Starting a business - Score in Uruguay
Uruguay: Starting a business - Score was 89.6 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Uruguay, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business - score in Uruguay stood at 89.6.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 39.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Uruguay peaked at 89.9 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 54.43, in 2003.
Uruguay ranks 67th of 191 countries on this measure, 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 Uruguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 54.43 | — |
| 2004 | 56.74 | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 59.14 | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 59.1 | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 57.58 | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 69.18 | +20.1% |
| 2009 | 64.34 | -7.0% |
| 2010 | 64.08 | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 89.5 | +39.7% |
| 2012 | 89.61 | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 89.67 | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 89.76 | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 89.9 | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 89.79 | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 89.8 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 89.78 | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 89.6 | -0.2% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 89.6 is below the median for high income countries, which is 91.07, 98% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 89.6 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 85.6, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business - Score in Uruguay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +39.7% | 64.08 | 89.5 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 60.07 | 54.43 | 69.18 | 7 |
| 2010s | 87.15 | 64.08 | 89.9 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More private sector data for Uruguay
- Merchandise trade 28.3% (2025)
- Food imports 14.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 69.6% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 12.95 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 65.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 18.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 11.23 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 3,318 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1316 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 9.53 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Uruguay?
- Starting a business - score in Uruguay was 89.6 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 89.9 in 2015.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 54.43 in 2003.
- How does Uruguay rank for starting a business - score?
- Uruguay ranks 67th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay 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.