Starting a business: Procedures required - Men in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Starting a business: Procedures required - Men was 10 number in 2019. βΌ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men in Costa Rica, 2003β2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: procedures required - men in Costa Rica stood at 10 number.
The figure is down 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - men in Costa Rica peaked at 12 number in 2003 and was at its lowest, 9 number, in 2013.
That places Costa Rica 19th out of 190 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12 number | 12 number | 12 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 10.1 number | 9 number | 12 number | 10 |
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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 in Costa Rica?
- Starting a business: procedures required - men in Costa Rica was 10 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - men recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 12 number in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - men recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 number in 2013.
- How does Costa Rica rank for starting a business: procedures required - men?
- Costa Rica ranks 19th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - men rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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). 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.