Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) in Bhutan
Bhutan: Starting a business: Procedures required - Men was 8 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men in Bhutan, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: procedures required - men in Bhutan stood at 8 number. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - men in Bhutan peaked at 10 number in 2003 and was at its lowest, 8 number, in 2007.
That places Bhutan 44th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 10 number | — |
| 2004 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 8 number | -20.0% |
| 2008 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 8 number | +0.0% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 8 number is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 7 number, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 8 number is above the median for South Asia, which is 8 number, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.14 number | 8 number | 10 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 8 number | 8 number | 8 number | 10 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
- 44 Japan 8 number compare
- 44 Angola 8 number compare
- 44 Austria 8 number compare
- 44 Chad 8 number compare
- 44 Ghana 8 number compare
- 44 Guinea-Bissau 8 number compare
- 44 Iraq 8 number compare
- 44 Lebanon 8 number compare
- 44 Malaysia 8 number compare
- 44 Mongolia 8 number compare
- 44 Montenegro 8 number compare
- 44 Nepal 8 number compare
- 44 Palau 8 number compare
- 44 Peru 8 number compare
- 44 Qatar 8 number compare
- 44 Suriname 8 number compare
- 44 Vietnam 8 number compare
More private sector data for Bhutan
- Merchandise trade 83.3% (2025)
- Food imports 11.4% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 70.4% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 2.18 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 5.9% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 58.7% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 800.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,004 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2235 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 7.1 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - men in Bhutan?
- Starting a business: procedures required - men in Bhutan was 8 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - men recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 10 number in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - men recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 8 number in 2007.
- How does Bhutan rank for starting a business: procedures required - men?
- Bhutan ranks 44th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - men rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The number of procedures for men records all the procedures required in practice for five male married entrepreneurs to start and operate a local limited liability company. A procedure is de?ned as any interaction of the company founders with external parties. Both pre- and post-incorporation procedures that are officially required or commonly done in practice are recorded.