Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Ghana
Ghana: Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) was 99.7% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Ghana, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 99.7% 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.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Ghana peaked at 99.7% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 89.6%, in 2003.
That places Ghana 143rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 Ghana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 89.6% | — |
| 2004 | 92.2% | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 93.0% | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 94.2% | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 94.8% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 95.9% | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 96.6% | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 98.4% | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 98.6% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 98.9% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 99.1% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 99.3% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 99.4% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 99.5% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 99.6% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 99.6% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 99.7% | +0.1% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 99.7% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 100.0%, 100% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 99.7% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 100.0%, 100% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 93.7% | 89.6% | 96.6% | 7 |
| 2010s | 99.2% | 98.4% | 99.7% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More private sector data for Ghana
- Merchandise trade 42.5% (2025)
- Food imports 13.7% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 51.5% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 17.45 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 18.1% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 6.0% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 31.11 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 887.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2724 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 62.31 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Ghana?
- Starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Ghana was 99.7% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 99.7% in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 89.6% in 2003.
- How does Ghana rank for starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita)?
- Ghana ranks 143rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana 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.