Starting a business: Cost - Women (% of income per capita) - Score in Niger
Niger: Starting a business: Cost - Women (% of income per capita) - Score was 96.1% in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Starting a business: Cost - Women (% of income per capita) - Score in Niger, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Niger recorded 96.1% for starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 136.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score in Niger peaked at 96.1% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2003.
Niger ranks 97th of 191 countries on this measure, 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 - Women (% of income per capita) - Score in Niger, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 0.0% | — |
| 2004 | 0.0% | — |
| 2005 | 0.0% | — |
| 2006 | 0.0% | — |
| 2007 | 12.6% | — |
| 2008 | 15.0% | +19.0% |
| 2009 | 40.7% | +171.6% |
| 2010 | 40.7% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 42.8% | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 43.6% | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 59.9% | +37.4% |
| 2014 | 61.6% | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 66.1% | +7.2% |
| 2016 | 83.8% | +26.8% |
| 2017 | 95.9% | +14.4% |
| 2018 | 95.9% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 96.1% | +0.1% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 96.1% is above the median for low income countries, which is 81.8%, 1.2× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Niger's 96.1% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 89.1%, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business: Cost - Women (% of income per capita) - Score in Niger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +171.6% | 15.0% | 40.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.7% | 0.0% | 40.7% | 7 |
| 2010s | 68.6% | 40.7% | 96.1% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Niger
- 94 Barbados 96.3% compare
- 95 Japan 96.3% compare
- 96 Sierra Leone 96.2% compare
- 98 Antigua and Barbuda 96.0% compare
- 99 Togo 96.0% compare
- 100 Syrian Arab Republic 95.9% compare
More private sector data for Niger
- Merchandise trade 21.3% (2025)
- Food imports 37.9% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 47.5% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 2.70 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 4.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 7.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 1.90 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 68.06 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0878 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 25.33 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score in Niger?
- Starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score in Niger was 96.1% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 96.1% in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2003.
- How does Niger rank for starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score?
- Niger ranks 97th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 136.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Niger 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.