Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) in New Zealand
New Zealand: Starting a business: Procedures required - Men was 1 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men in New Zealand, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: procedures required - men in New Zealand is 1 number, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - men in New Zealand peaked at 2 number in 2003 and was at its lowest, 1 number, in 2008.
New Zealand ranks 190th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 2 number | — |
| 2004 | 2 number | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2 number | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 2 number | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2 number | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1 number | -50.0% |
| 2009 | 1 number | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1 number | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1 number | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1 number | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1 number | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1 number | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1 number | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1 number | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1 number | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1 number | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1 number | +0.0% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 1 number is below the median for high income countries, which is 5 number, 20% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 1 number is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 6.5 number, 15% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.71 number | 1 number | 2 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 1 number | 1 number | 1 number | 10 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
More private sector data for New Zealand
- Merchandise trade 35.7% (2025)
- Food imports 12.8% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 70.7% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 47.55 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 69.0% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 14.0% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 46.70 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 8,770 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1769 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 10.43 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - men in New Zealand?
- Starting a business: procedures required - men in New Zealand was 1 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - men recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 2 number in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - men recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 number in 2008.
- How does New Zealand rank for starting a business: procedures required - men?
- New Zealand ranks 190th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - men rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.