Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score was 91.5% in 2019. ▬ Flat
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Saint Lucia, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Saint Lucia recorded 91.5% for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Saint Lucia peaked at 91.5% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 86.1%, in 2005.
Saint Lucia ranks 135th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 86.1% | — |
| 2006 | 87.0% | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 88.1% | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 88.7% | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 89.1% | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 88.1% | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 87.8% | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 91.1% | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 90.7% | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 88.6% | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 88.8% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 89.3% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 89.3% | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 90.8% | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 91.5% | +0.8% |
Saint Lucia compared with similar countries
- Saint Lucia's 91.5% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 95.5%, 96% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Saint Lucia's 91.5% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 92.9%, 98% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 87.8% | 86.1% | 89.1% | 5 |
| 2010s | 89.6% | 87.8% | 91.5% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
- 132 Dominica 92.4% compare
- 133 Mauritania 92.1% compare
- 134 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 91.8% compare
- 136 United Arab Emirates 91.4% compare
- 137 Guatemala 91.3% compare
- 138 Tajikistan 91.2% compare
More private sector data for Saint Lucia
- Merchandise trade 41.2% (2025)
- Food imports 27.6% (2020)
- Manufactures imports 57.0% (2020)
- Merchandise imports 1.01 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 41.6% (2020)
- Manufactures exports 45.9% (2020)
- Merchandise exports 85.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 471.83 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.032 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -7.61 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Saint Lucia?
- Starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Saint Lucia was 91.5% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 91.5% in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 86.1% in 2005.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score?
- Saint Lucia ranks 135th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Saint Lucia 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.