Starting a business - Score in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Starting a business - Score was 94.43 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Kazakhstan, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Kazakhstan recorded 94.43 for starting a business - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 15.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Kazakhstan peaked at 94.43 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 73.41, in 2003.
Kazakhstan ranks 23rd of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business - Score in Kazakhstan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 73.41 | — |
| 2004 | 73.83 | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 77.58 | +5.1% |
| 2006 | 79.26 | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 79.2 | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 79.93 | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 81.79 | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 83.92 | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 84.09 | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 84.94 | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 86.7 | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 87.22 | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 89.95 | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 91.94 | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 91.95 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 92.96 | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 94.43 | +1.6% |
Kazakhstan compared with similar countries
- Kazakhstan's 94.43 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 86.74, 1.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Kazakhstan's 94.43 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 | 77.86 | 73.41 | 81.79 | 7 |
| 2010s | 88.81 | 83.92 | 94.43 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Kazakhstan
More private sector data for Kazakhstan
- Merchandise trade 46.8% (2025)
- Food imports 11.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 81.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 64.46 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 6.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 20.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 78.79 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 3,780 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2573 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -4.46 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Kazakhstan?
- Starting a business - score in Kazakhstan was 94.43 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The highest recorded value was 94.43 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.41 in 2003.
- How does Kazakhstan rank for starting a business - score?
- Kazakhstan ranks 23rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Kazakhstan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kazakhstan 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.