Starting a business: Procedures required - Men in Lao PDR
Lao PDR: Starting a business: Procedures required - Men was 9 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men in Lao PDR, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: procedures required - men in Lao PDR 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 Lao PDR peaked at 11 number in 2006 and was at its lowest, 9 number, in 2012.
Lao PDR ranks 29th of 188 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
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 Lao PDR
- 29 Bangladesh 9 number compare
- 29 Antigua and Barbuda 9 number compare
- 29 Belize 9 number compare
- 29 Botswana 9 number compare
- 29 Cabo 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, Fed. Rep. 9 number compare
- 29 Sudan 9 number compare
- 29 Zimbabwe 9 number compare
More private sector data for Lao PDR
- 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 in Lao PDR?
- Starting a business: procedures required - men in Lao PDR was 9 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - men recorded in Lao PDR?
- The highest recorded value was 11 number in 2006.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - men recorded in Lao PDR?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 number in 2012.
- How does Lao PDR rank for starting a business: procedures required - men?
- Lao PDR ranks 29th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - men rising or falling in Lao PDR?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lao PDR 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.