Starting a business - Score in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Starting a business - Score was 94.76 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in United Arab Emirates, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business - score in United Arab Emirates stood at 94.76. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 13.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in United Arab Emirates peaked at 94.76 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 63.9, in 2003.
United Arab Emirates ranks 18th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business - Score in United Arab Emirates, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 63.9 | — |
| 2004 | 65.09 | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 66.71 | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 68.31 | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 70.75 | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 71.17 | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 83.81 | +17.8% |
| 2010 | 83.62 | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 85.5 | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 88.53 | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 88.47 | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 88.49 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 88.5 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 91.21 | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 91.16 | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 94.06 | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 94.76 | +0.7% |
United Arab Emirates compared with similar countries
- United Arab Emirates's 94.76 is above the median for high income countries, which is 91.07, 1.0× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- United Arab Emirates's 94.76 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 87.84, 1.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 69.96 | 63.9 | 83.81 | 7 |
| 2010s | 89.43 | 83.62 | 94.76 | 10 |
Countries ranked near United Arab Emirates
More private sector data for United Arab Emirates
- Merchandise trade 208.2% (2024)
- Food imports 5.0% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 54.9% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 618.88 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 2.9% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 8.8% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 706.67 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 61,380 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 1.1 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 16.69 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in United Arab Emirates?
- Starting a business - score in United Arab Emirates was 94.76 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 94.76 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.9 in 2003.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for starting a business - score?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 18th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates 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.