Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score was 92.46 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score in Sri Lanka, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 92.46 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 1.1% on the previous year and up 64.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Sri Lanka peaked at 92.46 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 44.22, in 2003.
Sri Lanka ranks 54th 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 Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 44.22 | — |
| 2004 | 54.27 | +22.7% |
| 2005 | 54.27 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 54.27 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 58.29 | +7.4% |
| 2008 | 56.28 | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 56.28 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 62.31 | +10.7% |
| 2011 | 65.33 | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 89.45 | +36.9% |
| 2013 | 89.45 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 89.45 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 90.45 | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 91.46 | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 91.46 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 91.46 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 92.46 | +1.1% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 92.46 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 88.44, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 92.46 is above the median for South Asia, which is 85.69, 1.1× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score in Sri Lanka changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +36.9% | 65.33 | 89.45 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 53.98 | 44.22 | 58.29 | 7 |
| 2010s | 85.33 | 62.31 | 92.46 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 52 Nigeria 93.24 compare
- 53 Sweden 92.96 compare
- 54 Afghanistan 92.46 compare
- 54 Bahrain 92.46 compare
- 54 Benin 92.46 compare
- 54 Gambia 92.46 compare
- 54 Germany 92.46 compare
- 54 Guinea-Bissau 92.46 compare
- 54 South Korea 92.46 compare
- 54 Madagascar 92.46 compare
- 54 Sierra Leone 92.46 compare
- 54 Slovenia 92.46 compare
More private sector data for Sri Lanka
- Merchandise trade 32.2% (2025)
- Food imports 15.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 59.7% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 21.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 27.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 66.0% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 13.58 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 624.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1248 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 6.33 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Sri Lanka?
- Starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Sri Lanka was 92.46 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - men (days) - score recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 92.46 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - men (days) - score recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.22 in 2003.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for starting a business: time - men (days) - score?
- Sri Lanka ranks 54th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - men (days) - score rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 64.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.