Starting a business: Cost - Women (% of income per capita) - Score in Tanzania
Tanzania: Starting a business: Cost - Women (% of income per capita) - Score was 79.7% in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Starting a business: Cost - Women (% of income per capita) - Score in Tanzania, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Tanzania recorded 79.7% for starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.2% on the previous year and up 103.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score in Tanzania peaked at 79.7% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2003.
Tanzania ranks 167th of 191 countries on this measure, 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 Tanzania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 0.0% | — |
| 2004 | 0.0% | — |
| 2005 | 0.0% | — |
| 2006 | 0.0% | — |
| 2007 | 22.3% | — |
| 2008 | 31.4% | +41.1% |
| 2009 | 39.1% | +24.6% |
| 2010 | 48.9% | +24.9% |
| 2011 | 52.6% | +7.7% |
| 2012 | 56.8% | +7.9% |
| 2013 | 62.4% | +9.9% |
| 2014 | 63.1% | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 61.4% | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 73.0% | +19.0% |
| 2017 | 76.0% | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 77.2% | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 79.7% | +3.2% |
Tanzania compared with similar countries
- Tanzania's 79.7% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 89.9%, 89% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Tanzania's 79.7% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 89.1%, 89% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13.3% | 0.0% | 39.1% | 7 |
| 2010s | 65.1% | 48.9% | 79.7% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Tanzania
More private sector data for Tanzania
- Merchandise trade 27.5% (2025)
- Food imports 8.2% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 73.7% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 14.81 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 2.70 billion current US$ (2024)
- Food exports 31.0% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 11.4% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 9.96 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 6.80 billion current US$ (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 141.13 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score in Tanzania?
- Starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score in Tanzania was 79.7% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 79.7% in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2003.
- How does Tanzania rank for starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score?
- Tanzania ranks 167th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - women (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 103.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Tanzania 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.