Starting a business - Score in Greece
Greece: Starting a business - Score was 96 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Greece, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Greece recorded 96 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 3.9% on the previous year and up 35.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Greece peaked at 96 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 57.45, in 2003.
Greece ranks 11th 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 Greece, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 57.45 | — |
| 2004 | 58.07 | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 59.66 | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 60.03 | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 60.85 | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 70.73 | +16.2% |
| 2009 | 70.9 | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 70.78 | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 78.72 | +11.2% |
| 2012 | 78.57 | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 89.22 | +13.6% |
| 2014 | 90.71 | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 90.69 | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 90.68 | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 92.37 | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 92.37 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 96 | +3.9% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 96 is above the median for high income countries, which is 91.07, 1.1× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Greece's 96 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 | 62.53 | 57.45 | 70.9 | 7 |
| 2010s | 87.01 | 70.78 | 96 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 8 Uzbekistan 96.16 compare
- 9 Azerbaijan 96.16 compare
- 10 Armenia 96.09 compare
- 12 Kosovo 95.88 compare
- 12 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 95.88 compare
- 14 Moldova 95.68 compare
More private sector data for Greece
- Merchandise trade 52.5% (2025)
- Food imports 13.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 54.6% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 92.56 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 21.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 37.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 54.77 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 5,259 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1952 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 1.24 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Greece?
- Starting a business - score in Greece was 96 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 96 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 57.45 in 2003.
- How does Greece rank for starting a business - score?
- Greece ranks 11th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece 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.