Starting a business - Score in Guatemala
Guatemala: Starting a business - Score was 86.8 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Guatemala, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business - score in Guatemala is 86.8, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 34.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Guatemala peaked at 86.8 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 57.48, in 2003.
That places Guatemala 100th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it 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 Guatemala, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 57.48 | — |
| 2004 | 57.93 | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 58.63 | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 63.55 | +8.4% |
| 2007 | 64.17 | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 63.65 | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 64.51 | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 64.31 | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 64.01 | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 64.64 | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 74.68 | +15.5% |
| 2014 | 77.29 | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 77.43 | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 77.61 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 77.83 | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 86.71 | +11.4% |
| 2019 | 86.8 | +0.1% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 86.8 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 86.74, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 86.8 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 85.6, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 61.42 | 57.48 | 64.51 | 7 |
| 2010s | 75.13 | 64.01 | 86.8 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
More private sector data for Guatemala
- Merchandise trade 40.7% (2025)
- Food imports 17.4% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 64.4% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 34.61 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 47.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 45.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 15.56 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 832.52 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1262 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 6.55 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Guatemala?
- Starting a business - score in Guatemala was 86.8 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 86.8 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 57.48 in 2003.
- How does Guatemala rank for starting a business - score?
- Guatemala ranks 100th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guatemala 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.