Starting a business - Score by country
The score for starting a business is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time and cost for an entrepreneur to start and formally operate a business, as well as the paid-in minimum capital requirement.
Countries reporting
191
Highest
99.98
New Zealand
Lowest
25
Venezuela
Median
87.03
Years covered
17
2003–2019
Data points
3,094
What the numbers show
Starting a business - Score is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 99.98 in New Zealand; the lowest is 25 in Venezuela.
The median across all reporting countries is 87.03, and the mean is 84.48.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 179 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea-Bissau (up 1,673.4%), and the largest decrease in Venezuela (down 46.8%).
Starting a business - Score: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Zealand | 99.98 | 2019 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 2 | Georgia | 99.62 | 2019 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 3 | Canada | 98.24 | 2019 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 4 | Singapore | 98.23 | 2019 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 5 | Hong Kong | 98.22 | 2019 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 6 | Jamaica | 97.37 | 2019 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 7 | Australia | 96.6 | 2019 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 8 | Uzbekistan | 96.16 | 2019 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 9 | Azerbaijan | 96.16 | 2019 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 10 | Armenia | 96.09 | 2019 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 11 | Greece | 96 | 2019 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 12 | Kosovo | 95.88 | 2019 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 12 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 95.88 | 2019 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 14 | Moldova | 95.68 | 2019 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 15 | Estonia | 95.36 | 2019 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 16 | Togo | 95.13 | 2019 | up 371.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Brunei | 94.93 | 2019 | up 94.7% | rising |
| 18 | United Arab Emirates | 94.76 | 2019 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 19 | United Kingdom | 94.58 | 2019 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 20 | Tunisia | 94.56 | 2019 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 21 | Mauritius | 94.48 | 2019 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 22 | Taiwan | 94.44 | 2019 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 23 | Kazakhstan | 94.43 | 2019 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 24 | Ireland | 94.4 | 2019 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 25 | Netherlands | 94.34 | 2019 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 26 | Norway | 94.34 | 2019 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 27 | Latvia | 94.14 | 2019 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 28 | Israel | 94.08 | 2019 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 29 | Cote d'Ivoire | 93.69 | 2019 | up 97.8% | rising |
| 30 | Belarus | 93.52 | 2019 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 31 | Finland | 93.47 | 2019 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 32 | Oman | 93.46 | 2019 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 33 | South Korea | 93.36 | 2019 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 34 | Lithuania | 93.27 | 2019 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 35 | Rwanda | 93.24 | 2019 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 36 | Tajikistan | 93.23 | 2019 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 37 | France | 93.15 | 2019 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 38 | Saudi Arabia | 93.14 | 2019 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 39 | Sweden | 93.11 | 2019 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 40 | Russia | 93.06 | 2019 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 41 | Slovenia | 93.03 | 2019 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 42 | Kyrgyzstan | 93.02 | 2019 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 43 | Morocco | 93.01 | 2019 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 44 | Burundi | 92.92 | 2019 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 45 | Denmark | 92.7 | 2019 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 46 | China | 92.62 | 2019 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 47 | Samoa | 92.59 | 2019 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 48 | Thailand | 92.36 | 2019 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 49 | Belgium | 92.32 | 2019 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 50 | Mauritania | 92.24 | 2019 | up 80.1% | rising |
| 51 | Cyprus | 92.04 | 2019 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 52 | Panama | 92.01 | 2019 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 53 | Afghanistan | 91.99 | 2019 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 54 | Albania | 91.76 | 2019 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 55 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 91.63 | 2019 | up 203.9% | rising |
| 56 | United States | 91.59 | 2019 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 57 | Niger | 91.51 | 2019 | up 115.2% | rising |
| 58 | Chile | 91.43 | 2019 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 59 | Sierra Leone | 91.29 | 2019 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 60 | Puerto Rico | 91.24 | 2019 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 61 | Senegal | 91.19 | 2019 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 62 | Ukraine | 91.08 | 2019 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 63 | Tonga | 90.95 | 2019 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 64 | Portugal | 90.9 | 2019 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 65 | Iceland | 90.65 | 2019 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 66 | Benin | 90.62 | 2019 | up 128.6% | rising |
| 67 | Uruguay | 89.6 | 2019 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 68 | Bahrain | 89.59 | 2019 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 69 | East Timor | 89.41 | 2019 | up 113.6% | rising |
| 70 | Saint Lucia | 89.35 | 2019 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 71 | Myanmar | 89.35 | 2019 | up 477.3% | volatile |
| 72 | Dominica | 89.32 | 2019 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 73 | Pakistan | 89.27 | 2019 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 74 | Serbia | 89.25 | 2019 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 75 | Maldives | 89.16 | 2019 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 76 | Liberia | 88.94 | 2019 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 77 | Luxembourg | 88.83 | 2019 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 78 | Turkey | 88.79 | 2019 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 79 | North Macedonia | 88.62 | 2019 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 80 | Trinidad and Tobago | 88.58 | 2019 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 81 | Madagascar | 88.46 | 2019 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 82 | Switzerland | 88.44 | 2019 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 83 | Kuwait | 88.4 | 2019 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 84 | Marshall Islands | 88.36 | 2019 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 85 | Lesotho | 88.24 | 2019 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 86 | Sri Lanka | 88.2 | 2019 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 87 | Malta | 88.19 | 2019 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 88 | Hungary | 88.19 | 2019 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 89 | Burkina Faso | 88.17 | 2019 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 90 | Grenada | 87.96 | 2019 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 91 | Egypt | 87.84 | 2019 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 92 | Romania | 87.68 | 2019 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 93 | San Marino | 87.31 | 2019 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 94 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 87.05 | 2019 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 95 | Bahamas | 87.03 | 2019 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 96 | Colombia | 87.03 | 2019 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 97 | Gabon | 86.97 | 2019 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 98 | Spain | 86.95 | 2019 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 99 | Italy | 86.81 | 2019 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 100 | Guatemala | 86.8 | 2019 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 101 | Mongolia | 86.67 | 2019 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 102 | Montenegro | 86.66 | 2019 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 103 | Barbados | 86.37 | 2019 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 104 | Bhutan | 86.36 | 2019 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 105 | Cameroon | 86.27 | 2019 | up 73.5% | rising |
