Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in China
China: Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score was 99.5% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in China, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in China is 99.5%, measured in 2019.
The figure is up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in China peaked at 99.5% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 91.2%, in 2003.
China ranks 34th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
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 China, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 91.2% | — |
| 2004 | 92.1% | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 93.2% | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 95.4% | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 95.8% | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 95.8% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 97.6% | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 97.8% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 98.2% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 98.9% | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 99.0% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 99.5% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 99.1% | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 99.2% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 99.3% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 99.4% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 99.5% | +0.0% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 99.5% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 95.5%, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- China's 99.5% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 96.8%, 1.0× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 94.5% | 91.2% | 97.6% | 7 |
| 2010s | 99.0% | 97.8% | 99.5% | 10 |
Countries ranked near China
More private sector data for China
- Merchandise trade 32.6% (2025)
- Food imports 8.0% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 50.9% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 2.58 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 619.60 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 2.3% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 90.5% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 3.77 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 383.15 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,682 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in China?
- Starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in China was 99.5% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 99.5% in 2014.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 91.2% in 2003.
- How does China rank for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score?
- China ranks 34th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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.