Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Iraq
Iraq: Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score was 82.9% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Iraq, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Iraq stood at 82.9%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 22.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Iraq peaked at 84.8% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 36.5%, in 2008.
Iraq ranks 159th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Iraq, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 84.8% | — |
| 2005 | 84.8% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 72.6% | -14.4% |
| 2007 | 65.8% | -9.4% |
| 2008 | 36.5% | -44.4% |
| 2009 | 67.7% | +85.2% |
| 2010 | 53.8% | -20.6% |
| 2011 | 48.8% | -9.2% |
| 2012 | 64.8% | +32.6% |
| 2013 | 81.7% | +26.1% |
| 2014 | 82.0% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 81.3% | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 74.1% | -8.9% |
| 2017 | 78.3% | +5.8% |
| 2018 | 80.6% | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 82.9% | +2.9% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 82.9% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 95.5%, 87% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 82.9% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 96.6%, 86% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Iraq changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +85.2% | 36.5% | 67.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 68.7% | 36.5% | 84.8% | 6 |
| 2010s | 72.8% | 48.8% | 82.9% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
More private sector data for Iraq
- Merchandise trade 70.0% (2025)
- Food imports 14.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 76.3% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 85.19 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 26.61 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 0.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 0.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 92.91 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 10.31 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,976 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Iraq?
- Starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Iraq was 82.9% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 84.8% in 2004.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.5% in 2008.
- How does Iraq rank for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score?
- Iraq ranks 159th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iraq 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.