| 106 | Nigeria | 86.22 | 2019 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 107 | Japan | 86.1 | 2019 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 108 | Mexico | 86.07 | 2019 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 109 | Qatar | 86.05 | 2019 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 110 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 85.88 | 2019 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 111 | Solomon Islands | 85.62 | 2019 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 112 | Guyana | 85.6 | 2019 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 113 | Dominican Republic | 85.44 | 2019 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 114 | Bulgaria | 85.4 | 2019 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 115 | Croatia | 85.28 | 2019 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 116 | Vietnam | 85.11 | 2019 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 117 | Ghana | 84.96 | 2019 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 118 | Zambia | 84.91 | 2019 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 119 | Slovakia | 84.81 | 2019 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 120 | Gambia | 84.58 | 2019 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 121 | Jordan | 84.5 | 2019 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 122 | Cape Verde | 84.47 | 2019 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 123 | Guinea | 84.46 | 2019 | up 168.0% | rising |
| 124 | Djibouti | 84.3 | 2019 | up 222.7% | volatile |
| 125 | Mali | 84.27 | 2019 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 126 | Germany | 83.67 | 2019 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 127 | Malaysia | 83.32 | 2019 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 128 | Austria | 83.25 | 2019 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 129 | Poland | 82.91 | 2019 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 130 | Kenya | 82.73 | 2019 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 131 | Antigua and Barbuda | 82.58 | 2019 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 132 | Bangladesh | 82.37 | 2019 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 133 | Palau | 82.15 | 2019 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 134 | Peru | 82.13 | 2019 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 135 | Czechia | 82.06 | 2019 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 136 | Nepal | 81.66 | 2019 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 137 | India | 81.6 | 2019 | up 69.9% | rising |
| 138 | Vanuatu | 81.47 | 2019 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 139 | Brazil | 81.29 | 2019 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 140 | South Africa | 81.22 | 2019 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 141 | Indonesia | 81.21 | 2019 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 142 | Argentina | 80.43 | 2019 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 143 | Papua New Guinea | 80.15 | 2019 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 144 | Syria | 80.14 | 2019 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 145 | Costa Rica | 79.91 | 2019 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 146 | Nicaragua | 79.57 | 2019 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 147 | Angola | 79.4 | 2019 | up 52.6% | rising |
| 148 | Seychelles | 78.75 | 2019 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 149 | El Salvador | 78.64 | 2019 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 150 | Kiribati | 78.4 | 2019 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 151 | Sao Tome and Principe | 78.24 | 2019 | up 63.0% | rising |
| 152 | Lebanon | 78.18 | 2019 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 153 | Algeria | 78.01 | 2019 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 154 | Malawi | 77.93 | 2019 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 155 | Iraq | 77.25 | 2019 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 156 | Eswatini | 77.2 | 2019 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 157 | Yemen | 76.84 | 2019 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 158 | Sudan | 76.73 | 2019 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 159 | Comoros | 76.49 | 2019 | up 63.0% | rising |
| 160 | Botswana | 76.23 | 2019 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 161 | Paraguay | 75.98 | 2019 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 162 | Guinea-Bissau | 75.5 | 2019 | up 1,673.4% | volatile |
| 163 | Tanzania | 74.4 | 2019 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 164 | Fiji | 73.56 | 2019 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 165 | Libya | 73.15 | 2019 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 166 | Namibia | 72.2 | 2019 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 167 | Belize | 72.01 | 2019 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 168 | Zimbabwe | 72 | 2019 | up 88.1% | rising |
| 169 | Ethiopia | 71.7 | 2019 | up 135.9% | rising |
| 170 | Uganda | 71.38 | 2019 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 171 | Honduras | 71.36 | 2019 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 172 | Philippines | 71.28 | 2019 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 173 | South Sudan | 71.01 | 2019 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 174 | Palestine | 70.19 | 2019 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 175 | Micronesia (country) | 69.61 | 2019 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 176 | Bolivia | 69.36 | 2019 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 177 | Mozambique | 69.26 | 2019 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 178 | Ecuador | 69.11 | 2019 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 179 | Iran | 67.8 | 2019 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 180 | Congo | 65.8 | 2019 | up 54.0% | rising |
| 181 | Central African Republic | 63.19 | 2019 | up 95.5% | rising |
| 182 | Laos | 62.66 | 2019 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 183 | Suriname | 61.56 | 2019 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 184 | Equatorial Guinea | 60.96 | 2019 | up 65.1% | rising |
| 185 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 60.03 | 2019 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 186 | Eritrea | 52.86 | 2019 | up 59.0% | rising |
| 187 | Chad | 52.52 | 2019 | up 179.0% | rising |
| 188 | Cambodia | 52.42 | 2019 | up 54.3% | rising |
| 189 | Somalia | 46 | 2019 | — | falling |
| 190 | Haiti | 36.43 | 2019 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 191 | Venezuela | 25 | 2019 | down 46.8% | falling |
About this data
The score for starting a business is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time and cost for an entrepreneur to start and formally operate a business, as well as the paid-in minimum capital requirement.