Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score was 93.2% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Dominican Republic, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Dominican Republic is 93.2%, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Dominican Republic peaked at 93.2% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 84.5%, in 2007.
That places Dominican Republic 124th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it 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 Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 85.8% | — |
| 2004 | 87.3% | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 84.6% | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 84.9% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 84.5% | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 90.3% | +6.9% |
| 2009 | 89.5% | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 89.8% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 90.3% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 90.9% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 91.4% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 91.5% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 92.4% | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 92.6% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 92.8% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 92.9% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 93.2% | +0.3% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 93.2% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 95.5%, 98% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 93.2% 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 | 86.7% | 84.5% | 90.3% | 7 |
| 2010s | 91.8% | 89.8% | 93.2% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
More private sector data for Dominican Republic
- Merchandise trade 35.6% (2025)
- Food imports 17.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 63.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 29.75 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 25.0% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 58.2% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 15.58 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,352 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1223 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 12.31 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Dominican Republic?
- Starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Dominican Republic was 93.2% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 93.2% in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 84.5% in 2007.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score?
- Dominican Republic ranks 124th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominican Republic 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.