Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Estonia
Estonia: Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) was 96.7% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Estonia, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Estonia is 96.7%, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Estonia peaked at 96.7% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 86.8%, in 2003.
Estonia ranks 173rd of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Estonia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 86.8% | — |
| 2004 | 87.6% | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 89.6% | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 91.4% | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 93.0% | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 94.1% | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 94.2% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 93.6% | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 93.9% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 94.5% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 94.8% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 95.4% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 95.7% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 95.9% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 96.0% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 96.4% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 96.7% | +0.4% |
Estonia compared with similar countries
- Estonia's 96.7% is below the median for high income countries, which is 100.0%, 97% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Estonia's 96.7% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 100.0%, 97% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 91.0% | 86.8% | 94.2% | 7 |
| 2010s | 95.3% | 93.6% | 96.7% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Estonia
More private sector data for Estonia
- Merchandise trade 98.4% (2025)
- Food imports 14.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 67.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 25.30 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 13.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 64.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 20.98 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 15,353 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4461 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 11.63 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Estonia?
- Starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Estonia was 96.7% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) recorded in Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 96.7% in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 86.8% in 2003.
- How does Estonia rank for starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita)?
- Estonia ranks 173rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Estonia data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for the paid-in minimum capital requirement 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.