Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score in Hong Kong, China

Hong Kong, China: Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score was 99 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
99
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
3rd
of 191 countries
All-time high
99
in 2015
All-time low
89.45
in 2003
Years of data
17
2003–2019

Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score in Hong Kong, China, 2003–2019

0204060801002003201120192003: 89.42004: 89.42005: 89.42006: 89.42007: 89.42008: 89.42009: 94.52010: 94.52011: 982012: 982013: 982014: 982015: 992016: 992017: 992018: 992019: 99

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Hong Kong, China stood at 99. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.

That represents a change of up 4.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Hong Kong, China peaked at 99 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 89.45, in 2003.

Hong Kong, China ranks 3rd of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.

Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score in Hong Kong, China, year by year

Annual values for Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score in Hong Kong, China, 2003 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2003 89.45
2004 89.45 +0.0%
2005 89.45 +0.0%
2006 89.45 +0.0%
2007 89.45 +0.0%
2008 89.45 +0.0%
2009 94.47 +5.6%
2010 94.47 +0.0%
2011 97.99 +3.7%
2012 97.99 +0.0%
2013 97.99 +0.0%
2014 97.99 +0.0%
2015 99 +1.0%
2016 99 +0.0%
2017 99 +0.0%
2018 99 +0.0%
2019 99 +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 90.17 89.45 94.47 7
2010s 98.14 94.47 99 10

Countries ranked near Hong Kong, China

  1. 1 New Zealand 100 compare
  2. 2 Georgia 99.5 compare
  3. 3 Canada 99 compare
  4. 3 Singapore 99 compare
  5. 6 Australia 98.49 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Hong Kong, China?
Starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Hong Kong, China was 99 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest starting a business: time - men (days) - score recorded in Hong Kong, China?
The highest recorded value was 99 in 2015.
What is the lowest starting a business: time - men (days) - score recorded in Hong Kong, China?
The lowest recorded value was 89.45 in 2003.
How does Hong Kong, China rank for starting a business: time - men (days) - score?
Hong Kong, China ranks 3rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is starting a business: time - men (days) - score rising or falling in Hong Kong, China?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Hong Kong, China 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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Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 3,094 data points, 2003–2019
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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.