Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Uganda
Uganda: Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score was 79.7% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Uganda, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Uganda stood at 79.7%. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 38.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Uganda peaked at 79.7% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 38.4%, in 2003.
That places Uganda 166th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it 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 Uganda, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 38.4% | — |
| 2004 | 44.7% | +16.5% |
| 2005 | 50.4% | +12.7% |
| 2006 | 52.0% | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 54.0% | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 49.7% | -8.0% |
| 2009 | 57.8% | +16.4% |
| 2010 | 52.8% | -8.6% |
| 2011 | 57.7% | +9.3% |
| 2012 | 61.7% | +6.8% |
| 2013 | 60.9% | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 64.5% | +6.0% |
| 2015 | 75.7% | +17.3% |
| 2016 | 77.0% | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 78.7% | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 78.7% | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 79.7% | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 49.6% | 38.4% | 57.8% | 7 |
| 2010s | 68.7% | 52.8% | 79.7% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More private sector data for Uganda
- Merchandise trade 49.9% (2025)
- Food imports 10.7% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 47.3% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 18.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 39.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 14.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 12.50 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 243.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2017 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 55.49 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Uganda?
- Starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Uganda was 79.7% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 79.7% in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 38.4% in 2003.
- How does Uganda rank for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score?
- Uganda ranks 166th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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.