Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score in Uruguay
Uruguay: Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score was 93.97 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score in Uruguay, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Uruguay stood at 93.97. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 159.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Uruguay peaked at 93.97 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 36.18, in 2009.
That places Uruguay 42nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 55.28 | — |
| 2004 | 55.28 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 55.28 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 57.29 | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 57.29 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 57.29 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 36.18 | -36.8% |
| 2010 | 36.18 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 93.97 | +159.7% |
| 2012 | 93.97 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 93.97 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 93.97 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 93.97 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 93.97 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 93.97 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 93.97 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 93.97 | +0.0% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 93.97 is above the median for high income countries, which is 92.21, 1.0× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 93.97 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 84.42, 1.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 53.41 | 36.18 | 57.29 | 7 |
| 2010s | 88.19 | 36.18 | 93.97 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More private sector data for Uruguay
- Merchandise trade 28.3% (2025)
- Food imports 14.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 69.6% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 12.95 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 65.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 18.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 11.23 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 3,318 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1316 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 9.53 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Uruguay?
- Starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Uruguay was 93.97 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - men (days) - score recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 93.97 in 2011.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - men (days) - score recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.18 in 2009.
- How does Uruguay rank for starting a business: time - men (days) - score?
- Uruguay ranks 42nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - men (days) - score rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 159.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 17 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.