Starting a business: Cost - Women (% of income per capita) - Score in Iran
Iran: Starting a business: Cost - Women (% of income per capita) - Score was 99.5% in 2019. ▬ Flat
Starting a business: Cost - Women (% of income per capita) - Score in Iran, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score in Iran stood at 99.5%. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score in Iran peaked at 99.5% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 96.4%, in 2004.
That places Iran 33rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
Starting a business: Cost - Women (% of income per capita) - Score in Iran, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 96.7% | — |
| 2004 | 96.4% | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 96.9% | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 97.3% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 97.4% | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 97.7% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 98.0% | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 97.9% | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 98.0% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 98.3% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 98.3% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 98.4% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 98.6% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 99.4% | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 99.3% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 99.4% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 99.5% | +0.1% |
Iran compared with similar countries
- Iran's 99.5% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 95.5%, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Iran's 99.5% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 96.6%, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 97.2% | 96.4% | 98.0% | 7 |
| 2010s | 98.7% | 97.9% | 99.5% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Iran
More private sector data for Iran
- Merchandise trade 49.3% (2025)
- Food imports 26.1% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 57.5% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 65.63 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 1.58 billion current US$ (2000)
- Food exports 5.6% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 21.4% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 113.22 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 1.36 billion current US$ (2000)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,225 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score in Iran?
- Starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score in Iran was 99.5% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Iran?
- The highest recorded value was 99.5% in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Iran?
- The lowest recorded value was 96.4% in 2004.
- How does Iran rank for starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score?
- Iran ranks 33rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in Iran?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Iran data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Cost - Women (% 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 women 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.