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

188

Highest

99.98

New Zealand

Lowest

Venezuela

Median

Years covered

2003–2019

Data points

3,083

What the numbers show

Starting a business - Score is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 99.98 in New Zealand; the lowest is 25 in Venezuela.

The median across all reporting countries is 87, and the mean is 84.36.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

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

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

Kosovo 95.88

About this data

Indicator: Starting a business - Score
Source: World Bank
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 190 places, 3,083 data points, 2003–2019
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026