Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in India
India: Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score was 96.4% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in India, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in India stood at 96.4%. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.9% on the previous year and up 44.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in India peaked at 96.4% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 60.4%, in 2006.
India ranks 93rd 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 India, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 72.8% | — |
| 2004 | 74.8% | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 68.6% | -8.3% |
| 2006 | 60.4% | -11.9% |
| 2007 | 62.4% | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 64.7% | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 66.7% | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 74.5% | +11.7% |
| 2011 | 78.8% | +5.8% |
| 2012 | 78.3% | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 79.2% | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 91.8% | +15.8% |
| 2015 | 92.7% | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 93.0% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 92.5% | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 92.8% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 96.4% | +3.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 67.2% | 60.4% | 74.8% | 7 |
| 2010s | 87.0% | 74.5% | 96.4% | 10 |
Countries ranked near India
More private sector data for India
- Merchandise trade 30.3% (2025)
- Food imports 5.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 46.5% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 753.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 11.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 67.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 445.28 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 304.18 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1126 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 0.5401 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in India?
- Starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in India was 96.4% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 96.4% in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 60.4% in 2006.
- How does India rank for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score?
- India ranks 93rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.