Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Liberia
Liberia: Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score was 96.9% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Liberia, 2006–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Liberia recorded 96.9% for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 3.4% on the previous year and up 69.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Liberia peaked at 96.9% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2006.
Liberia ranks 86th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Liberia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 0.0% | — |
| 2007 | 0.0% | — |
| 2008 | 49.9% | — |
| 2009 | 57.2% | +14.7% |
| 2010 | 55.8% | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 65.8% | +17.8% |
| 2012 | 73.6% | +11.9% |
| 2013 | 90.4% | +22.8% |
| 2014 | 91.3% | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 91.6% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 91.6% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 92.1% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 93.7% | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 96.9% | +3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 26.8% | 0.0% | 57.2% | 4 |
| 2010s | 84.3% | 55.8% | 96.9% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Liberia
More private sector data for Liberia
- Merchandise trade 87.0% (2025)
- Food imports 23.1% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 42.8% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 2.49 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 24.5% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 9.9% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 2.07 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 360.83 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3942 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 57.86 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Liberia?
- Starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Liberia was 96.9% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 96.9% in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2006.
- How does Liberia rank for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score?
- Liberia ranks 86th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 69.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Liberia 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.