Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score was 47.06 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score in Costa Rica, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 47.06 for starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in 2019.
The figure is up 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in Costa Rica peaked at 52.94 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 35.29, in 2003.
That places Costa Rica 163rd out of 190 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 35.29 | 35.29 | 35.29 | 7 |
| 2010s | 46.47 | 35.29 | 52.94 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 163 India 47.06 compare
- 163 Central African Republic 47.06 compare
- 163 Congo 47.06 compare
- 163 Iran 47.06 compare
- 163 Libya 47.06 compare
- 163 Mozambique 47.06 compare
- 163 Namibia 47.06 compare
- 163 Tanzania, United Republic of 47.06 compare
- 163 Palestine, State of 47.06 compare
More private sector data for Costa Rica
- Merchandise trade 52.4% (2025)
- Food imports 13.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 73.9% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 27.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 32.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 64.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 26.43 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 5,129 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2568 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 21.87 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in Costa Rica?
- Starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in Costa Rica was 47.06 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 52.94 in 2013.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.29 in 2003.
- How does Costa Rica rank for starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score?
- Costa Rica ranks 163rd out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for the number of procedures for men benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.