Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Kuwait
Kuwait: Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score was 99.2% in 2019. ▬ Flat
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Kuwait, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Kuwait stood at 99.2%.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Kuwait peaked at 99.5% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 98.6%, in 2016.
That places Kuwait 46th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Kuwait, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 99.0% | — |
| 2004 | 98.8% | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 98.9% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 99.2% | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 99.2% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 99.3% | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 99.5% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 99.3% | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 99.4% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 99.5% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 99.4% | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 99.0% | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 98.9% | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 98.6% | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 99.2% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 99.0% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 99.2% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 99.1% | 98.8% | 99.5% | 7 |
| 2010s | 99.1% | 98.6% | 99.5% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
More private sector data for Kuwait
- Merchandise trade 72.3% (2025)
- Food imports 17.5% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 73.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 41.61 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 0.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 8.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 72.07 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 14,814 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4585 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -4.09 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Kuwait?
- Starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Kuwait was 99.2% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 99.5% in 2009.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 98.6% in 2016.
- How does Kuwait rank for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score?
- Kuwait ranks 46th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Kuwait 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.