Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Lebanon
Lebanon: Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) was 89.6% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Lebanon, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Lebanon recorded 89.6% for starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in 2019.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Lebanon peaked at 91.8% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 79.4%, in 2004.
That places Lebanon 187th 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 Lebanon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 79.5% | — |
| 2004 | 79.4% | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 82.9% | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 85.9% | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 84.9% | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 85.8% | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 87.3% | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 90.0% | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 91.2% | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 91.2% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 91.3% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 91.8% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 91.7% | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 89.8% | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 89.4% | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 90.3% | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 89.6% | -0.7% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 89.6% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 100.0%, 90% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 89.6% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 100.0%, 90% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 83.7% | 79.4% | 87.3% | 7 |
| 2010s | 90.6% | 89.4% | 91.8% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Lebanon
More private sector data for Lebanon
- Merchandise trade 85.9% (2025)
- Food imports 18.5% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 40.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 21.67 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 19.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 55.6% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 4.60 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 786.06 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1456 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 21.61 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Lebanon?
- Starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Lebanon was 89.6% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 91.8% in 2014.
- What is the lowest starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 79.4% in 2004.
- How does Lebanon rank for starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita)?
- Lebanon ranks 187th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lebanon 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.