Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Hong Kong, China
Hong Kong, China: Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score was 99.8% in 2019. ▬ Flat
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Hong Kong, China, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Hong Kong, China recorded 99.8% 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 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Hong Kong, China peaked at 99.8% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 98.3%, in 2004.
That places Hong Kong, China 14th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Hong Kong, China, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 98.8% | — |
| 2004 | 98.3% | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 98.3% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 98.4% | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 98.5% | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 99.0% | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 99.1% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 99.0% | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 99.1% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 99.6% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 99.3% | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 99.4% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 99.7% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 99.4% | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 99.5% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 99.8% | +0.3% |
Hong Kong, China compared with similar countries
- Hong Kong, China's 99.8% is above the median for high income countries, which is 99.0%, 1.0× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Hong Kong, China's 99.8% 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 | 98.6% | 98.3% | 99.1% | 7 |
| 2010s | 99.4% | 99.0% | 99.8% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Hong Kong, China
More private sector data for Hong Kong, China
- Merchandise trade 371.0% (2025)
- Food imports 3.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 83.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 831.83 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 1.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 87.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 753.58 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 100,492 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 1.76 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 16.74 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Hong Kong, China?
- Starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Hong Kong, China was 99.8% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Hong Kong, China?
- The highest recorded value was 99.8% in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Hong Kong, China?
- The lowest recorded value was 98.3% in 2004.
- How does Hong Kong, China rank for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score?
- Hong Kong, China ranks 14th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in Hong Kong, China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Hong Kong, 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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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.