Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico: Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score was 94.97 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
94.97
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
32nd
of 190 countries
All-time high
94.97
in 2016
All-time low
93.47
in 2003
Years of data
17
2003–2019

Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score in Puerto Rico, 2003–2019

0204060801002003201120192003: 93.52004: 93.52005: 93.52006: 93.52007: 93.52008: 93.52009: 93.52010: 93.52011: 94.52012: 94.52013: 94.52014: 94.52015: 94.52016: 952017: 952018: 952019: 95

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Puerto Rico is 94.97, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Puerto Rico peaked at 94.97 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 93.47, in 2003.

That places Puerto Rico 32nd out of 190 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 93.47 93.47 93.47 7
2010s 94.57 93.47 94.97 10

Countries ranked near Puerto Rico

  1. 32 Latvia 94.97 compare
  2. 32 Lithuania 94.97 compare
  3. 35 Côte d’Ivoire 94.47 compare
  4. 35 Cyprus 94.47 compare
  5. 35 Mauritania 94.47 compare
  6. 35 Panama 94.47 compare
  7. 35 Senegal 94.47 compare
  8. 35 Thailand 94.47 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Puerto Rico?
Starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Puerto Rico was 94.97 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest starting a business: time - men (days) - score recorded in Puerto Rico?
The highest recorded value was 94.97 in 2016.
What is the lowest starting a business: time - men (days) - score recorded in Puerto Rico?
The lowest recorded value was 93.47 in 2003.
How does Puerto Rico rank for starting a business: time - men (days) - score?
Puerto Rico ranks 32nd out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
Is starting a business: time - men (days) - score rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Puerto Rico 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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Indicator
Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
190 places, 3,083 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.