Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score was 67.2% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Nicaragua, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Nicaragua stood at 67.2%.
The figure is down 1.6% on the previous year and up 43.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Nicaragua peaked at 68.2% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 19.8%, in 2003.
That places Nicaragua 180th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 19.8% | — |
| 2004 | 21.9% | +10.4% |
| 2005 | 30.1% | +37.6% |
| 2006 | 38.2% | +26.6% |
| 2007 | 43.2% | +13.1% |
| 2008 | 42.4% | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 47.0% | +10.8% |
| 2010 | 44.0% | -6.2% |
| 2011 | 46.0% | +4.5% |
| 2012 | 49.7% | +7.9% |
| 2013 | 61.5% | +23.8% |
| 2014 | 63.1% | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 63.9% | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 66.0% | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 67.3% | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 68.2% | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 67.2% | -1.6% |
Nicaragua compared with similar countries
- Nicaragua's 67.2% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 89.9%, 75% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Nicaragua's 67.2% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 92.9%, 72% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 34.7% | 19.8% | 47.0% | 7 |
| 2010s | 59.7% | 44.0% | 68.2% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
- 177 Mali 72.5% compare
- 178 Equatorial Guinea 70.5% compare
- 179 Congo 68.9% compare
- 181 Zimbabwe 61.7% compare
- 182 South Sudan 61.3% compare
- 183 Guinea-Bissau 55.6% compare
More private sector data for Nicaragua
- Merchandise trade 95.9% (2025)
- Food imports 16.6% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 68.6% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 12.43 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 42.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 37.0% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 8.89 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,269 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3999 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 18.23 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Nicaragua?
- Starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Nicaragua was 67.2% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 68.2% in 2018.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.8% in 2003.
- How does Nicaragua rank for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score?
- Nicaragua ranks 180th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nicaragua 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.