Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Congo
Congo: Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) was 99.4% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Congo, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Congo recorded 99.4% for starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) 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 31.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Congo peaked at 99.4% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 38.9%, in 2004.
Congo ranks 145th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Congo, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 40.3% | — |
| 2004 | 38.9% | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 45.0% | +15.7% |
| 2006 | 51.9% | +15.4% |
| 2007 | 48.4% | -6.7% |
| 2008 | 67.2% | +38.8% |
| 2009 | 75.9% | +12.9% |
| 2010 | 72.3% | -4.7% |
| 2011 | 78.0% | +7.9% |
| 2012 | 79.9% | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 80.4% | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 80.2% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 80.3% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 77.0% | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 99.3% | +29.0% |
| 2018 | 99.3% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 99.4% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 52.5% | 38.9% | 75.9% | 7 |
| 2010s | 84.6% | 72.3% | 99.4% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Congo
More private sector data for Congo
- Merchandise trade 94.4% (2025)
- Food imports 21.2% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 71.4% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 7.90 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 0.2% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 10.3% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 7.50 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,157 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4599 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -4.57 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Congo?
- Starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Congo was 99.4% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 99.4% in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 38.9% in 2004.
- How does Congo rank for starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita)?
- Congo ranks 145th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Congo data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The score for the paid-in minimum capital requirement 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.