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

Latest (2019)
99.8%
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
14th
of 191 countries
All-time high
99.8%
in 2019
All-time low
98.3%
in 2004
Years of data
17
2003–2019

Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Hong Kong, China, 2003–2019

0204060801002003201120192003: 98.82004: 98.32005: 98.32006: 98.42007: 98.52008: 992009: 99.12010: 992011: 992012: 99.12013: 99.62014: 99.32015: 99.42016: 99.72017: 99.42018: 99.52019: 99.8

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

Annual values for Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Hong Kong, China, 2003 to 2019.
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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 98.6% 98.3% 99.1% 7
2010s 99.4% 99.0% 99.8% 10

Countries ranked near Hong Kong, China

  1. 11 Singapore 99.8% compare
  2. 12 Belarus 99.8% compare
  3. 13 Lithuania 99.8% compare
  4. 15 Ukraine 99.7% compare
  5. 16 Sweden 99.7% compare
  6. 17 Botswana 99.7% compare

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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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Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score
Source
World Bank
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CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 3,094 data points, 2003–2019
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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.