Starting a business - Score in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Starting a business - Score was 88.2 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Sri Lanka, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business - score in Sri Lanka stood at 88.2. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 22.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Sri Lanka peaked at 88.2 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 66.88, in 2003.
Sri Lanka ranks 86th 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 Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 66.88 | — |
| 2004 | 70.21 | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 70.55 | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 71.34 | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 75.34 | +5.6% |
| 2008 | 71.43 | -5.2% |
| 2009 | 72.06 | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 74.58 | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 75.81 | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 82.27 | +8.5% |
| 2013 | 82.34 | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 83.01 | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 84.98 | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 87.52 | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 87.74 | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 87.87 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 88.2 | +0.4% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 88.2 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 86.74, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 88.2 is above the median for South Asia, which is 84.36, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 71.12 | 66.88 | 75.34 | 7 |
| 2010s | 83.43 | 74.58 | 88.2 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More private sector data for Sri Lanka
- Merchandise trade 32.2% (2025)
- Food imports 15.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 59.7% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 21.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 27.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 66.0% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 13.58 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 624.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1248 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 6.33 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Sri Lanka?
- Starting a business - score in Sri Lanka was 88.2 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 88.2 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 66.88 in 2003.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for starting a business - score?
- Sri Lanka ranks 86th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.