Starting a business - Score in United Kingdom
United Kingdom: Starting a business - Score was 94.58 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in United Kingdom, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
United Kingdom recorded 94.58 for starting a business - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in United Kingdom peaked at 94.58 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 89.63, in 2003.
That places United Kingdom 19th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it 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 Kingdom, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 89.63 | — |
| 2004 | 89.64 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 89.79 | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 89.79 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 89.79 | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 89.79 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 89.79 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 89.79 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 89.8 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 89.8 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 89.85 | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 91.23 | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 94.57 | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 94.58 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 94.58 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 94.58 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 94.58 | +0.0% |
United Kingdom compared with similar countries
- United Kingdom's 94.58 is above the median for high income countries, which is 91.07, 1.0× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- United Kingdom's 94.58 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 92.32, 1.0× the median. (49 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 89.75 | 89.63 | 89.79 | 7 |
| 2010s | 92.34 | 89.79 | 94.58 | 10 |
Countries ranked near United Kingdom
More private sector data for United Kingdom
- Merchandise trade 37.6% (2025)
- Food imports 9.8% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 56.7% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 948.64 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 6.7% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 59.3% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 555.83 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 7,999 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1389 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 6.02 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in United Kingdom?
- Starting a business - score in United Kingdom was 94.58 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in United Kingdom?
- The highest recorded value was 94.58 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in United Kingdom?
- The lowest recorded value was 89.63 in 2003.
- How does United Kingdom rank for starting a business - score?
- United Kingdom ranks 19th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in United Kingdom?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Kingdom 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.