Starting a business - Score in New Zealand
New Zealand: Starting a business - Score was 99.98 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in New Zealand, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business - score in New Zealand stood at 99.98. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in New Zealand peaked at 99.98 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 95.62, in 2003.
New Zealand ranks 1st of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business - Score in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 95.62 | — |
| 2004 | 95.62 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 95.62 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 95.62 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 95.62 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 99.95 | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 99.95 | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 99.95 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 99.95 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 99.96 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 99.96 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 99.96 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 99.96 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 99.96 | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 99.96 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 99.98 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 99.98 | +0.0% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 99.98 is above the median for high income countries, which is 91.07, 1.1× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 99.98 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 86.39, 1.2× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 96.86 | 95.62 | 99.95 | 7 |
| 2010s | 99.96 | 99.95 | 99.98 | 10 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
More private sector data for New Zealand
- Merchandise trade 35.7% (2025)
- Food imports 12.8% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 70.7% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 47.55 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 69.0% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 14.0% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 46.70 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 8,770 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1769 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 10.43 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in New Zealand?
- Starting a business - score in New Zealand was 99.98 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 99.98 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 95.62 in 2003.
- How does New Zealand rank for starting a business - score?
- New Zealand ranks 1st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.