Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score was 70.5% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Equatorial Guinea, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Equatorial Guinea is 70.5%, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is up 42.6% on the previous year and up 38.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 70.5% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 48.3%, in 2017.
That places Equatorial Guinea 178th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 50.7% | — |
| 2006 | 50.7% | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 49.3% | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 50.4% | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 50.8% | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 49.5% | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 50.5% | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 50.9% | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 50.7% | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 50.5% | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 50.3% | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 48.6% | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 48.3% | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 49.4% | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 70.5% | +42.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 50.4% | 49.3% | 50.8% | 5 |
| 2010s | 51.9% | 48.3% | 70.5% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
More private sector data for Equatorial Guinea
- Merchandise trade 33.5% (2025)
- Food imports 31.8% (1983)
- Manufactures imports 64.2% (1983)
- Merchandise imports 1.70 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 57.9% (1983)
- Manufactures exports 4.0% (1983)
- Merchandise exports 2.60 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,341 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2028 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -12.72 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Equatorial Guinea?
- Starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Equatorial Guinea was 70.5% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 70.5% in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.3% in 2017.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 178th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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.