Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score in Ecuador
Ecuador: Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score was 51.76 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score in Ecuador, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 51.76 for starting a business: time - men (days) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 43.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Ecuador peaked at 51.76 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 8.04, in 2003.
Ecuador ranks 179th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 8.04 | — |
| 2004 | 8.04 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 31.16 | +287.5% |
| 2006 | 35.18 | +12.9% |
| 2007 | 35.18 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 35.18 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 36.18 | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 44.22 | +22.2% |
| 2011 | 44.72 | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 44.72 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 44.72 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 44.72 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 49.75 | +11.2% |
| 2016 | 51.76 | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 51.76 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 51.76 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 51.76 | +0.0% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 51.76 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 88.44, 59% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 51.76 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 84.42, 61% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 26.99 | 8.04 | 36.18 | 7 |
| 2010s | 47.99 | 44.22 | 51.76 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
More private sector data for Ecuador
- Merchandise trade 53.6% (2025)
- Food imports 12.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 59.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 32.65 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 53.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 4.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 37.15 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,031 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2851 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 7.93 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Ecuador?
- Starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Ecuador was 51.76 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - men (days) - score recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 51.76 in 2016.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - men (days) - score recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.04 in 2003.
- How does Ecuador rank for starting a business: time - men (days) - score?
- Ecuador ranks 179th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - men (days) - score rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ecuador 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.