Starting a business: Cost - Women (% of income per capita) - Score in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Starting a business: Cost - Women (% of income per capita) - Score was 77.3% in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Starting a business: Cost - Women (% of income per capita) - Score in Ethiopia, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score in Ethiopia is 77.3%, measured in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.0% on the previous year and up 45.4% over five years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score in Ethiopia peaked at 84.5% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2003.
That places Ethiopia 172nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Starting a business: Cost - Women (% of income per capita) - Score in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 0.0% | — |
| 2004 | 59.6% | — |
| 2005 | 66.2% | +11.0% |
| 2006 | 76.1% | +14.9% |
| 2007 | 78.5% | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 84.5% | +7.6% |
| 2009 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0% | — |
| 2011 | 5.5% | — |
| 2012 | 29.0% | +431.9% |
| 2013 | 47.5% | +63.7% |
| 2014 | 53.2% | +11.9% |
| 2015 | 60.4% | +13.7% |
| 2016 | 65.4% | +8.2% |
| 2017 | 71.1% | +8.7% |
| 2018 | 73.6% | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 77.3% | +5.0% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 77.3% is below the median for low income countries, which is 81.8%, 94% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 77.3% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 89.1%, 87% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business: Cost - Women (% of income per capita) - Score in Ethiopia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +431.9% | 5.5% | 29.0% |
| 2009 | -100.0% | 84.5% | 0.0% |
| 2013 | +63.7% | 29.0% | 47.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 52.1% | 0.0% | 84.5% | 7 |
| 2010s | 48.3% | 0.0% | 77.3% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
More private sector data for Ethiopia
- Merchandise trade 24.2% (2025)
- Food imports 13.8% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 69.2% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 23.01 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 80.4% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 9.2% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 7.58 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 55.99 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.06 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 38.61 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score in Ethiopia?
- Starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score in Ethiopia was 77.3% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 84.5% in 2008.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2003.
- How does Ethiopia rank for starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score?
- Ethiopia ranks 172nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.