Starting a business: Cost - Women (% of income per capita) - Score in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Starting a business: Cost - Women (% of income per capita) - Score was 96.6% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Cost - Women (% of income per capita) - Score in Afghanistan, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 96.6% for starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score in 2019.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 13.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score in Afghanistan peaked at 96.8% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 57.7%, in 2007.
Afghanistan ranks 91st of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Starting a business: Cost - Women (% of income per capita) - Score in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 64.0% | — |
| 2005 | 62.4% | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 66.3% | +6.3% |
| 2007 | 57.7% | -13.0% |
| 2008 | 70.3% | +21.8% |
| 2009 | 84.9% | +20.8% |
| 2010 | 86.6% | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 87.1% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 88.8% | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 92.8% | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 92.4% | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 90.5% | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 90.0% | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 58.8% | -34.6% |
| 2018 | 96.8% | +64.5% |
| 2019 | 96.6% | -0.2% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 96.6% is above the median for low income countries, which is 81.8%, 1.2× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Afghanistan's 96.6% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 96.6%, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business: Cost - Women (% of income per capita) - Score in Afghanistan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +64.5% | 58.8% | 96.8% |
| 2017 | -34.6% | 90.0% | 58.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 67.6% | 57.7% | 84.9% | 6 |
| 2010s | 88.1% | 58.8% | 96.8% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
More private sector data for Afghanistan
- Merchandise trade 22.2% (2025)
- Food imports 26.9% (2019)
- Manufactures imports 41.1% (2019)
- Merchandise imports 3.61 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 63.9% (2019)
- Manufactures exports 4.8% (2019)
- Merchandise exports 926.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 21.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0517 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 0.7617 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score in Afghanistan?
- Starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score in Afghanistan was 96.6% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 96.8% in 2018.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 57.7% in 2007.
- How does Afghanistan rank for starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score?
- Afghanistan ranks 91st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Cost - Women (% 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 women 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.