Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score was 80.9 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score in Bangladesh, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Bangladesh is 80.9, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 62.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Bangladesh peaked at 80.9 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 25.63, in 2007.
Bangladesh ranks 140th 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: Time - Men (days) - Score in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 42.21 | — |
| 2004 | 48.74 | +15.5% |
| 2005 | 48.74 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 49.75 | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 25.63 | -48.5% |
| 2008 | 26.63 | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 49.75 | +86.8% |
| 2010 | 72.86 | +46.5% |
| 2011 | 72.86 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 72.86 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 78.55 | +7.8% |
| 2014 | 80.9 | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 80.9 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 80.9 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 80.9 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 80.9 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 80.9 | +0.0% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 80.9 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 85.43, 95% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Bangladesh's 80.9 is below the median for South Asia, which is 85.69, 94% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score in Bangladesh 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +86.8% | 26.63 | 49.75 |
| 2007 | -48.5% | 49.75 | 25.63 |
| 2010 | +46.5% | 49.75 | 72.86 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 41.64 | 25.63 | 49.75 | 7 |
| 2010s | 78.26 | 72.86 | 80.9 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More private sector data for Bangladesh
- Merchandise trade 25.8% (2025)
- Food imports 13.0% (2018)
- Manufactures imports 67.0% (2018)
- Merchandise imports 69.37 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 3.4% (2018)
- Manufactures exports 94.5% (2018)
- Merchandise exports 48.17 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 274.16 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1056 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Bangladesh?
- Starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Bangladesh was 80.9 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - men (days) - score recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 80.9 in 2014.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - men (days) - score recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.63 in 2007.
- How does Bangladesh rank for starting a business: time - men (days) - score?
- Bangladesh ranks 140th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - men (days) - score rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 62.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bangladesh 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.