Starting a business - Score in Palestine, State of
Palestine, State of: Starting a business - Score was 70.19 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Palestine, State of, 2004–2019
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
| 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 47.57 | 43.01 | 53.64 | 6 |
| 2010s | 60.11 | 41.71 | 70.19 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Palestine, State of
- 171 Honduras 71.36 compare
- 172 Philippines 71.28 compare
- 173 South Sudan 71.01 compare
- 175 Micronesia, Federated States of 69.61 compare
- 176 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 69.36 compare
- 177 Mozambique 69.26 compare
More private sector data for Palestine, State of
- Food imports 30.9% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 45.9% (2023)
- Food exports 21.4% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 63.3% (2023)
- Commercial service exports (current US$), per capita 103.2 current US$ per person (2025)
- Commercial service exports 558.70 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0325 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Transport services 47.1% (2025)
- Commercial service imports (current US$), per capita 227.75 current US$ per person (2025)
- Computer, communications and other services 8.6% (2025)
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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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.