Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score was 95.2% in 2019. ▬ Flat
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Costa Rica, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Costa Rica is 95.2%, measured in 2019.
The figure is up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Costa Rica peaked at 95.7% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 92.1%, in 2012.
That places Costa Rica 107th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 92.2% | — |
| 2004 | 92.6% | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 93.7% | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 93.8% | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 93.7% | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 94.3% | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 94.8% | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 94.9% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 95.1% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 92.1% | -3.1% |
| 2013 | 94.0% | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 94.3% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 94.5% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 95.5% | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 95.7% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 95.2% | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 95.2% | -0.0% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 95.2% is below the median for high income countries, which is 99.0%, 96% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 95.2% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 92.9%, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 93.6% | 92.2% | 94.8% | 7 |
| 2010s | 94.7% | 92.1% | 95.7% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More private sector data for Costa Rica
- Merchandise trade 52.4% (2025)
- Food imports 13.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 73.9% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 27.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 32.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 64.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 26.43 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 5,129 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2568 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 21.87 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Costa Rica?
- Starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Costa Rica was 95.2% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 95.7% in 2017.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 92.1% in 2012.
- How does Costa Rica rank for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score?
- Costa Rica ranks 107th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Costa Rica 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.