Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score was 95.6% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Bangladesh, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Bangladesh stood at 95.6%. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 6.9% on the previous year and up 11.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Bangladesh peaked at 95.6% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 68.0%, in 2003.
Bangladesh ranks 102nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 68.0% | — |
| 2004 | 68.5% | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 72.0% | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 73.9% | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 76.9% | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 87.3% | +13.5% |
| 2009 | 85.7% | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 89.4% | +4.3% |
| 2011 | 90.3% | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 90.1% | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 90.6% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 91.6% | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 93.0% | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 92.2% | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 88.5% | -3.9% |
| 2018 | 89.4% | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 95.6% | +6.9% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 95.6% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 89.9%, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Bangladesh's 95.6% is below the median for South Asia, which is 96.0%, 100% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 76.0% | 68.0% | 87.3% | 7 |
| 2010s | 91.1% | 88.5% | 95.6% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More private sector data for Bangladesh
- Merchandise trade 25.8% (2025)
- Food imports 13.0% (2018)
- Manufactures imports 67.0% (2018)
- Merchandise imports 69.37 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 3.4% (2018)
- Manufactures exports 94.5% (2018)
- Merchandise exports 48.17 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 274.16 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1056 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Bangladesh?
- Starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Bangladesh was 95.6% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 95.6% in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 68.0% in 2003.
- How does Bangladesh rank for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score?
- Bangladesh ranks 102nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.