Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Moldova
Moldova: Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score was 98.0% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Moldova, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Moldova stood at 98.0%. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Moldova peaked at 98.0% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 87.7%, in 2003.
Moldova ranks 67th 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 Moldova, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 87.7% | — |
| 2004 | 90.7% | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 92.7% | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 93.3% | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 94.3% | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 95.6% | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 96.5% | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 96.1% | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 96.7% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 97.1% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 97.3% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 97.7% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 97.8% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 96.9% | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 97.2% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 97.5% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 98.0% | +0.5% |
Moldova compared with similar countries
- Moldova's 98.0% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 95.5%, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Moldova's 98.0% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 99.2%, 99% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 93.0% | 87.7% | 96.5% | 7 |
| 2010s | 97.2% | 96.1% | 98.0% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Moldova
More private sector data for Moldova
- Merchandise trade 72.3% (2025)
- Food imports 14.8% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 59.7% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 10.92 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 2.14 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 58.5% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 36.5% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 3.78 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 3.16 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,603 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Moldova?
- Starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Moldova was 98.0% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Moldova?
- The highest recorded value was 98.0% in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Moldova?
- The lowest recorded value was 87.7% in 2003.
- How does Moldova rank for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score?
- Moldova ranks 67th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in Moldova?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Moldova 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.