Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score was 96.98 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score in United Arab Emirates, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: time - men (days) - score in United Arab Emirates stood at 96.98. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - men (days) - score in United Arab Emirates peaked at 96.98 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 81.41, in 2003.
That places United Arab Emirates 10th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it 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 United Arab Emirates, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 81.41 | — |
| 2004 | 81.41 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 81.41 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 81.41 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 82.41 | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 82.41 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 85.43 | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 85.43 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 87.44 | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 92.46 | +5.7% |
| 2013 | 92.46 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 92.46 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 92.46 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 92.46 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 92.46 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 96.98 | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 96.98 | +0.0% |
United Arab Emirates compared with similar countries
- United Arab Emirates's 96.98 is above the median for high income countries, which is 92.21, 1.1× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- United Arab Emirates's 96.98 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 86.43, 1.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 82.27 | 81.41 | 85.43 | 7 |
| 2010s | 92.16 | 85.43 | 96.98 | 10 |
Countries ranked near United Arab Emirates
- 7 Togo 97.99 compare
- 8 Jamaica 97.49 compare
- 8 Uzbekistan 97.49 compare
- 10 Azerbaijan 96.98 compare
- 10 Denmark 96.98 compare
- 10 Estonia 96.98 compare
- 10 Netherlands 96.98 compare
More private sector data for United Arab Emirates
- Merchandise trade 208.2% (2024)
- Food imports 5.0% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 54.9% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 618.88 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 2.9% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 8.8% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 706.67 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 61,380 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 1.1 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 16.69 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - men (days) - score in United Arab Emirates?
- Starting a business: time - men (days) - score in United Arab Emirates was 96.98 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - men (days) - score recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 96.98 in 2018.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - men (days) - score recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 81.41 in 2003.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for starting a business: time - men (days) - score?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 10th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - men (days) - score rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates 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.