The phrase "a low starting point" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation, condition, or level that is considered to be minimal or below average at the beginning of a process or evaluation.
Example: "The project faced challenges due to a low starting point in funding, which limited our initial resources."
Alternatives: "a minimal baseline" or "a disadvantaged position".
It's easier to improve from such a low starting point.
"It's very difficult to grow a following organically from a low starting point," she empathises.
"Oxford now has, from a low starting point, a lot of excellent work in access and outreach and a very impressive student financial support programme.
Perhaps the most compelling argument for this principle can be seen in Singapore, which has taken little more than a decade to generate a biomedical industry from a low starting point (see 'How to grow an industry').
It could also be that because today's immigrants begin at such a low starting point, "it's easier to make progress to the next level up" of integration than it would be if the immigrant had to improve on an already high level of integration.
Such a low starting point made multi-process possible.
Conversely, an athlete with a low start point might have a higher ceiling.
Despite a low starting-point for public debt, deficit overshoots have revealed insufficient central control over the 17 regions that are responsible for a big chunk of spending.
This target is especially demanding for the euro area, which includes poorer countries that are growing relatively quickly from a low starting-point, and which may therefore have higher inflation than average.
Things had improved to an extent following the HMIC report, Neate said, but this was from a very low starting point: "If you take that as a baseline it isn't surprising that you're still getting cases like this.
This year, storage has to be rationed from a particularly low starting point.
