Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Estonia
Estonia: Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score was 99.5% in 2019. ▬ Flat
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Estonia, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Estonia recorded 99.5% for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Estonia peaked at 99.5% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 96.0%, in 2003.
Estonia ranks 30th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Estonia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 96.0% | — |
| 2004 | 96.3% | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 96.9% | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 97.5% | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 99.0% | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 99.1% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 99.2% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 99.1% | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 99.1% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 99.2% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 99.2% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 99.3% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 99.3% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 99.4% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 99.4% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 99.4% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 99.5% | +0.1% |
Estonia compared with similar countries
- Estonia's 99.5% is above the median for high income countries, which is 99.0%, 1.0× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Estonia's 99.5% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 99.2%, 1.0× the median. (49 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 97.7% | 96.0% | 99.2% | 7 |
| 2010s | 99.3% | 99.1% | 99.5% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Estonia
More private sector data for Estonia
- Merchandise trade 98.4% (2025)
- Food imports 13.3% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 62.6% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 25.30 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 12.06 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 12.5% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 65.1% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 20.98 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 15.73 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 15,353 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Estonia?
- Starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Estonia 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 Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 99.5% in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 96.0% in 2003.
- How does Estonia rank for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score?
- Estonia ranks 30th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Estonia 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.