Starting a business - Score in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Starting a business - Score was 87.05 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business - score in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is 87.05, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines peaked at 87.05 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 82.36, in 2005.
That places Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 94th 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 15 years of available data.
Starting a business - Score in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 82.36 | — |
| 2006 | 82.59 | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 83.17 | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 83.47 | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 85.92 | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 86.13 | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 86 | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 86.55 | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 86.64 | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 86.7 | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 86.72 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 86.78 | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 86.82 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 86.87 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 87.05 | +0.2% |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines compared with similar countries
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines's 87.05 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 86.74, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines's 87.05 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 85.6, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 83.5 | 82.36 | 85.92 | 5 |
| 2010s | 86.63 | 86 | 87.05 | 10 |
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More private sector data for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Merchandise trade 43.5% (2025)
- Food imports 26.0% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 61.3% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 509.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 72.5% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 26.6% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 37.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 370.28 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0295 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -35.09 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- Starting a business - score in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was 87.05 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- The highest recorded value was 87.05 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- The lowest recorded value was 82.36 in 2005.
- How does Saint Vincent and the Grenadines rank for starting a business - score?
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ranks 94th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 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.