Starting a business - Score in Jordan
Jordan: Starting a business - Score was 84.5 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Jordan, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business - score in Jordan stood at 84.5.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Jordan peaked at 85.04 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 23.75, in 2003.
That places Jordan 121st 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 Jordan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 23.75 | — |
| 2004 | 41.73 | +75.7% |
| 2005 | 46.33 | +11.0% |
| 2006 | 47.88 | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 57.73 | +20.6% |
| 2008 | 80.08 | +38.7% |
| 2009 | 82.66 | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 83.13 | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 84.71 | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 84.73 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 84.86 | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 84.96 | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 85.04 | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 84.84 | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 84.4 | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 84.43 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 84.5 | +0.1% |
Jordan compared with similar countries
- Jordan's 84.5 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 86.74, 97% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Jordan's 84.5 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 87.84, 96% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business - Score in Jordan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +75.7% | 23.75 | 41.73 |
| 2008 | +38.7% | 57.73 | 80.08 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 54.31 | 23.75 | 82.66 | 7 |
| 2010s | 84.56 | 83.13 | 85.04 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Jordan
More private sector data for Jordan
- Merchandise trade 71.2% (2025)
- Food imports 20.7% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 56.9% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 28.95 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 17.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 72.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 14.91 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,294 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2421 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 10.19 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Jordan?
- Starting a business - score in Jordan was 84.5 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 85.04 in 2015.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.75 in 2003.
- How does Jordan rank for starting a business - score?
- Jordan ranks 121st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jordan 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.