 86.9% | 2019 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 152 | Solomon Islands | 86.3% | 2019 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 153 | Honduras | 86.0% | 2019 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 154 | Madagascar | 84.9% | 2019 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 155 | Malawi | 83.7% | 2019 | up 82.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Ecuador | 83.5% | 2019 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 157 | Guinea | 83.1% | 2019 | up 172.7% | volatile |
| 158 | Zambia | 83.0% | 2019 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 159 | Iraq | 82.9% | 2019 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 160 | Belize | 82.9% | 2019 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 161 | Kiribati | 82.5% | 2019 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 162 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 81.4% | 2019 | up 53.1% | rising |
| 163 | Djibouti | 80.2% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 164 | Yemen | 79.9% | 2019 | up 36.6% | volatile |
| 165 | Palestine, State of | 79.9% | 2019 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 166 | Uganda | 79.7% | 2019 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 167 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 79.7% | 2019 | up 103.6% | volatile |
| 168 | Lebanon | 78.8% | 2019 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 169 | Vanuatu | 78.8% | 2019 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 170 | Burkina Faso | 78.6% | 2019 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 171 | El Salvador | 78.3% | 2019 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 172 | Ethiopia | 77.3% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 173 | Gambia | 75.3% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 174 | Paraguay | 73.9% | 2019 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 175 | Cambodia | 73.3% | 2019 | up 134.0% | volatile |
| 176 | Comoros | 72.9% | 2019 | up 163.7% | rising |
| 177 | Mali | 72.5% | 2019 | up 28.1% | volatile |
| 178 | Equatorial Guinea | 70.5% | 2019 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 179 | Congo | 68.9% | 2019 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 180 | Nicaragua | 67.2% | 2019 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 181 | Zimbabwe | 61.7% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 182 | South Sudan | 61.3% | 2019 | up 1,492.7% | volatile |
| 183 | Guinea-Bissau | 55.6% | 2019 | up 577.4% | volatile |
| 184 | Suriname | 53.3% | 2019 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 185 | Mozambique | 46.6% | 2019 | down 35.0% | flat |
| 186 | Central African Republic | 36.1% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 187 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 29.3% | 2019 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 188 | Chad | 15.4% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 189 | Haiti | 10.2% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 190 | Somalia | 0.9% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 191 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.0% | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
The score for the cost for men benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.