Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Portugal
Portugal: Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score was 99.1% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Portugal, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Portugal is 99.1%, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Portugal peaked at 99.1% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 93.3%, in 2004.
Portugal ranks 48th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 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 Portugal, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 94.0% | — |
| 2004 | 93.3% | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 93.3% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 96.1% | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 96.6% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 96.8% | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 96.8% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 96.8% | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 98.9% | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 98.8% | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 98.8% | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 98.8% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 98.9% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 98.9% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 99.1% | +0.0% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 99.1% is above the median for high income countries, which is 99.0%, 1.0× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 99.1% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 99.2%, 100% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 95.3% | 93.3% | 96.8% | 7 |
| 2010s | 98.7% | 96.8% | 99.1% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
- 45 Luxembourg 99.2% compare
- 46 Kuwait 99.2% compare
- 47 Chinese Taipei 99.1% compare
- 49 Iceland 99.0% compare
- 50 Georgia 99.0% compare
- 51 Uzbekistan 98.9% compare
More private sector data for Portugal
- Merchandise trade 62.1% (2025)
- Food imports 15.9% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 71.6% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 125.85 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 14.4% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 75.4% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 89.42 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 8,276 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.258 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 4.74 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Portugal?
- Starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Portugal was 99.1% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 99.1% in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 93.3% in 2004.
- How does Portugal rank for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score?
- Portugal ranks 48th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal 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.