Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score in Laos
Laos: Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score was 52.94 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score in Laos, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in Laos is 52.94, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 12.5% on the previous year and up 28.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in Laos peaked at 52.94 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 41.18, in 2006.
That places Laos 146th out of 188 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 | 43.7 | 41.18 | 47.06 | 7 |
| 2010s | 48.82 | 41.18 | 52.94 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Laos
- 146 Bangladesh 52.94 compare
- 146 Antigua and Barbuda 52.94 compare
- 146 Belize 52.94 compare
- 146 Botswana 52.94 compare
- 146 Cape Verde 52.94 compare
- 146 Cambodia 52.94 compare
- 146 Comoros 52.94 compare
- 146 Czechia 52.94 compare
- 146 El Salvador 52.94 compare
- 146 Germany 52.94 compare
- 146 Seychelles 52.94 compare
- 146 Somalia 52.94 compare
- 146 Sudan 52.94 compare
- 146 Zimbabwe 52.94 compare
More private sector data for Laos
- Merchandise trade 124.1% (2025)
- Food imports 12.7% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 61.7% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 10.34 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 23.2% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 32.8% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 12.38 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 1.73 billion current US$ (2024)
- Transport services 27.6% (2024)
- Computer, communications and other services 6.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in Laos?
- Starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in Laos was 52.94 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 52.94 in 2012.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 41.18 in 2006.
- How does Laos rank for starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score?
- Laos ranks 146th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Laos 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.