Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Ghana
Ghana: Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score was 93.8% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Ghana, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Ghana is 93.8%, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and up 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Ghana peaked at 93.8% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 59.7%, in 2003.
That places Ghana 116th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 Ghana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 59.7% | — |
| 2004 | 69.0% | +15.5% |
| 2005 | 72.1% | +4.5% |
| 2006 | 76.4% | +5.9% |
| 2007 | 80.6% | +5.5% |
| 2008 | 84.7% | +5.2% |
| 2009 | 87.6% | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 85.0% | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 86.8% | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 86.6% | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 88.3% | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 90.4% | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 90.3% | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 90.2% | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 91.2% | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 92.3% | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 93.8% | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 75.7% | 59.7% | 87.6% | 7 |
| 2010s | 89.5% | 85.0% | 93.8% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 113 Algeria 94.3% compare
- 114 Poland 94.2% compare
- 115 Burundi 93.9% compare
- 117 Sao Tome and Principe 93.8% compare
- 118 Seychelles 93.7% compare
- 119 Marshall Islands 93.6% compare
More private sector data for Ghana
- Merchandise trade 42.5% (2025)
- Food imports 13.7% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 51.5% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 17.45 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 18.1% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 6.0% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 31.11 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 887.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2724 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 62.31 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Ghana?
- Starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Ghana was 93.8% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 93.8% in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 59.7% in 2003.
- How does Ghana rank for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score?
- Ghana ranks 116th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana 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.