Starting a business - Score in Georgia
Georgia: Starting a business - Score was 99.62 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Georgia, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business - score in Georgia stood at 99.62. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Georgia peaked at 99.62 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 75.33, in 2003.
That places Georgia 2nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business - Score in Georgia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 75.33 | — |
| 2004 | 76.96 | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 79.92 | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 85.69 | +7.2% |
| 2007 | 90.29 | +5.4% |
| 2008 | 95.92 | +6.2% |
| 2009 | 95.97 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 95.81 | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 97.57 | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 97.64 | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 97.68 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 97.69 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 97.73 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 97.83 | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 97.84 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 99.34 | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 99.62 | +0.3% |
Georgia compared with similar countries
- Georgia's 99.62 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 86.74, 1.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Georgia's 99.62 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 92.32, 1.1× the median. (49 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 85.72 | 75.33 | 95.97 | 7 |
| 2010s | 97.88 | 95.81 | 99.62 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Georgia
More private sector data for Georgia
- Merchandise trade 67.7% (2025)
- Food imports 12.5% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 72.4% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 18.53 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 45.9% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 33.7% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 7.29 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,852 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1911 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 11.16 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Georgia?
- Starting a business - score in Georgia was 99.62 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Georgia?
- The highest recorded value was 99.62 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Georgia?
- The lowest recorded value was 75.33 in 2003.
- How does Georgia rank for starting a business - score?
- Georgia ranks 2nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Georgia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Georgia 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.