Starting a business: Cost - Women (% of income per capita) - Score in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Starting a business: Cost - Women (% of income per capita) - Score was 78.8% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Cost - Women (% of income per capita) - Score in Vanuatu, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score in Vanuatu stood at 78.8%.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score in Vanuatu peaked at 79.0% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 58.2%, in 2005.
That places Vanuatu 169th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 Vanuatu, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 66.6% | — |
| 2004 | 59.1% | -11.2% |
| 2005 | 58.2% | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 61.0% | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 65.0% | +6.6% |
| 2008 | 65.1% | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 73.3% | +12.5% |
| 2010 | 75.9% | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 76.5% | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 76.4% | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 76.9% | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 76.9% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 77.9% | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 77.8% | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 77.8% | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 79.0% | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 78.8% | -0.3% |
Vanuatu compared with similar countries
- Vanuatu's 78.8% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 89.9%, 88% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Vanuatu's 78.8% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 96.8%, 81% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 64.0% | 58.2% | 73.3% | 7 |
| 2010s | 77.4% | 75.9% | 79.0% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Vanuatu
More private sector data for Vanuatu
- Merchandise trade 43.8% (2025)
- Food imports 25.0% (2011)
- Manufactures imports 52.3% (2011)
- Merchandise imports 515.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 225.06 million current US$ (2022)
- Food exports 85.3% (2011)
- Manufactures exports 8.2% (2011)
- Merchandise exports 78.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 74.02 million current US$ (2022)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 232.72 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score in Vanuatu?
- Starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score in Vanuatu was 78.8% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 79.0% in 2018.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 58.2% in 2005.
- How does Vanuatu rank for starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score?
- Vanuatu ranks 169th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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.