Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Syria
Syria: Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score was 95.9% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Syria, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Syria recorded 95.9% for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in 2019.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 11.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Syria peaked at 96.2% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 72.1%, in 2007.
Syria ranks 100th of 191 countries on this measure, 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 Syria, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 82.8% | — |
| 2004 | 82.9% | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 82.8% | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 89.4% | +8.1% |
| 2007 | 72.1% | -19.3% |
| 2008 | 90.9% | +26.0% |
| 2009 | 86.1% | -5.3% |
| 2010 | 80.9% | -6.0% |
| 2011 | 91.4% | +13.0% |
| 2012 | 92.2% | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 93.8% | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 92.8% | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 95.7% | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 95.5% | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 96.0% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 96.2% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 95.9% | -0.3% |
Syria compared with similar countries
- Syria's 95.9% is above the median for low income countries, which is 81.8%, 1.2× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Syria's 95.9% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 96.6%, 99% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Syria changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +26.0% | 72.1% | 90.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 83.9% | 72.1% | 90.9% | 7 |
| 2010s | 93.1% | 80.9% | 96.2% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Syria
- 97 Niger 96.1% compare
- 98 Antigua and Barbuda 96.0% compare
- 99 Togo 96.0% compare
- 101 Sri Lanka 95.6% compare
- 102 Bangladesh 95.6% compare
- 103 San Marino 95.6% compare
More private sector data for Syria
- Merchandise trade 79.2% (2025)
- Food imports 21.0% (2010)
- Manufactures imports 54.1% (2010)
- Merchandise imports 7.91 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 3.44 billion current US$ (2010)
- Food exports 21.0% (2010)
- Manufactures exports 24.7% (2010)
- Merchandise exports 3.38 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 7.04 billion current US$ (2010)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 132.12 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Syria?
- Starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Syria was 95.9% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Syria?
- The highest recorded value was 96.2% in 2018.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Syria?
- The lowest recorded value was 72.1% in 2007.
- How does Syria rank for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score?
- Syria ranks 100th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in Syria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Syria 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.