Starting a business - Score in Estonia
Estonia: Starting a business - Score was 95.36 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Estonia, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Estonia recorded 95.36 for starting a business - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Estonia peaked at 95.36 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 70.38, in 2003.
Estonia ranks 15th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business - Score in Estonia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 70.38 | — |
| 2004 | 70.64 | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 80.61 | +14.1% |
| 2006 | 81.2 | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 90.6 | +11.6% |
| 2008 | 90.92 | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 90.95 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 90.77 | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 90.86 | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 91.02 | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 91.13 | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 93.25 | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 95.06 | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 95.13 | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 95.15 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 95.25 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 95.36 | +0.1% |
Estonia compared with similar countries
- Estonia's 95.36 is above the median for high income countries, which is 91.07, 1.0× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Estonia's 95.36 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 | 82.18 | 70.38 | 90.95 | 7 |
| 2010s | 93.3 | 90.77 | 95.36 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Estonia
More private sector data for Estonia
- Merchandise trade 98.4% (2025)
- Food imports 14.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 67.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 25.30 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 13.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 64.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 20.98 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 15,353 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4461 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 11.63 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Estonia?
- Starting a business - score in Estonia was 95.36 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 95.36 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 70.38 in 2003.
- How does Estonia rank for starting a business - score?
- Estonia ranks 15th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Estonia 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.