Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Lesotho
Lesotho: Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) was 100.0% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Latest (2019)
100.0%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 191 countries
All-time high
100.0%
in 2012
All-time low
95.2%
in 2003
Years of data
17
2003–2019
Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Lesotho, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 100.0% 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 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Lesotho peaked at 100.0% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 95.2%, in 2003.
Lesotho ranks 1st of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 Lesotho, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 95.2% | — |
| 2004 | 95.6% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 95.9% | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 96.1% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 96.4% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 96.4% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 97.0% | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 97.0% | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 97.2% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 100.0% | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 96.1% | 95.2% | 97.0% | 7 |
| 2010s | 99.4% | 97.0% | 100.0% | 10 |
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More private sector data for Lesotho
- Merchandise trade 102.9% (2025)
- Food imports 23.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 59.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 1.88 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 23.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 70.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 773.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 327.08 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3004 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -22 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Lesotho?
- Starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Lesotho was 100.0% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2012.
- What is the lowest starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 95.2% in 2003.
- How does Lesotho rank for starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita)?
- Lesotho ranks 1st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lesotho 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.