Starting a business - Score in Malaysia
Malaysia: Starting a business - Score was 83.32 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Malaysia, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business - score in Malaysia is 83.32, measured in 2019.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Malaysia peaked at 89.31 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 72.59, in 2003.
That places Malaysia 127th 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 Malaysia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 72.59 | — |
| 2004 | 72.73 | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 73.4 | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 73.6 | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 75.35 | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 78.64 | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 79.55 | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 81.05 | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 87.85 | +8.4% |
| 2012 | 87.76 | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 88.7 | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 89.25 | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 89.31 | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 80 | -10.4% |
| 2017 | 80.14 | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 82.78 | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 83.32 | +0.6% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 83.32 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 86.74, 96% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 83.32 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 86.39, 96% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 75.13 | 72.59 | 79.55 | 7 |
| 2010s | 85.02 | 80 | 89.31 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
More private sector data for Malaysia
- Merchandise trade 151.7% (2025)
- Food imports 8.3% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 72.0% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 340.44 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.4% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 72.7% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 376.04 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 10,452 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.7964 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 13.69 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Malaysia?
- Starting a business - score in Malaysia was 83.32 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 89.31 in 2015.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 72.59 in 2003.
- How does Malaysia rank for starting a business - score?
- Malaysia ranks 127th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malaysia 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.