Starting a business - Score in Norway
Norway: Starting a business - Score was 94.34 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Norway, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business - score in Norway stood at 94.34. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Norway peaked at 94.34 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 87.43, in 2003.
Norway ranks 26th 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 Norway, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 87.43 | — |
| 2004 | 87.55 | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 90.21 | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 92.07 | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 90.48 | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 91.16 | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 91.34 | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 91.26 | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 91.3 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 92.19 | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 92.21 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 94.03 | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 94.29 | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 94.3 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 94.3 | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 94.31 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 94.34 | +0.0% |
Norway compared with similar countries
- Norway's 94.34 is above the median for high income countries, which is 91.07, 1.0× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Norway's 94.34 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 | 90.03 | 87.43 | 92.07 | 7 |
| 2010s | 93.25 | 91.26 | 94.34 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Norway
- 23 Kazakhstan 94.43 compare
- 24 Ireland 94.4 compare
- 25 Netherlands 94.34 compare
- 27 Latvia 94.14 compare
- 28 Israel 94.08 compare
- 29 Cote d'Ivoire 93.69 compare
More private sector data for Norway
- Merchandise trade 52.4% (2025)
- Food imports 11.1% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 73.4% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 107.32 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.8% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 17.3% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 170.57 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 30,399 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3214 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 1.54 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Norway?
- Starting a business - score in Norway was 94.34 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 94.34 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 87.43 in 2003.
- How does Norway rank for starting a business - score?
- Norway ranks 26th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Norway 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.