Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Zambia
Zambia: Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score was 83.0% in 2019. ▬ Flat
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Zambia, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Zambia is 83.0%, measured in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Zambia peaked at 86.6% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 82.7%, in 2016.
Zambia ranks 158th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Zambia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 83.4% | — |
| 2004 | 84.2% | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 84.9% | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 85.1% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 84.7% | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 85.7% | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 85.8% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 86.0% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 86.6% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 86.5% | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 83.7% | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 83.1% | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 82.9% | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 82.7% | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 82.9% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 83.6% | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 83.0% | -0.7% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 83.0% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 89.9%, 92% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 83.0% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 89.1%, 93% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 84.8% | 83.4% | 85.8% | 7 |
| 2010s | 84.1% | 82.7% | 86.6% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
More private sector data for Zambia
- Merchandise trade 91.7% (2025)
- Food imports 7.8% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 64.4% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 13.17 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 8.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 14.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 13.31 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 607.56 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.461 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 18.07 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Zambia?
- Starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Zambia was 83.0% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 86.6% in 2011.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 82.7% in 2016.
- How does Zambia rank for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score?
- Zambia ranks 158th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Zambia 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.