Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) in Maldives
Maldives: Starting a business: Procedures required - Men was 6 number in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men in Maldives, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: procedures required - men in Maldives is 6 number, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - men in Maldives peaked at 6 number in 2009 and was at its lowest, 5 number, in 2003.
Maldives ranks 94th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men in Maldives, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 5 number | — |
| 2004 | 5 number | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 5 number | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 5 number | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 5 number | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 5 number | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 6 number | +20.0% |
| 2010 | 6 number | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 6 number | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 6 number | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 6 number | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 6 number | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 6 number | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 6 number | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 6 number | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 6 number | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 6 number | +0.0% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 6 number is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7 number, 86% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 6 number is below the median for South Asia, which is 8 number, 75% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.14 number | 5 number | 6 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 6 number | 6 number | 6 number | 10 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 94 United States 6 number compare
- 94 Bahrain 6 number compare
- 94 Chile 6 number compare
- 94 Djibouti 6 number compare
- 94 Gambia 6 number compare
- 94 Grenada 6 number compare
- 94 Guatemala 6 number compare
- 94 Guinea 6 number compare
- 94 Hungary 6 number compare
- 94 Lesotho 6 number compare
- 94 Myanmar 6 number compare
- 94 North Macedonia 6 number compare
- 94 Papua New Guinea 6 number compare
- 94 Portugal 6 number compare
- 94 Puerto Rico 6 number compare
- 94 Romania 6 number compare
- 94 Sao Tome and Principe 6 number compare
- 94 Switzerland 6 number compare
- 94 East Timor 6 number compare
- 94 Ukraine 6 number compare
- 94 Yemen 6 number compare
More private sector data for Maldives
- Merchandise trade 52.5% (2025)
- Food imports 21.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 53.7% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 3.62 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 94.4% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 1.2% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 444.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 838.25 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0574 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 15.93 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - men in Maldives?
- Starting a business: procedures required - men in Maldives was 6 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - men recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 6 number in 2009.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - men recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 number in 2003.
- How does Maldives rank for starting a business: procedures required - men?
- Maldives ranks 94th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - men rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Maldives 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.