Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) in Laos
Laos: Starting a business: Procedures required - Men was 9 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men in Laos, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: procedures required - men in Laos stood at 9 number. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.0% on the previous year and down 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - men in Laos peaked at 11 number in 2006 and was at its lowest, 9 number, in 2012.
Laos ranks 29th of 191 countries on this measure, 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 Laos, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 10 number | — |
| 2004 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 11 number | +10.0% |
| 2007 | 11 number | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 11 number | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 11 number | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 11 number | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 10 number | -9.1% |
| 2012 | 9 number | -10.0% |
| 2013 | 9 number | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 9 number | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 10 number | +11.1% |
| 2016 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 9 number | -10.0% |
Laos compared with similar countries
- Laos's 9 number is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 7 number, 1.3× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Laos's 9 number is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 6.5 number, 1.4× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.57 number | 10 number | 11 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 9.7 number | 9 number | 11 number | 10 |
Countries ranked near Laos
- 29 Bangladesh 9 number compare
- 29 Antigua and Barbuda 9 number compare
- 29 Belize 9 number compare
- 29 Botswana 9 number compare
- 29 Cape Verde 9 number compare
- 29 Cambodia 9 number compare
- 29 Comoros 9 number compare
- 29 Czechia 9 number compare
- 29 El Salvador 9 number compare
- 29 Germany 9 number compare
- 29 Seychelles 9 number compare
- 29 Somalia 9 number compare
- 29 Sudan 9 number compare
- 29 Zimbabwe 9 number 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)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,572 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.6762 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 31.87 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - men in Laos?
- Starting a business: procedures required - men in Laos was 9 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - men recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 11 number in 2006.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - men recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 number in 2012.
- How does Laos rank for starting a business: procedures required - men?
- Laos ranks 29th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - men rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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). 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.