Starting a business - Score in Belarus
Belarus: Starting a business - Score was 93.52 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Belarus, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business - score in Belarus is 93.52, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Belarus peaked at 93.52 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 49.71, in 2005.
That places Belarus 30th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business - Score in Belarus, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 50 | — |
| 2004 | 50.4 | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 49.71 | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 53.38 | +7.4% |
| 2007 | 70.06 | +31.3% |
| 2008 | 78.51 | +12.1% |
| 2009 | 87.78 | +11.8% |
| 2010 | 87.79 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 87.83 | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 87.72 | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 89.64 | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 89.64 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 91.87 | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 91.9 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 91.91 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 93.39 | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 93.52 | +0.1% |
Belarus compared with similar countries
- Belarus's 93.52 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 86.74, 1.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Belarus's 93.52 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 92.32, 1.0× the median. (49 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business - Score in Belarus changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +31.3% | 53.38 | 70.06 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 62.83 | 49.71 | 87.78 | 7 |
| 2010s | 90.52 | 87.72 | 93.52 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Belarus
More private sector data for Belarus
- Merchandise trade 96.1% (2025)
- Food imports 10.3% (2021)
- Manufactures imports 49.4% (2021)
- Merchandise imports 48.37 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 16.6% (2021)
- Manufactures exports 38.4% (2021)
- Merchandise exports 41.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,556 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4432 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 2.61 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Belarus?
- Starting a business - score in Belarus was 93.52 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Belarus?
- The highest recorded value was 93.52 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Belarus?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.71 in 2005.
- How does Belarus rank for starting a business - score?
- Belarus ranks 30th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Belarus?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belarus 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.