Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Pakistan
Pakistan: Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score was 96.7% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Pakistan, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Pakistan stood at 96.7%. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Pakistan peaked at 96.7% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 78.8%, in 2003.
That places Pakistan 89th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it 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 Pakistan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 78.8% | — |
| 2004 | 84.3% | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 87.2% | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 88.6% | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 92.3% | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 93.1% | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 91.6% | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 90.8% | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 90.8% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 91.7% | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 91.9% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 92.5% | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 92.9% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 93.6% | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 96.1% | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 96.6% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 96.7% | +0.1% |
Pakistan compared with similar countries
- Pakistan's 96.7% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 89.9%, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Pakistan's 96.7% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 96.6%, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 88.0% | 78.8% | 93.1% | 7 |
| 2010s | 93.4% | 90.8% | 96.7% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
More private sector data for Pakistan
- Merchandise trade 23.7% (2025)
- Food imports 14.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 46.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 65.85 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 24.4% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 67.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 30.55 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 119.68 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.075 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -5.49 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Pakistan?
- Starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Pakistan was 96.7% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 96.7% in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 78.8% in 2003.
- How does Pakistan rank for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score?
- Pakistan ranks 89th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.