Starting a business - Score in Turkey
Turkey: Starting a business - Score was 88.79 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Turkey, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business - score in Turkey stood at 88.79. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Turkey peaked at 88.79 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 62.92, in 2003.
That places Turkey 78th 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 Turkey, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 62.92 | — |
| 2004 | 79.44 | +26.3% |
| 2005 | 79.35 | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 79.63 | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 80.52 | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 81.62 | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 81.81 | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 81.4 | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 81.44 | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 81.6 | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 81.01 | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 79.08 | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 79.2 | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 81.02 | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 81.91 | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 88.21 | +7.7% |
| 2019 | 88.79 | +0.7% |
Turkey compared with similar countries
- Turkey's 88.79 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 86.74, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Turkey's 88.79 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 92.32, 96% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business - Score in Turkey 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +26.3% | 62.92 | 79.44 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 77.9 | 62.92 | 81.81 | 7 |
| 2010s | 82.37 | 79.08 | 88.79 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Turkey
- 75 Maldives 89.16 compare
- 76 Liberia 88.94 compare
- 77 Luxembourg 88.83 compare
- 79 North Macedonia 88.62 compare
- 80 Trinidad and Tobago 88.58 compare
- 81 Madagascar 88.46 compare
More private sector data for Turkey
- Merchandise trade 40.0% (2025)
- Food imports 6.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 60.8% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 365.37 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 12.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 73.6% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 273.36 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 3,183 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1711 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 4.42 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Turkey?
- Starting a business - score in Turkey was 88.79 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 88.79 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 62.92 in 2003.
- How does Turkey rank for starting a business - score?
- Turkey ranks 78th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Turkey 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.