Starting a business - Score in Thailand
Thailand: Starting a business - Score was 92.36 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Thailand, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Thailand recorded 92.36 for starting a business - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 18.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Thailand peaked at 92.36 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 75.75, in 2003.
That places Thailand 48th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business - Score in Thailand, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 75.75 | — |
| 2004 | 75.8 | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 75.94 | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 76.05 | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 76.07 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 76.26 | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 77.68 | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 78.85 | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 80.92 | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 82.67 | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 82.68 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 82.69 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 82.68 | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 84.66 | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 91.97 | +8.6% |
| 2018 | 92.34 | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 92.36 | +0.0% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 92.36 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 86.74, 1.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 92.36 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 86.39, 1.1× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 76.22 | 75.75 | 77.68 | 7 |
| 2010s | 85.18 | 78.85 | 92.36 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
More private sector data for Thailand
- Merchandise trade 118.6% (2025)
- Food imports 6.6% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 65.8% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 344.94 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 14.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 72.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 339.63 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,742 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.5886 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 12.93 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Thailand?
- Starting a business - score in Thailand was 92.36 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 92.36 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 75.75 in 2003.
- How does Thailand rank for starting a business - score?
- Thailand ranks 48th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Thailand 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.