Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score was 96.2% in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Sierra Leone, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 96.2% for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 137.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Sierra Leone peaked at 96.2% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2003.
That places Sierra Leone 96th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 0.0% | — |
| 2004 | 0.0% | — |
| 2005 | 0.0% | — |
| 2006 | 0.0% | — |
| 2007 | 0.0% | — |
| 2008 | 27.1% | — |
| 2009 | 40.6% | +49.9% |
| 2010 | 44.6% | +10.0% |
| 2011 | 53.3% | +19.5% |
| 2012 | 59.8% | +12.1% |
| 2013 | 78.0% | +30.4% |
| 2014 | 81.0% | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 77.9% | -3.9% |
| 2016 | 95.7% | +22.9% |
| 2017 | 94.8% | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 95.8% | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 96.2% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.7% | 0.0% | 40.6% | 7 |
| 2010s | 77.7% | 44.6% | 96.2% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
More private sector data for Sierra Leone
- Merchandise trade 45.9% (2025)
- Food imports 32.3% (2018)
- Manufactures imports 63.9% (2018)
- Merchandise imports 1.89 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 45.6% (2018)
- Manufactures exports 25.1% (2018)
- Merchandise exports 1.53 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 173.93 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 6.75 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Sierra Leone?
- Starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Sierra Leone was 96.2% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 96.2% in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2003.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score?
- Sierra Leone ranks 96th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 137.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sierra Leone 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.