Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score was 78.6% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Burkina Faso, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 78.6% for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in 2019.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Burkina Faso peaked at 78.7% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 27.2%, in 2003.
That places Burkina Faso 170th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 27.2% | — |
| 2004 | 30.1% | +10.9% |
| 2005 | 31.3% | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 43.7% | +39.5% |
| 2007 | 58.9% | +34.9% |
| 2008 | 68.9% | +16.8% |
| 2009 | 74.8% | +8.6% |
| 2010 | 75.0% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 76.1% | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 76.6% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 77.7% | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 77.7% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 78.2% | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 78.3% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 78.7% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 78.3% | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 78.6% | +0.3% |
Burkina Faso compared with similar countries
- Burkina Faso's 78.6% is below the median for low income countries, which is 81.8%, 96% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Burkina Faso's 78.6% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 89.1%, 88% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Burkina Faso 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.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +39.5% | 31.3% | 43.7% |
| 2007 | +34.9% | 43.7% | 58.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 47.8% | 27.2% | 74.8% | 7 |
| 2010s | 77.5% | 75.0% | 78.7% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
More private sector data for Burkina Faso
- Merchandise trade 67.5% (2025)
- Food imports 11.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 46.9% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 7.57 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 7.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 2.7% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 11.08 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 460.07 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4009 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 96.38 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Burkina Faso?
- Starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Burkina Faso was 78.6% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 78.7% in 2017.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.2% in 2003.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score?
- Burkina Faso ranks 170th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso 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.