Starting a business - Score in El Salvador
El Salvador: Starting a business - Score was 78.64 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in El Salvador, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 78.64 for starting a business - score in 2019.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in El Salvador peaked at 78.88 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 32.83, in 2004.
El Salvador ranks 149th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business - Score in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 32.87 | — |
| 2004 | 32.83 | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 49.69 | +51.4% |
| 2006 | 58.99 | +18.7% |
| 2007 | 65.62 | +11.3% |
| 2008 | 77.04 | +17.4% |
| 2009 | 78.59 | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 78.38 | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 78.33 | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 78.33 | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 78.37 | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 78.46 | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 78.62 | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 78.88 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 78.88 | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 78.41 | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 78.64 | +0.3% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 78.64 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 86.74, 91% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 78.64 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 85.6, 92% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business - Score in El Salvador 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +51.4% | 32.83 | 49.69 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 56.52 | 32.83 | 78.59 | 7 |
| 2010s | 78.53 | 78.33 | 78.88 | 10 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
More private sector data for El Salvador
- Merchandise trade 66.1% (2025)
- Food imports 20.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 62.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 17.85 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 22.9% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 70.0% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 6.43 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,010 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1751 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 1.87 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in El Salvador?
- Starting a business - score in El Salvador was 78.64 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 78.88 in 2016.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.83 in 2004.
- How does El Salvador rank for starting a business - score?
- El Salvador ranks 149th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador 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.