| Region/ Group | Domestic Credit to Private Sector (% of GDP) | Cost of Business Start-up Procedures (% of GNI per Capita) | Startup Procedures to Register a Business (Number) | |
| 2001 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | |
| Low income | 7.6 | 13.1 | 47.6 | 7.1 |
| Middle income | 51.1 | 120.3 | 19.6 | 7.2 |
| High income | 138.0 | 164.0 | 4.2 | 5.2 |
| Euro area | 88.2 | 94.2 | 3.2 | 5.1 |
| North America | 167.7 | 216.6 | 0.7 | 4.0 |
| World | 124.0 | 147.4 | 19.8 | 6.6 |