Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) in Singapore
Singapore: Starting a business: Procedures required - Men was 2 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men in Singapore, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
Singapore recorded 2 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 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - men in Singapore peaked at 7 number in 2003 and was at its lowest, 2 number, in 2018.
That places Singapore 185th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it 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 Singapore, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 7 number | — |
| 2004 | 7 number | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 6 number | -14.3% |
| 2006 | 6 number | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 5 number | -16.7% |
| 2008 | 4 number | -20.0% |
| 2009 | 3 number | -25.0% |
| 2010 | 3 number | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 3 number | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 3 number | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 3 number | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 3 number | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 3 number | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 3 number | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 3 number | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2 number | -33.3% |
| 2019 | 2 number | +0.0% |
Singapore compared with similar countries
- Singapore's 2 number is below the median for high income countries, which is 5 number, 40% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Singapore's 2 number is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 6.5 number, 31% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.43 number | 3 number | 7 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 2.8 number | 2 number | 3 number | 10 |
Countries ranked near Singapore
More private sector data for Singapore
- Merchandise trade 177.6% (2025)
- Food imports 3.7% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 70.9% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 505.84 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 2.8% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 74.5% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 566.87 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 92,760 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.9387 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 12.11 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - men in Singapore?
- Starting a business: procedures required - men in Singapore was 2 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - men recorded in Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 7 number in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - men recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 number in 2018.
- How does Singapore rank for starting a business: procedures required - men?
- Singapore ranks 185th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - men rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Singapore 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.