Starting a business - Score in Nepal
Nepal: Starting a business - Score was 81.66 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Nepal, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business - score in Nepal stood at 81.66.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Nepal peaked at 83.77 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 73.69, in 2006.
That places Nepal 136th 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 Nepal, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 73.76 | — |
| 2004 | 74.26 | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 74.78 | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 73.69 | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 74.28 | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 75.99 | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 76.81 | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 77.69 | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 79.34 | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 79.89 | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 82.71 | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 83.01 | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 83.48 | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 83.77 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 81.76 | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 82.13 | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 81.66 | -0.6% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 81.66 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 82.73, 99% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 81.66 is below the median for South Asia, which is 84.36, 97% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 74.79 | 73.69 | 76.81 | 7 |
| 2010s | 81.54 | 77.69 | 83.77 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
More private sector data for Nepal
- Merchandise trade 36.7% (2025)
- Food imports 18.0% (2022)
- Manufactures imports 52.5% (2022)
- Merchandise imports 14.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 49.4% (2022)
- Manufactures exports 47.5% (2022)
- Merchandise exports 2.31 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 78.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0508 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 75.61 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Nepal?
- Starting a business - score in Nepal was 81.66 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 83.77 in 2016.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.69 in 2006.
- How does Nepal rank for starting a business - score?
- Nepal ranks 136th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nepal 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.