Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) was 94.3% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Equatorial Guinea, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Equatorial Guinea recorded 94.3% for starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in 2019.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 97.1% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 63.5%, in 2004.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 179th 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 Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 70.8% | — |
| 2004 | 63.5% | -10.3% |
| 2005 | 96.7% | +52.2% |
| 2006 | 96.7% | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 94.2% | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 96.1% | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 96.9% | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 94.7% | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 96.3% | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 97.1% | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 96.7% | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 96.4% | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 96.1% | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 93.1% | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 92.4% | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 94.4% | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 94.3% | -0.1% |
Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries
- Equatorial Guinea's 94.3% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 100.0%, 94% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Equatorial Guinea's 94.3% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 100.0%, 94% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Equatorial Guinea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +52.2% | 63.5% | 96.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 87.9% | 63.5% | 96.9% | 7 |
| 2010s | 95.1% | 92.4% | 97.1% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
More private sector data for Equatorial Guinea
- Merchandise trade 33.5% (2025)
- Food imports 31.8% (1983)
- Manufactures imports 64.2% (1983)
- Merchandise imports 1.70 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 57.9% (1983)
- Manufactures exports 4.0% (1983)
- Merchandise exports 2.60 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,341 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2028 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -12.72 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Equatorial Guinea?
- Starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Equatorial Guinea was 94.3% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 97.1% in 2012.
- What is the lowest starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.5% in 2004.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita)?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 179th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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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About this data
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.