Starting a business - Score in Spain
Spain: Starting a business - Score was 86.95 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Spain, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Spain recorded 86.95 for starting a business - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 26.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Spain peaked at 86.95 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 58.54, in 2003.
That places Spain 98th 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 Spain, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 58.54 | — |
| 2004 | 58.59 | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 66.26 | +13.1% |
| 2006 | 68.87 | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 69.08 | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 68.88 | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 68.88 | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 71.09 | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 78.19 | +10.0% |
| 2012 | 76.43 | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 77.93 | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 86.36 | +10.8% |
| 2015 | 86.4 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 86.7 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 86.74 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 86.91 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 86.95 | +0.0% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 86.95 is below the median for high income countries, which is 91.07, 95% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Spain's 86.95 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 92.32, 94% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 65.59 | 58.54 | 69.08 | 7 |
| 2010s | 82.37 | 71.09 | 86.95 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Spain
More private sector data for Spain
- Merchandise trade 50.3% (2025)
- Food imports 12.5% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 65.3% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 513.32 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 18.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 65.2% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 445.11 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 9,018 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2335 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 3.87 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Spain?
- Starting a business - score in Spain was 86.95 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 86.95 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 58.54 in 2003.
- How does Spain rank for starting a business - score?
- Spain ranks 98th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain 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.