Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lao People's Democratic Republic: Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score was 97.7% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Lao People's Democratic Republic stood at 97.7%. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Lao People's Democratic Republic peaked at 97.7% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 82.5%, in 2003.
Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 72nd 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 Lao People's Democratic Republic, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 82.5% | — |
| 2004 | 84.4% | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 87.2% | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 88.4% | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 89.2% | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 91.3% | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 92.7% | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 93.3% | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 94.5% | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 94.9% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 93.8% | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 94.7% | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 95.1% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 95.4% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 96.5% | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 96.7% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 97.7% | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 87.9% | 82.5% | 92.7% | 7 |
| 2010s | 95.3% | 93.3% | 97.7% | 10 |
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More private sector data for Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Merchandise trade 124.1% (2025)
- Food imports 12.7% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 61.7% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 10.34 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 23.2% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 32.8% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 12.38 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,572 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.6762 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 31.87 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 97.7% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 97.7% in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 82.5% in 2003.
- How does Lao People's Democratic Republic rank for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score?
- Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 72nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lao People's Democratic Republic 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.