Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) in Malaysia
Malaysia: Starting a business: Procedures required - Men was 8 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men in Malaysia, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: procedures required - men in Malaysia stood at 8 number.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.1% on the previous year and down 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - men in Malaysia peaked at 10 number in 2003 and was at its lowest, 6 number, in 2011.
Malaysia ranks 44th 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 Malaysia, 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 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 9 number | -10.0% |
| 2011 | 6 number | -33.3% |
| 2012 | 6 number | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 6 number | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 6 number | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 6 number | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 9 number | +50.0% |
| 2017 | 9 number | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 9 number | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 8 number | -11.1% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 8 number is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7 number, 1.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 8 number is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 6.5 number, 1.2× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10 number | 10 number | 10 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 7.4 number | 6 number | 9 number | 10 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
- 44 Japan 8 number compare
- 44 Angola 8 number compare
- 44 Austria 8 number compare
- 44 Bhutan 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 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 Malaysia
- Merchandise trade 151.7% (2025)
- Food imports 8.3% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 72.0% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 340.44 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.4% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 72.7% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 376.04 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 10,452 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.7964 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 13.69 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - men in Malaysia?
- Starting a business: procedures required - men in Malaysia was 8 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - men recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 10 number in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - men recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 number in 2011.
- How does Malaysia rank for starting a business: procedures required - men?
- Malaysia ranks 44th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - men rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malaysia 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.