Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Botswana
Botswana: Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score was 99.7% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Botswana, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Botswana stood at 99.7%. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Botswana peaked at 99.7% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 94.8%, in 2003.
That places Botswana 17th 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: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Botswana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 94.8% | — |
| 2004 | 94.9% | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 95.0% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 95.1% | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 95.4% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 99.2% | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 99.3% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 99.2% | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 99.5% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 99.6% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 99.5% | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 99.6% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 99.7% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 99.6% | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 99.7% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 99.7% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 99.7% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 96.2% | 94.8% | 99.3% | 7 |
| 2010s | 99.6% | 99.2% | 99.7% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
More private sector data for Botswana
- Merchandise trade 57.8% (2025)
- Food imports 16.2% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 61.8% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 6.39 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 1.9% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 86.3% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 5.12 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,998 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2569 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 9.73 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Botswana?
- Starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Botswana was 99.7% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 99.7% in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 94.8% in 2003.
- How does Botswana rank for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score?
- Botswana ranks 17th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Botswana data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for the cost 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.