Starting a business - Score in Chile
Chile: Starting a business - Score was 91.43 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Chile, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Chile recorded 91.43 for starting a business - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 18.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Chile peaked at 91.43 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 75.98, in 2003.
Chile ranks 58th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business - Score in Chile, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 75.98 | — |
| 2004 | 76.24 | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 76.21 | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 76.77 | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 76.93 | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 77.06 | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 77.14 | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 78.02 | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 86.49 | +10.9% |
| 2012 | 87.07 | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 87.21 | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 87.21 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 87.21 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 87.21 | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 87.21 | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 89.08 | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 91.43 | +2.6% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 91.43 is above the median for high income countries, which is 91.07, 1.0× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Chile's 91.43 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 85.6, 1.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 76.62 | 75.98 | 77.14 | 7 |
| 2010s | 86.81 | 78.02 | 91.43 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Chile
- 55 Democratic Republic of Congo 91.63 compare
- 56 United States 91.59 compare
- 57 Niger 91.51 compare
- 59 Sierra Leone 91.29 compare
- 60 Puerto Rico 91.24 compare
- 61 Senegal 91.19 compare
More private sector data for Chile
- Merchandise trade 55.9% (2025)
- Food imports 11.6% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 70.1% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 92.66 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 22.7% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 11.7% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 107.00 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 5,388 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2994 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 7.91 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Chile?
- Starting a business - score in Chile was 91.43 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 91.43 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 75.98 in 2003.
- How does Chile rank for starting a business - score?
- Chile ranks 58th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Chile 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.