Time required to start business in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: Time required to start business was 5 in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
5
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
160th
of 188 countries
All-time high
32
in 2003
All-time low
5
in 2018
Years of data
17
2003–2019

Time required to start business in Kazakhstan, 2003–2019

01020302003201120192003: 322004: 322005: 312006: 272007: 272008: 272009: 262010: 252011: 252012: 252013: 182014: 162015: 112016: 92017: 92018: 52019: 5

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2019, time required to start business in Kazakhstan stood at 5. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.

That represents a change of down 80.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, time required to start business in Kazakhstan peaked at 32 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 5, in 2018.

Kazakhstan ranks 160th of 188 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.

Time required to start business in Kazakhstan, year by year

Annual values for Time required to start business in Kazakhstan, 2003 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2003 32 —
2004 32 +0.0%
2005 31 -3.1%
2006 27 -12.9%
2007 27 +0.0%
2008 27 +0.0%
2009 26 -3.7%
2010 25 -3.8%
2011 25 +0.0%
2012 25 +0.0%
2013 18 -28.0%
2014 16 -11.1%
2015 11 -31.2%
2016 9 -18.2%
2017 9 +0.0%
2018 5 -44.4%
2019 5 +0.0%

Kazakhstan compared with similar countries

  • Kazakhstan's 5 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 12, 42% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
  • Kazakhstan's 5 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 7.25, 69% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Time required to start business in Kazakhstan 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.

YearChange FromTo
2018 -44.4% 9 5

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 28.86 26 32 7
2010s 14.8 5 25 10

Countries ranked near Kazakhstan

  1. 160 Belgium 5 compare
  2. 160 Burundi 5 compare
  3. 163 Albania 4.5 compare
  4. 163 Mauritius 4.5 compare
  5. 163 United Kingdom 4.5 compare

See the full ranking of 188 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is time required to start business in Kazakhstan?
Time required to start business in Kazakhstan was 5 in 2019, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest time required to start business recorded in Kazakhstan?
The highest recorded value was 32 in 2003.
What is the lowest time required to start business recorded in Kazakhstan?
The lowest recorded value was 5 in 2018.
How does Kazakhstan rank for time required to start business?
Kazakhstan ranks 160th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is time required to start business rising or falling in Kazakhstan?
Over the last ten years it is down 80.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Kazakhstan data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Time required to start business. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Time required to start business
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
188 places, 2,945 data points, 2003–2019
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