Starting a business: Time - Men (days) in Laos
Laos: Starting a business: Time - Men was 173 days in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Time - Men in Laos, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
Laos recorded 173 days for starting a business: time - men in 2019.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 101.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - men in Laos peaked at 187 days in 2015 and was at its lowest, 78 days, in 2011.
That places Laos 2nd 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 in Laos, year by year
| Year | days | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 135 days | — |
| 2004 | 135 days | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 135 days | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 116 days | -14.1% |
| 2007 | 86 days | -25.9% |
| 2008 | 86 days | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 86 days | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 86 days | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 78 days | -9.3% |
| 2012 | 88 days | +12.8% |
| 2013 | 88 days | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 88 days | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 187 days | +112.5% |
| 2016 | 174 days | -7.0% |
| 2017 | 174 days | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 174 days | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 173 days | -0.6% |
Laos compared with similar countries
- Laos's 173 days is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 15 days, 11.5× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Laos's 173 days is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 12.82 days, 13.5× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 111.29 days | 86 days | 135 days | 7 |
| 2010s | 131 days | 78 days | 187 days | 10 |
Countries ranked near Laos
More private sector data for Laos
- Merchandise trade 124.1% (2025)
- Food imports 12.7% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 61.7% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 10.34 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 23.2% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 32.8% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 12.38 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,572 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.6762 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 31.87 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - men in Laos?
- Starting a business: time - men in Laos was 173 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - men recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 187 days in 2015.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - men recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 78 days in 2011.
- How does Laos rank for starting a business: time - men?
- Laos ranks 2nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - men rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is up 101.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Laos data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Time - Men (days). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The time for men captures the median duration that business incorporation experts indicate is necessary for five male married entrepreneurs to complete all procedures required to start and operate a business with minimum follow-up and no extra payments. It is calulared in calendar days. The time estimates of all procedures are added to calculate the total time required to start and operate a business, taking into account simultaneity of processes. It is assumed that the minimum time required for each procedure is one day, except for procedures that can be fully completed online, for which the time required is recorded as half a day.