Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Mauritania
Mauritania: Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score was 92.1% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Mauritania, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Mauritania is 92.1%, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 30.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Mauritania peaked at 92.1% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 28.2%, in 2005.
Mauritania ranks 133rd of 191 countries on this measure, 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 Mauritania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 29.3% | — |
| 2004 | 29.6% | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 28.2% | -4.8% |
| 2006 | 39.2% | +39.0% |
| 2007 | 58.0% | +48.1% |
| 2008 | 71.8% | +23.7% |
| 2009 | 70.5% | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 72.0% | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 75.8% | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 76.2% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 76.9% | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 89.6% | +16.5% |
| 2015 | 90.3% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 90.3% | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 90.4% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 91.9% | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 92.1% | +0.3% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 92.1% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 89.9%, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 92.1% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 89.1%, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Mauritania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +48.1% | 39.2% | 58.0% |
| 2006 | +39.0% | 28.2% | 39.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 46.7% | 28.2% | 71.8% | 7 |
| 2010s | 84.6% | 72.0% | 92.1% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 130 Korea 92.7% compare
- 131 Mexico 92.4% compare
- 132 Dominica 92.4% compare
- 134 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 91.8% compare
- 135 Saint Lucia 91.5% compare
- 136 United Arab Emirates 91.4% compare
More private sector data for Mauritania
- Merchandise trade 87.3% (2025)
- Food imports 23.9% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 40.8% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 5.68 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 25.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 0.5% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 4.51 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 848.53 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3861 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 8.67 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Mauritania?
- Starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Mauritania was 92.1% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 92.1% in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.2% in 2005.
- How does Mauritania rank for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score?
- Mauritania ranks 133rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritania 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.