Starting a business - Score in Philippines
Philippines: Starting a business - Score was 71.28 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Philippines, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business - score in Philippines stood at 71.28. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.9% on the previous year and up 13.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Philippines peaked at 71.28 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 62.27, in 2003.
That places Philippines 172nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business - Score in Philippines, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 62.27 | — |
| 2004 | 62.91 | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 63.53 | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 63.83 | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 63.31 | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 63.87 | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 62.64 | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 63.75 | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 65.98 | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 66.06 | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 66.18 | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 67.18 | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 67.55 | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 67.63 | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 64.15 | -5.1% |
| 2018 | 69.3 | +8.0% |
| 2019 | 71.28 | +2.9% |
Philippines compared with similar countries
- Philippines's 71.28 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 86.74, 82% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Philippines's 71.28 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 86.39, 83% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 63.19 | 62.27 | 63.87 | 7 |
| 2010s | 66.91 | 63.75 | 71.28 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Philippines
More private sector data for Philippines
- Merchandise trade 46.2% (2025)
- Food imports 15.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 65.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 141.20 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.4% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 77.2% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 83.72 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 716.89 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1719 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 14.71 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Philippines?
- Starting a business - score in Philippines was 71.28 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Philippines?
- The highest recorded value was 71.28 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Philippines?
- The lowest recorded value was 62.27 in 2003.
- How does Philippines rank for starting a business - score?
- Philippines ranks 172nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Philippines?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Philippines 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.