Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Lesotho
Lesotho: Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score was 97.0% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Lesotho, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 97.0% for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 12.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Lesotho peaked at 97.0% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 67.9%, in 2003.
That places Lesotho 83rd 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 Lesotho, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 67.9% | — |
| 2004 | 70.1% | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 79.1% | +12.8% |
| 2006 | 80.0% | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 81.3% | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 81.1% | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 86.5% | +6.7% |
| 2010 | 87.0% | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 87.5% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 93.5% | +6.8% |
| 2013 | 94.3% | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 95.3% | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 95.3% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 95.9% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 96.2% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 96.4% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 97.0% | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 78.0% | 67.9% | 86.5% | 7 |
| 2010s | 93.8% | 87.0% | 97.0% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
More private sector data for Lesotho
- Merchandise trade 102.9% (2025)
- Food imports 23.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 59.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 1.88 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 23.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 70.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 773.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 327.08 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3004 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -22 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Lesotho?
- Starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Lesotho was 97.0% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 97.0% in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 67.9% in 2003.
- How does Lesotho rank for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score?
- Lesotho ranks 83rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lesotho 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.