Starting a business - Score in Myanmar
Myanmar: Starting a business - Score was 89.35 in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Starting a business - Score in Myanmar, 2012–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business - score in Myanmar stood at 89.35. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.5% on the previous year and up 477.3% over ten years.
That places Myanmar 71st out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
Starting a business - Score in Myanmar, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 15.48 | — |
| 2013 | 16.61 | +7.3% |
| 2014 | 17.73 | +6.8% |
| 2015 | 64.74 | +265.1% |
| 2016 | 75.29 | +16.3% |
| 2017 | 75.42 | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 77.33 | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 89.35 | +15.5% |
Myanmar compared with similar countries
- Myanmar's 89.35 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 82.73, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Myanmar's 89.35 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 86.39, 1.0× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Myanmar
More private sector data for Myanmar
- Merchandise trade 36.3% (2025)
- Food imports 9.7% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 52.6% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 14.33 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 36.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 35.7% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 15.30 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 278.9 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1873 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 2.51 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Myanmar?
- Starting a business - score in Myanmar was 89.35 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 89.35 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.48 in 2012.
- How does Myanmar rank for starting a business - score?
- Myanmar ranks 71st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 477.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Myanmar 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.