Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Bhutan
Bhutan: Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score was 98.2% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Bhutan, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Bhutan is 98.2%, measured in 2019.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Bhutan peaked at 98.3% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 89.5%, in 2003.
Bhutan ranks 64th 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 Bhutan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 89.5% | — |
| 2004 | 91.2% | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 91.6% | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 92.9% | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 95.6% | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 96.4% | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 96.6% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 97.0% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 97.0% | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 97.0% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 97.6% | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 97.9% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 98.0% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 98.1% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 98.0% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 98.3% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 98.2% | -0.1% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 98.2% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 89.9%, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 98.2% is above the median for South Asia, which is 96.0%, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 93.4% | 89.5% | 96.6% | 7 |
| 2010s | 97.7% | 97.0% | 98.3% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
- 61 North Macedonia 98.5% compare
- 62 Benin 98.3% compare
- 63 Morocco 98.2% compare
- 65 Spain 98.1% compare
- 66 Netherlands 98.0% compare
- 67 Republic of Moldova 98.0% compare
More private sector data for Bhutan
- Merchandise trade 83.3% (2025)
- Food imports 11.4% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 70.4% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 2.18 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 5.9% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 58.7% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 800.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,004 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2235 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 7.1 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Bhutan?
- Starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Bhutan was 98.2% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 98.3% in 2018.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 89.5% in 2003.
- How does Bhutan rank for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score?
- Bhutan ranks 64th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.