Starting a business - Score in Palestine, State of

Palestine, State of: Starting a business - Score was 70.19 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
70.19
Change on year
up 1.2%
World rank
174th
of 191 countries
All-time high
70.19
in 2019
All-time low
41.71
in 2011
Years of data
16
2004–2019

Starting a business - Score in Palestine, State of, 2004–2019

0204060802004201120192004: 47.92005: 47.92006: 432007: 45.82008: 53.62009: 47.22010: 422011: 41.72012: 46.42013: 63.42014: 64.32015: 64.82016: 69.42017: 69.62018: 69.42019: 70.2

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, starting a business - score in Palestine, State of stood at 70.19. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 48.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Palestine, State of peaked at 70.19 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 41.71, in 2011.

That places Palestine, State of 174th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.

Starting a business - Score in Palestine, State of, year by year

Annual values for Starting a business - Score in Palestine, State of, 2004 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2004 47.88
2005 47.88 +0.0%
2006 43.01 -10.2%
2007 45.82 +6.5%
2008 53.64 +17.1%
2009 47.17 -12.1%
2010 41.99 -11.0%
2011 41.71 -0.7%
2012 46.36 +11.1%
2013 63.41 +36.8%
2014 64.32 +1.4%
2015 64.82 +0.8%
2016 69.37 +7.0%
2017 69.6 +0.3%
2018 69.37 -0.3%
2019 70.19 +1.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 47.57 43.01 53.64 6
2010s 60.11 41.71 70.19 10

Countries ranked near Palestine, State of

  1. 171 Honduras 71.36 compare
  2. 172 Philippines 71.28 compare
  3. 173 South Sudan 71.01 compare
  4. 175 Micronesia, Federated States of 69.61 compare
  5. 176 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 69.36 compare
  6. 177 Mozambique 69.26 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is starting a business - score in Palestine, State of?
Starting a business - score in Palestine, State of was 70.19 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Palestine, State of?
The highest recorded value was 70.19 in 2019.
What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Palestine, State of?
The lowest recorded value was 41.71 in 2011.
How does Palestine, State of rank for starting a business - score?
Palestine, State of ranks 174th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Palestine, State of?
Over the last ten years it is up 48.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Palestine, State of 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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Indicator
Starting a business - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 3,094 data points, 2003–2019
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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.