Starting a business: Procedures required - Men in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico: Starting a business: Procedures required - Men was 6 number in 2019. β–Ό Falling

Latest (2019)
6 number
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
94th
of 190 countries
All-time high
7 number
in 2003
All-time low
6 number
in 2011
Years of data
17
2003–2019

Starting a business: Procedures required - Men in Puerto Rico, 2003–2019

024682003201120192003: 7 number2004: 7 number2005: 7 number2006: 7 number2007: 7 number2008: 7 number2009: 7 number2010: 7 number2011: 6 number2012: 6 number2013: 6 number2014: 6 number2015: 6 number2016: 6 number2017: 6 number2018: 6 number2019: 6 number

Source: World Bank. Measured in number.

Analysis

Puerto Rico recorded 6 number for starting a business: procedures required - men in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.

The figure is down 14.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - men in Puerto Rico peaked at 7 number in 2003 and was at its lowest, 6 number, in 2011.

That places Puerto Rico 94th out of 190 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 7 number 7 number 7 number 7
2010s 6.1 number 6 number 7 number 10

Countries ranked near Puerto Rico

  1. 94 United States 6 number compare
  2. 94 Bahrain 6 number compare
  3. 94 Chile 6 number compare
  4. 94 Djibouti 6 number compare
  5. 94 Gambia 6 number compare
  6. 94 Grenada 6 number compare
  7. 94 Guatemala 6 number compare
  8. 94 Guinea 6 number compare
  9. 94 Hungary 6 number compare
  10. 94 Lesotho 6 number compare
  11. 94 Maldives 6 number compare
  12. 94 Myanmar 6 number compare
  13. 94 North Macedonia 6 number compare
  14. 94 Papua New Guinea 6 number compare
  15. 94 Portugal 6 number compare
  16. 94 Romania 6 number compare
  17. 94 Sao Tome and Principe 6 number compare
  18. 94 Switzerland 6 number compare
  19. 94 East Timor 6 number compare
  20. 94 Ukraine 6 number compare
  21. 94 Yemen 6 number compare

See the full ranking of 190 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is starting a business: procedures required - men in Puerto Rico?
Starting a business: procedures required - men in Puerto Rico was 6 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - men recorded in Puerto Rico?
The highest recorded value was 7 number in 2003.
What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - men recorded in Puerto Rico?
The lowest recorded value was 6 number in 2011.
How does Puerto Rico rank for starting a business: procedures required - men?
Puerto Rico ranks 94th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
Is starting a business: procedures required - men rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
Over the last ten years it is down 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Puerto Rico 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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Indicator
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number)
Unit
number
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
190 places, 3,083 data points, 2003–2019
Last refreshed

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.