Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score was 83.92 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score in Dominican Republic, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 83.92 for starting a business: time - men (days) - score in 2019.
That represents a change of down 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Dominican Republic peaked at 85.93 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 21.11, in 2003.
Dominican Republic ranks 124th 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 Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 21.11 | — |
| 2004 | 21.11 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 24.12 | +14.3% |
| 2006 | 24.12 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 75.38 | +212.5% |
| 2008 | 85.43 | +13.3% |
| 2009 | 84.42 | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 85.43 | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 85.93 | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 85.93 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 85.93 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 85.93 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 85.93 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 81.91 | -4.7% |
| 2017 | 83.92 | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 83.92 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 83.92 | +0.0% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 83.92 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 88.44, 95% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 83.92 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 84.42, 99% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score in Dominican Republic 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +212.5% | 24.12 | 75.38 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 47.95 | 21.11 | 85.43 | 7 |
| 2010s | 84.87 | 81.91 | 85.93 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
- 124 Pakistan 83.92 compare
- 124 El Salvador 83.92 compare
- 124 Luxembourg 83.92 compare
More private sector data for Dominican Republic
- Merchandise trade 35.6% (2025)
- Food imports 17.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 63.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 29.75 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 25.0% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 58.2% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 15.58 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,352 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1223 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 12.31 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Dominican Republic?
- Starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Dominican Republic was 83.92 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - men (days) - score recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 85.93 in 2011.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - men (days) - score recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.11 in 2003.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for starting a business: time - men (days) - score?
- Dominican Republic ranks 124th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - men (days) - score rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominican Republic 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 17 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.