Starting a business: Minimum capital in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Starting a business: Minimum capital was 6.3% in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Starting a business: Minimum capital in Burkina Faso, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of income per capita.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: minimum capital in Burkina Faso is 6.3%, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.5% on the previous year and down 98.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: minimum capital in Burkina Faso peaked at 531.1% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 6.3%, in 2019.
That places Burkina Faso 32nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Starting a business: Minimum capital in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | % of income per capita | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 531.1% | — |
| 2004 | 498.6% | -6.1% |
| 2005 | 483.8% | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 481.4% | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 415.7% | -13.6% |
| 2008 | 458.8% | +10.4% |
| 2009 | 428.2% | -6.7% |
| 2010 | 416.2% | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 373.3% | -10.3% |
| 2012 | 353.9% | -5.2% |
| 2013 | 306.2% | -13.5% |
| 2014 | 308.5% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 28.5% | -90.8% |
| 2016 | 7.0% | -75.4% |
| 2017 | 6.7% | -4.3% |
| 2018 | 6.6% | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 6.3% | -4.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business: Minimum capital in Burkina Faso 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | -90.8% | 308.5% | 28.5% |
| 2016 | -75.4% | 28.5% | 7.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 471.1% | 415.7% | 531.1% | 7 |
| 2010s | 181.3% | 6.3% | 416.2% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
More private sector data for Burkina Faso
- Merchandise trade 67.5% (2025)
- Food imports 11.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 46.9% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 7.57 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 7.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 2.7% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 11.08 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 460.07 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4009 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 96.38 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: minimum capital in Burkina Faso?
- Starting a business: minimum capital in Burkina Faso was 6.3% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: minimum capital recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 531.1% in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: minimum capital recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.3% in 2019.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for starting a business: minimum capital?
- Burkina Faso ranks 32nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: minimum capital rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 98.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Minimum capital (% of income per capita). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.