Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Malaysia
Malaysia: Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score was 94.5% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Malaysia, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Malaysia is 94.5%, measured in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Malaysia peaked at 96.6% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 83.4%, in 2003.
Malaysia ranks 111th 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 Malaysia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 83.4% | — |
| 2004 | 84.0% | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 86.7% | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 87.5% | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 88.5% | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 90.6% | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 92.2% | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 91.3% | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 91.8% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 92.4% | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 96.2% | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 96.4% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 96.6% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 93.1% | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 93.7% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 94.2% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 94.5% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 87.5% | 83.4% | 92.2% | 7 |
| 2010s | 94.0% | 91.3% | 96.6% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
More private sector data for Malaysia
- Merchandise trade 151.7% (2025)
- Food imports 8.3% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 72.0% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 340.44 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.4% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 72.7% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 376.04 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 10,452 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.7964 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 13.69 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Malaysia?
- Starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Malaysia was 94.5% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 96.6% in 2015.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 83.4% in 2003.
- How does Malaysia rank for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score?
- Malaysia ranks 111th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malaysia 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.