Starting a business - Score in Vietnam
Vietnam: Starting a business - Score was 85.11 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Vietnam, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Vietnam recorded 85.11 for starting a business - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 12.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Vietnam peaked at 85.11 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 66.1, in 2003.
Vietnam ranks 116th 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 Vietnam, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 66.1 | — |
| 2004 | 71.26 | +7.8% |
| 2005 | 73.13 | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 72.29 | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 75.09 | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 75.5 | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 75.93 | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 77.8 | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 77.97 | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 79.22 | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 78.86 | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 79.15 | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 82.72 | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 81.76 | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 82.02 | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 84.8 | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 85.11 | +0.4% |
Vietnam compared with similar countries
- Vietnam's 85.11 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 86.74, 98% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Vietnam's 85.11 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 86.39, 99% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 72.76 | 66.1 | 75.93 | 7 |
| 2010s | 80.94 | 77.8 | 85.11 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Vietnam
More private sector data for Vietnam
- Merchandise trade 180.0% (2025)
- Food imports 8.8% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 74.7% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 453.78 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 9.4% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 85.0% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 472.93 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,655 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.9188 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 16.82 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Vietnam?
- Starting a business - score in Vietnam was 85.11 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Vietnam?
- The highest recorded value was 85.11 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Vietnam?
- The lowest recorded value was 66.1 in 2003.
- How does Vietnam rank for starting a business - score?
- Vietnam ranks 116th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Vietnam?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vietnam 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.