Starting a business - Score in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan: Starting a business - Score was 96.16 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Azerbaijan, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business - score in Azerbaijan is 96.16, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Azerbaijan peaked at 96.16 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 53.78, in 2003.
That places Azerbaijan 9th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business - Score in Azerbaijan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 53.78 | — |
| 2004 | 55.55 | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 55.81 | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 68.5 | +22.7% |
| 2007 | 74.04 | +8.1% |
| 2008 | 89.72 | +21.2% |
| 2009 | 89.9 | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 90.38 | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 90.43 | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 90.47 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 95.3 | +5.3% |
| 2014 | 93.94 | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 96.09 | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 96.07 | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 96.11 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 96.14 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 96.16 | +0.0% |
Azerbaijan compared with similar countries
- Azerbaijan's 96.16 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 86.74, 1.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Azerbaijan's 96.16 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 92.32, 1.0× the median. (49 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 69.61 | 53.78 | 89.9 | 7 |
| 2010s | 94.11 | 90.38 | 96.16 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Azerbaijan
More private sector data for Azerbaijan
- Merchandise trade 65.1% (2025)
- Food imports 12.4% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 53.0% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 24.38 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 5.2% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 5.3% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 25.04 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,444 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3298 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -5.69 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Azerbaijan?
- Starting a business - score in Azerbaijan was 96.16 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Azerbaijan?
- The highest recorded value was 96.16 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Azerbaijan?
- The lowest recorded value was 53.78 in 2003.
- How does Azerbaijan rank for starting a business - score?
- Azerbaijan ranks 9th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Azerbaijan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Azerbaijan data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.