Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) in India
India: Starting a business: Procedures required - Men was 10 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men in India, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: procedures required - men in India is 10 number, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of down 37.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - men in India peaked at 16 number in 2007 and was at its lowest, 10 number, in 2018.
That places India 19th out of 191 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.
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men in India, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 14 number | — |
| 2004 | 14 number | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 14 number | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 14 number | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 16 number | +14.3% |
| 2008 | 16 number | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 16 number | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 15 number | -6.2% |
| 2011 | 15 number | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 15 number | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 14.47 number | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 14.94 number | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 13.94 number | -6.7% |
| 2016 | 13.94 number | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 12.47 number | -10.5% |
| 2018 | 10 number | -19.8% |
| 2019 | 10 number | +0.0% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 10 number is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 7 number, 1.4× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- India's 10 number is above the median for South Asia, which is 8 number, 1.2× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14.86 number | 14 number | 16 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 13.48 number | 10 number | 15 number | 10 |
Countries ranked near India
- 18 Brazil 10.61 number compare
- 19 Central African Republic 10 number compare
- 19 Congo 10 number compare
- 19 Costa Rica 10 number compare
- 19 Iran 10 number compare
- 19 Libya 10 number compare
- 19 Mozambique 10 number compare
- 19 Namibia 10 number compare
- 19 Tanzania 10 number compare
- 19 Palestine 10 number compare
More private sector data for India
- Merchandise trade 30.3% (2025)
- Food imports 5.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 46.5% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 753.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 11.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 67.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 445.28 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 304.18 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1126 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 0.5401 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - men in India?
- Starting a business: procedures required - men in India was 10 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - men recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 16 number in 2007.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - men recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 number in 2018.
- How does India rank for starting a business: procedures required - men?
- India ranks 19th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - men rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this India 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.