Starting a business: Cost - Women (% of income per capita) - Score in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Starting a business: Cost - Women (% of income per capita) - Score was 95.6% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Cost - Women (% of income per capita) - Score in Sri Lanka, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score in Sri Lanka is 95.6%, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 21.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score in Sri Lanka peaked at 95.6% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 70.4%, in 2003.
Sri Lanka ranks 101st 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 - Women (% of income per capita) - Score in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 70.4% | — |
| 2004 | 73.6% | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 75.0% | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 78.1% | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 90.1% | +15.3% |
| 2008 | 76.5% | -15.1% |
| 2009 | 79.0% | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 83.1% | +5.1% |
| 2011 | 85.0% | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 86.7% | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 87.0% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 89.7% | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 90.6% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 93.9% | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 94.8% | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 95.3% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 95.6% | +0.4% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 95.6% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 95.5%, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 95.6% is below the median for South Asia, which is 96.0%, 100% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 77.5% | 70.4% | 90.1% | 7 |
| 2010s | 90.2% | 83.1% | 95.6% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 98 Antigua and Barbuda 96.0% compare
- 99 Togo 96.0% compare
- 100 Syria 95.9% compare
- 102 Bangladesh 95.6% compare
- 103 San Marino 95.6% compare
- 104 Namibia 95.5% compare
More private sector data for Sri Lanka
- Merchandise trade 32.2% (2025)
- Food imports 14.9% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 63.8% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 21.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 3.35 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 29.0% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 63.7% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 13.58 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 7.05 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 624.24 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score in Sri Lanka?
- Starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score in Sri Lanka was 95.6% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 95.6% in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 70.4% in 2003.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score?
- Sri Lanka ranks 101st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.