Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score was 59.3 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score in Papua New Guinea, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 59.3 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 22.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Papua New Guinea peaked at 59.3 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 47.24, in 2013.
That places Papua New Guinea 174th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it 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 Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 48.24 | — |
| 2004 | 48.24 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 48.24 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 48.24 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 48.24 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 48.24 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 48.24 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 48.24 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 48.24 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 48.24 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 47.24 | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 47.24 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 47.24 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 59.3 | +25.5% |
| 2017 | 59.3 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 59.3 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 59.3 | +0.0% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 59.3 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 85.43, 69% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 59.3 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 87.62, 68% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 48.24 | 48.24 | 48.24 | 7 |
| 2010s | 52.36 | 47.24 | 59.3 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
More private sector data for Papua New Guinea
- Merchandise trade 62.0% (2025)
- Food imports 16.5% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 64.7% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 4.62 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 19.7% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 1.8% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 15.54 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,444 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4782 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 11.21 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Papua New Guinea?
- Starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Papua New Guinea was 59.3 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - men (days) - score recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 59.3 in 2016.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - men (days) - score recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.24 in 2013.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for starting a business: time - men (days) - score?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 174th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - men (days) - score rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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.