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Starting a business: Minimum capital (% of income per capita) by country

The paid-in minimum capital requirement re?ects the amount that the entrepreneur needs to deposit in a bank or with a third-party before registration or up to three months after incorporation. It is calculated as percentage of income per capita. Any legal limitation of the company’s operations or decisions related...

Countries reporting
122
Highest
179.6%
Sao Tome and Principe
Lowest
0.0%
Kosovo (UNSCR 1244)
Median
0.0%
Years covered
17
2003–2019
Data points
3,247

What the numbers show

Starting a business: Minimum capital (% of income per capita) is currently reported for 122 countries. The highest value is 179.6% in Sao Tome and Principe; the lowest is 0.0% in Kosovo (UNSCR 1244).

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0%, and the mean is 8.2%.

Over the past decade 4 countries rose and 96 fell. The largest increase was in Sao Tome and Principe (up 89,700.0%), and the largest decrease in Angola (down 100.0%).

Starting a business: Minimum capital: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Sao Tome and Principe 179.6% 2019 up 89,700.0% volatile
2 Eritrea 93.6% 2019 down 68.5% volatile
3 Syrian Arab Republic 88.3% 2019 down 91.3% volatile
4 Cambodia 70.2% 2019 down 52.0% volatile
5 Lebanon 41.5% 2019 down 18.6% falling
6 Hungary 36.2% 2019 up 254.9% volatile
7 Central African Republic 35.2% 2019 down 93.1% falling
8 Slovenia 34.3% 2019 down 20.8% rising
9 Libya 30.0% 2019 up 6.4% volatile
10 Germany 29.8% 2019 down 27.0% falling
11 Chad 25.3% 2019 down 93.1% volatile
12 Switzerland 24.6% 2019 down 6.8% rising
13 Equatorial Guinea 22.8% 2019 up 83.9% volatile
14 Comoros 17.2% 2019 down 93.4% volatile
14 Luxembourg 17.2% 2019 down 13.6% falling
16 Lithuania 16.0% 2019 down 48.6% volatile
17 Slovakia 15.4% 2019 down 35.3% falling
18 Iraq 14.6% 2019 down 51.8% volatile
19 Estonia 13.1% 2019 down 43.5% falling
20 Cameroon 12.0% 2019 down 93.4% falling
21 Kiribati 11.9% 2019 down 42.0% falling
22 Spain 11.6% 2019 down 9.4% falling
23 Austria 11.5% 2019 down 77.9% volatile
24 Niger 11.3% 2019 down 98.2% volatile
25 Haiti 11.0% 2019 down 44.4% falling
26 Sweden 10.5% 2019 down 63.2% volatile
27 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10.2% 2019 down 65.8% volatile
27 Denmark 10.2% 2019 down 73.6% falling
29 Poland 9.3% 2019 down 39.2% volatile
30 Iceland 7.4% 2019 down 53.2% falling
31 Togo 6.7% 2019 down 98.7% volatile
32 Burkina Faso 6.3% 2019 down 98.5% volatile
33 Finland 5.9% 2019 down 18.1% volatile
33 Palau 5.9% 2019 down 49.1% falling
35 Guinea-Bissau 5.8% 2019 down 98.6% volatile
36 Croatia 5.5% 2019 down 59.0% falling
37 Guinea 5.3% 2019 down 98.9% volatile
38 Mali 5.2% 2019 down 98.4% volatile
39 Benin 5.0% 2019 down 98.3% volatile
40 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 4.6% 2019 — volatile
41 Norway 4.3% 2019 down 77.0% volatile
42 Senegal 3.0% 2019 down 98.5% volatile
43 Bahrain 2.9% 2019 down 98.5% volatile
44 Côte d'Ivoire 2.7% 2019 down 98.7% volatile
45 El Salvador 2.6% 2019 down 10.3% volatile
46 Gabon 2.4% 2019 down 90.9% volatile
47 Congo 2.3% 2019 down 97.6% volatile
48 Maldives 1.4% 2019 down 65.0% volatile
49 Ghana 1.0% 2019 down 92.5% volatile
49 Malta 1.0% 2019 down 37.5% rising
51 Guatemala 0.6% 2019 down 97.4% falling
52 Romania 0.4% 2019 down 55.6% volatile
53 Timor-Leste 0.3% 2019 down 99.9% volatile
54 Eswatini 0.2% 2019 down 60.0% falling
55 Dominican Republic 0.1% 2019 — volatile
55 Jordan 0.1% 2019 down 99.5% volatile
57 Angola 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 Albania 0.0% 2019 — volatile
57 United Arab Emirates 0.0% 2019 — volatile
57 Argentina 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 Armenia 0.0% 2019 — volatile
57 Belgium 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% falling
57 Bulgaria 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 Belarus 0.0% 2019 — volatile
57 Belize 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 Barbados 0.0% 2019 — volatile
57 China 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 Cape Verde 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 Czechia 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 Djibouti 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 Algeria 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 Ecuador 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 Egypt 0.0% 2019 — volatile
57 Ethiopia 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 France 0.0% 2019 — volatile
57 Micronesia, Federated States of 0.0% 2019 — volatile
57 Georgia 0.0% 2019 — volatile
57 Greece 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 Honduras 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 Indonesia 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 India 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 Italy 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 Japan 0.0% 2019 — volatile
57 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2019 — volatile
57 Republic of Korea 0.0% 2019 — volatile
57 Kuwait 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0% 2019 — volatile
57 Lesotho 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 Latvia 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 Morocco 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 Madagascar 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 Mexico 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 North Macedonia 0.0% 2019 — volatile
57 Myanmar 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 Mongolia 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 Mozambique 0.0% 2019 — volatile
57 Mauritania 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 Netherlands 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 Oman 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 Philippines 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% falling
57 Portugal 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 Palestine, State of 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 Qatar 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 Russian Federation 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 Saudi Arabia 0.0% 2019 — volatile
57 Sierra Leone 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 San Marino 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% rising
57 Serbia 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 Suriname 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 Tajikistan 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 Tunisia 0.0% 2019 — volatile
57 Türkiye 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 Ukraine 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 Uruguay 0.0% 2019 — volatile
57 Uzbekistan 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 Kosovo 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 Yemen 0.0% 2019 — volatile
57 Zambia 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 Taiwan, China 0.0% 2019 — volatile
57 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Starting a business: Minimum capital (% of income per capita)
Unit
% of income per capita
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 3,247 data points, 2003–2019
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The paid-in minimum capital requirement re?ects the amount that the entrepreneur needs to deposit in a bank or with a third-party before registration or up to three months after incorporation. It is calculated as percentage of income per capita. Any legal limitation of the company’s operations or decisions related to the payment of the minimum capital requirement is recorded. In case the legal minimum capital is provided per share, it is assumed 5 shareholders own the company and the legal minimum capital is multiplied by 5 shares. If an economy requires a minimum capital but allows businesses to pay only a part of it before registration, only this part is recorded.