Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in East Timor
East Timor: Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score was 99.7% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in East Timor, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
East Timor recorded 99.7% for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in 2019.
The figure is up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in East Timor peaked at 99.9% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 22.6%, in 2004.
That places East Timor 19th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in East Timor, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 22.6% | — |
| 2005 | 37.3% | +65.2% |
| 2006 | 56.0% | +50.2% |
| 2007 | 93.5% | +66.8% |
| 2008 | 96.6% | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 97.1% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 97.2% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 97.5% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 98.5% | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 98.6% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 99.9% | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 99.8% | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 99.7% | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 99.7% | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 99.7% | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 99.7% | -0.0% |
East Timor compared with similar countries
- East Timor's 99.7% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 89.9%, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- East Timor's 99.7% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 96.8%, 1.0× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in East Timor 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +66.8% | 56.0% | 93.5% |
| 2005 | +65.2% | 22.6% | 37.3% |
| 2006 | +50.2% | 37.3% | 56.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 67.2% | 22.6% | 97.1% | 6 |
| 2010s | 99.0% | 97.2% | 99.9% | 10 |
Countries ranked near East Timor
More private sector data for East Timor
- Merchandise trade 56.9% (2025)
- Food imports 28.1% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 49.6% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 979.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 453.40 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.5% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 21.9% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 103.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 132.58 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 72.61 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in East Timor?
- Starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in East Timor was 99.7% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 99.9% in 2014.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.6% in 2004.
- How does East Timor rank for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score?
- East Timor ranks 19th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Timor 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.