Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Micronesia (country)
Micronesia (country): Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score was 29.3% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Micronesia (country), 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Micronesia (country) recorded 29.3% for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in 2019.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and down 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Micronesia (country) peaked at 86.8% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 29.1%, in 2018.
That places Micronesia (country) 187th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Micronesia (country), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 86.8% | — |
| 2004 | 32.9% | -62.0% |
| 2005 | 36.2% | +9.8% |
| 2006 | 32.0% | -11.5% |
| 2007 | 31.5% | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 31.3% | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 32.2% | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 31.1% | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 30.5% | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 30.1% | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 29.5% | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 29.4% | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 29.4% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 29.8% | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 29.1% | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 29.1% | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 29.3% | +0.7% |
Micronesia (country) compared with similar countries
- Micronesia (country)'s 29.3% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 95.5%, 31% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Micronesia (country)'s 29.3% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 96.8%, 30% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Micronesia (country) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | -62.0% | 86.8% | 32.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 40.4% | 31.3% | 86.8% | 7 |
| 2010s | 29.7% | 29.1% | 31.1% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Micronesia (country)
More private sector data for Micronesia (country)
- Merchandise trade 83.5% (2025)
- Food imports 27.8% (2013)
- Manufactures imports 36.1% (2013)
- Merchandise imports 310.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 73.61 million current US$ (2014)
- Food exports 99.2% (2013)
- Manufactures exports 0.5% (2013)
- Merchandise exports 109.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 33.42 million current US$ (2014)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 958.81 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Micronesia (country)?
- Starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Micronesia (country) was 29.3% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Micronesia (country)?
- The highest recorded value was 86.8% in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Micronesia (country)?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.1% in 2018.
- How does Micronesia (country) rank for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score?
- Micronesia (country) ranks 187th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in Micronesia (country)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Micronesia (country) 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.