Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Lebanon
Lebanon: Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score was 78.8% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Lebanon, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Lebanon recorded 78.8% for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in 2019.
That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and up 29.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Lebanon peaked at 83.2% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 34.9%, in 2003.
Lebanon ranks 168th of 191 countries on this measure, 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 Lebanon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 34.9% | — |
| 2004 | 35.2% | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 45.6% | +29.5% |
| 2006 | 54.4% | +19.2% |
| 2007 | 52.8% | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 56.1% | +6.3% |
| 2009 | 60.8% | +8.3% |
| 2010 | 62.4% | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 66.4% | +6.4% |
| 2012 | 82.3% | +23.9% |
| 2013 | 82.5% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 83.2% | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 82.9% | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 79.7% | -3.9% |
| 2017 | 79.0% | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 80.0% | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 78.8% | -1.4% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 78.8% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 89.9%, 88% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 78.8% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 96.6%, 82% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 48.6% | 34.9% | 60.8% | 7 |
| 2010s | 77.7% | 62.4% | 83.2% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Lebanon
- 165 Palestine, State of 79.9% compare
- 166 Uganda 79.7% compare
- 167 Tanzania, United Republic of 79.7% compare
- 169 Vanuatu 78.8% compare
- 170 Burkina Faso 78.6% compare
- 171 El Salvador 78.3% compare
More private sector data for Lebanon
- Merchandise trade 85.9% (2025)
- Food imports 18.5% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 40.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 21.67 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 19.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 55.6% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 4.60 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 786.06 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1456 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 21.61 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Lebanon?
- Starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Lebanon was 78.8% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 83.2% in 2014.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.9% in 2003.
- How does Lebanon rank for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score?
- Lebanon ranks 168th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lebanon 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.