Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score (Men) in Japan
Japan: Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score (Men) was 58.82 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score in Japan, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in Japan stood at 58.82. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in Japan peaked at 58.82 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 41.18, in 2003.
Japan ranks 131st 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: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score (Men) in Japan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 41.18 | — |
| 2004 | 41.18 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 41.18 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 58.82 | +42.9% |
| 2007 | 58.82 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 58.82 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 58.82 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 58.82 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 58.82 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 58.82 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 58.82 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 58.82 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 58.82 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 58.82 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 58.82 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 58.82 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 58.82 | +0.0% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 58.82 is below the median for high income countries, which is 76.47, 77% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Japan's 58.82 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 67.65, 87% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 51.26 | 41.18 | 58.82 | 7 |
| 2010s | 58.82 | 58.82 | 58.82 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 130 Mexico 59.82 compare
- 131 Angola 58.82 compare
- 131 Austria 58.82 compare
- 131 Bhutan 58.82 compare
- 131 Chad 58.82 compare
- 131 Ghana 58.82 compare
- 131 Guinea-Bissau 58.82 compare
- 131 Iraq 58.82 compare
- 131 Lebanon 58.82 compare
- 131 Malaysia 58.82 compare
- 131 Mongolia 58.82 compare
- 131 Montenegro 58.82 compare
- 131 Nepal 58.82 compare
- 131 Palau 58.82 compare
- 131 Peru 58.82 compare
- 131 Qatar 58.82 compare
- 131 Suriname 58.82 compare
- 131 Vietnam 58.82 compare
More private sector data for Japan
- Merchandise trade 33.7% (2025)
- Food imports 9.8% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 59.9% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 755.55 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 266.13 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 1.3% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 80.6% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 738.34 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 242.56 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 5,985 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in Japan?
- Starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in Japan was 58.82 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 58.82 in 2006.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 41.18 in 2003.
- How does Japan rank for starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score?
- Japan ranks 131st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Japan 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.