Starting a business - Score in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Starting a business - Score was 80.15 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Papua New Guinea, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business - score in Papua New Guinea is 80.15, measured in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Papua New Guinea peaked at 80.53 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 76.11, in 2003.
Papua New Guinea ranks 143rd of 191 countries on this measure, 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 Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 76.11 | — |
| 2004 | 76.18 | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 76.25 | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 76.74 | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 76.68 | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 77 | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 77.35 | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 76.33 | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 76.73 | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 77.12 | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 76.97 | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 77.03 | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 77.29 | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 80.53 | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 79.93 | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 79.91 | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 80.15 | +0.3% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 80.15 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 82.73, 97% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 80.15 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 86.39, 93% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 76.61 | 76.11 | 77.35 | 7 |
| 2010s | 78.2 | 76.33 | 80.53 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
More private sector data for Papua New Guinea
- Merchandise trade 62.0% (2025)
- Food imports 16.5% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 64.7% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 4.62 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 19.7% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 1.8% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 15.54 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,444 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4782 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 11.21 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Papua New Guinea?
- Starting a business - score in Papua New Guinea was 80.15 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 80.53 in 2016.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 76.11 in 2003.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for starting a business - score?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 143rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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.