Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Guatemala
Guatemala: Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score was 91.3% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Guatemala, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Guatemala recorded 91.3% for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 20.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Guatemala peaked at 91.3% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 67.2%, in 2003.
Guatemala ranks 137th 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 Guatemala, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 67.2% | — |
| 2004 | 68.6% | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 70.8% | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 74.0% | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 75.1% | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 73.3% | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 76.1% | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 75.4% | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 73.8% | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 75.9% | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 76.8% | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 87.0% | +13.3% |
| 2015 | 87.5% | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 87.9% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 88.6% | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 91.0% | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 91.3% | +0.4% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 91.3% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 95.5%, 96% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 91.3% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 92.9%, 98% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 72.1% | 67.2% | 76.1% | 7 |
| 2010s | 83.5% | 73.8% | 91.3% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
- 134 Democratic Republic of Congo 91.8% compare
- 135 Saint Lucia 91.5% compare
- 136 United Arab Emirates 91.4% compare
- 138 Tajikistan 91.2% compare
- 139 Sudan 91.1% compare
- 140 Papua New Guinea 90.7% compare
More private sector data for Guatemala
- Merchandise trade 40.7% (2025)
- Food imports 16.9% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 65.9% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 34.61 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 6.89 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 46.8% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 45.2% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 15.56 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 4.76 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 832.52 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Guatemala?
- Starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Guatemala was 91.3% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 91.3% in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 67.2% in 2003.
- How does Guatemala rank for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score?
- Guatemala ranks 137th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guatemala 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.