Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Suriname
Suriname: Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score was 53.3% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Suriname, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Suriname is 53.3%, measured in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 27.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Suriname peaked at 53.3% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 19.5%, in 2005.
That places Suriname 184th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Suriname, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 19.5% | — |
| 2006 | 25.0% | +28.1% |
| 2007 | 31.3% | +25.3% |
| 2008 | 40.0% | +27.9% |
| 2009 | 41.7% | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 42.7% | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 45.4% | +6.1% |
| 2012 | 47.5% | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 49.2% | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 49.9% | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 49.6% | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 51.8% | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 53.0% | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 53.3% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 53.3% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 31.5% | 19.5% | 41.7% | 5 |
| 2010s | 49.6% | 42.7% | 53.3% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Suriname
- 181 Zimbabwe 61.7% compare
- 182 South Sudan 61.3% compare
- 183 Guinea-Bissau 55.6% compare
- 185 Mozambique 46.6% compare
- 186 Central African Republic 36.1% compare
- 187 Micronesia, Federated States of 29.3% compare
More private sector data for Suriname
- Merchandise trade 108.1% (2025)
- Food imports 15.5% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 70.7% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 2.20 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 6.4% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 9.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 2.69 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,204 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.5947 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 81.27 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Suriname?
- Starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Suriname was 53.3% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 53.3% in 2018.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.5% in 2005.
- How does Suriname rank for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score?
- Suriname ranks 184th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Suriname 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.