Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Gabon
Gabon: 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 Gabon, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Gabon is 99.4%, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Gabon peaked at 99.4% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 89.6%, in 2005.
That places Gabon 146th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it 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 Gabon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 90.4% | — |
| 2004 | 90.1% | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 89.6% | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 91.0% | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 90.4% | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 92.4% | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 93.4% | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 91.8% | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 93.4% | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 94.4% | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 95.2% | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 95.1% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 97.1% | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 97.3% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 99.4% | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 99.4% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 99.4% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 91.1% | 89.6% | 93.4% | 7 |
| 2010s | 96.2% | 91.8% | 99.4% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
More private sector data for Gabon
- Merchandise trade 72.8% (2025)
- Food imports 15.7% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 76.4% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 4.00 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 0.9% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 17.8% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 11.60 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,473 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.5414 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -10.77 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Gabon?
- Starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Gabon 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 Gabon?
- 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 Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 89.6% in 2005.
- How does Gabon rank for starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita)?
- Gabon ranks 146th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gabon 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.