Starting a business - Score in Lithuania
Lithuania: Starting a business - Score was 93.27 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Lithuania, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business - score in Lithuania is 93.27, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Lithuania peaked at 93.27 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 78.55, in 2003.
Lithuania ranks 34th 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 Lithuania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 78.55 | — |
| 2004 | 78.91 | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 79.3 | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 81.37 | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 81.5 | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 82.19 | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 82.52 | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 84.64 | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 84.67 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 84.32 | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 90.1 | +6.9% |
| 2014 | 92.44 | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 92.93 | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 92.98 | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 93.05 | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 93.18 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 93.27 | +0.1% |
Lithuania compared with similar countries
- Lithuania's 93.27 is above the median for high income countries, which is 91.07, 1.0× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Lithuania's 93.27 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 | 80.62 | 78.55 | 82.52 | 7 |
| 2010s | 90.16 | 84.32 | 93.27 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
More private sector data for Lithuania
- Merchandise trade 95.2% (2025)
- Food imports 13.1% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 63.0% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 49.01 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 19.7% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 60.0% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 41.63 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 14,410 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4372 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 4.55 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Lithuania?
- Starting a business - score in Lithuania was 93.27 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 93.27 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 78.55 in 2003.
- How does Lithuania rank for starting a business - score?
- Lithuania ranks 34th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lithuania 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.