Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score in Italy
Italy: Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score was 89.45 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score in Italy, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Italy stood at 89.45. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Italy peaked at 89.45 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 77.39, in 2003.
Italy ranks 85th 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 Italy, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 77.39 | — |
| 2004 | 85.43 | +10.4% |
| 2005 | 85.43 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 85.43 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 85.43 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 88.44 | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 87.94 | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 87.94 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 87.94 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 87.94 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 87.94 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 88.94 | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 89.45 | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 89.45 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 89.45 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 89.45 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 89.45 | +0.0% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 89.45 is below the median for high income countries, which is 92.21, 97% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Italy's 89.45 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 93.47, 96% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 85.07 | 77.39 | 88.44 | 7 |
| 2010s | 88.79 | 87.94 | 89.45 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More private sector data for Italy
- Merchandise trade 54.7% (2025)
- Food imports 11.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 66.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 668.67 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 11.2% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 79.2% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 726.50 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 12,331 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2847 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 7.87 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Italy?
- Starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Italy was 89.45 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - men (days) - score recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 89.45 in 2015.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - men (days) - score recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 77.39 in 2003.
- How does Italy rank for starting a business: time - men (days) - score?
- Italy ranks 85th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - men (days) - score rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.