Starting a business - Score in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Starting a business - Score was 85.44 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Dominican Republic, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business - score in Dominican Republic is 85.44, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Dominican Republic peaked at 85.44 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 64.97, in 2003.
Dominican Republic ranks 113th 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 Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 64.97 | — |
| 2004 | 65.34 | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 65.41 | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 65.49 | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 78.19 | +19.4% |
| 2008 | 83.64 | +7.0% |
| 2009 | 83.18 | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 79.59 | -4.3% |
| 2011 | 81.76 | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 82.29 | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 82.62 | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 82.86 | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 83.26 | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 82.52 | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 83.23 | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 83.44 | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 85.44 | +2.4% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 85.44 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 86.74, 99% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 85.44 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 85.6, 100% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 72.32 | 64.97 | 83.64 | 7 |
| 2010s | 82.7 | 79.59 | 85.44 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
More private sector data for Dominican Republic
- Merchandise trade 35.6% (2025)
- Food imports 17.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 63.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 29.75 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 25.0% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 58.2% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 15.58 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,352 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1223 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 12.31 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Dominican Republic?
- Starting a business - score in Dominican Republic was 85.44 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 85.44 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 64.97 in 2003.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for starting a business - score?
- Dominican Republic ranks 113th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominican Republic 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.