Starting a business - Score in India
India: Starting a business - Score was 81.6 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in India, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business - score in India stood at 81.6. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 69.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in India peaked at 81.6 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 24.09, in 2003.
India ranks 137th of 191 countries on this measure, 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 India, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 24.09 | — |
| 2004 | 25.2 | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 26.78 | +6.3% |
| 2006 | 41.92 | +56.5% |
| 2007 | 42.78 | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 45.74 | +6.9% |
| 2009 | 48.02 | +5.0% |
| 2010 | 53.33 | +11.1% |
| 2011 | 56.86 | +6.6% |
| 2012 | 57.81 | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 59.14 | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 61.83 | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 71.74 | +16.0% |
| 2016 | 72.19 | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 73.9 | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 80.96 | +9.5% |
| 2019 | 81.6 | +0.8% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 81.6 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 82.73, 99% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- India's 81.6 is below the median for South Asia, which is 84.36, 97% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business - Score in India 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +56.5% | 26.78 | 41.92 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 36.36 | 24.09 | 48.02 | 7 |
| 2010s | 66.94 | 53.33 | 81.6 | 10 |
Countries ranked near India
More private sector data for India
- Merchandise trade 30.3% (2025)
- Food imports 5.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 46.5% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 753.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 11.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 67.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 445.28 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 304.18 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1126 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 0.5401 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in India?
- Starting a business - score in India was 81.6 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 81.6 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.09 in 2003.
- How does India rank for starting a business - score?
- India ranks 137th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 69.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.