Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score in Albania
Albania: Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score was 95.98 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score in Albania, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Albania stood at 95.98. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Albania peaked at 95.98 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 59.3, in 2003.
That places Albania 24th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score in Albania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 59.3 | — |
| 2004 | 60.3 | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 59.3 | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 61.31 | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 63.32 | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 90.45 | +42.9% |
| 2009 | 94.47 | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 94.47 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 94.47 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 95.48 | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 95.48 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 95.48 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 95.48 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 95.48 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 95.48 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 95.98 | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 95.98 | +0.0% |
Albania compared with similar countries
- Albania's 95.98 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 88.44, 1.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Albania's 95.98 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 93.47, 1.0× the median. (49 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score in Albania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +42.9% | 63.32 | 90.45 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 69.78 | 59.3 | 94.47 | 7 |
| 2010s | 95.38 | 94.47 | 95.98 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Albania
- 23 United States 96.28 compare
- 24 Kosovo 95.98 compare
- 24 Mauritius 95.98 compare
- 24 United Kingdom 95.98 compare
- 24 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 95.98 compare
More private sector data for Albania
- Merchandise trade 47.9% (2025)
- Food imports 16.6% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 63.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 10.28 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 13.4% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 54.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 4.35 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,850 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1423 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 8.68 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Albania?
- Starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Albania was 95.98 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - men (days) - score recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 95.98 in 2018.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - men (days) - score recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 59.3 in 2003.
- How does Albania rank for starting a business: time - men (days) - score?
- Albania ranks 24th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - men (days) - score rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Albania data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for the time for men benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.