Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Congo
Congo: Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score was 68.9% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Congo, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Congo stood at 68.9%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.7% on the previous year and up 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Congo peaked at 73.9% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 13.8%, in 2004.
That places Congo 179th 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 Congo, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 15.5% | — |
| 2004 | 13.8% | -11.1% |
| 2005 | 20.9% | +51.5% |
| 2006 | 30.0% | +43.4% |
| 2007 | 25.0% | -16.9% |
| 2008 | 46.8% | +87.5% |
| 2009 | 56.7% | +21.2% |
| 2010 | 52.4% | -7.6% |
| 2011 | 57.4% | +9.5% |
| 2012 | 72.4% | +26.1% |
| 2013 | 73.9% | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 73.7% | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 73.8% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 69.4% | -6.0% |
| 2017 | 61.2% | -11.8% |
| 2018 | 62.2% | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 68.9% | +10.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 29.8% | 13.8% | 56.7% | 7 |
| 2010s | 66.5% | 52.4% | 73.9% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Congo
More private sector data for Congo
- Merchandise trade 94.4% (2025)
- Food imports 21.2% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 71.4% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 7.90 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 0.2% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 10.3% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 7.50 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,157 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4599 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -4.57 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Congo?
- Starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Congo was 68.9% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 73.9% in 2013.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.8% in 2004.
- How does Congo rank for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score?
- Congo ranks 179th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Congo 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.