Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score (Men) in Ecuador
Ecuador: Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score (Men) was 41.18 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score in Ecuador, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 41.18 for starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 40.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in Ecuador peaked at 41.18 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 23.53, in 2003.
Ecuador ranks 175th 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: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score (Men) in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 23.53 | — |
| 2004 | 23.53 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 23.53 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 23.53 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 23.53 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 23.53 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 29.41 | +25.0% |
| 2010 | 29.41 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 29.41 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 29.41 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 29.41 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 29.41 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 35.29 | +20.0% |
| 2016 | 41.18 | +16.7% |
| 2017 | 41.18 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 41.18 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 41.18 | +0.0% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 41.18 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 64.71, 64% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 41.18 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 64.71, 64% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 24.37 | 23.53 | 29.41 | 7 |
| 2010s | 34.71 | 29.41 | 41.18 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
More private sector data for Ecuador
- Merchandise trade 53.6% (2025)
- Food imports 12.1% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 61.5% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 32.65 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 6.27 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 58.7% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 4.6% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 37.15 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 4.08 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,031 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in Ecuador?
- Starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in Ecuador was 41.18 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 41.18 in 2016.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.53 in 2003.
- How does Ecuador rank for starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score?
- Ecuador ranks 175th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ecuador 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.