Starting a business - Score in Poland
Poland: Starting a business - Score was 82.91 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Poland, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Poland recorded 82.91 for starting a business - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Poland peaked at 82.91 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 51.47, in 2003.
That places Poland 129th 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 Poland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 51.47 | — |
| 2004 | 52.12 | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 56.11 | +7.6% |
| 2006 | 58.94 | +5.0% |
| 2007 | 59.45 | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 61.38 | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 78.47 | +27.8% |
| 2010 | 78.54 | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 78.62 | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 79.04 | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 82.52 | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 82.56 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 82.71 | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 82.75 | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 82.78 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 82.85 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 82.91 | +0.1% |
Poland compared with similar countries
- Poland's 82.91 is below the median for high income countries, which is 91.07, 91% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Poland's 82.91 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 92.32, 90% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business - Score in Poland changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +27.8% | 61.38 | 78.47 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 59.7 | 51.47 | 78.47 | 7 |
| 2010s | 81.53 | 78.54 | 82.91 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Poland
More private sector data for Poland
- Merchandise trade 80.6% (2025)
- Food imports 9.7% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 76.6% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 420.91 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 14.9% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 78.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 413.89 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 11,360 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3997 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 8.11 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Poland?
- Starting a business - score in Poland was 82.91 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 82.91 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 51.47 in 2003.
- How does Poland rank for starting a business - score?
- Poland ranks 129th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Poland 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.