Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Libya
Libya: Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) was 92.5% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Libya, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Libya stood at 92.5%.
The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Libya peaked at 100.0% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 38.6%, in 2004.
That places Libya 183rd 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 Libya, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 100.0% | — |
| 2004 | 38.6% | -61.4% |
| 2005 | 50.0% | +29.3% |
| 2006 | 88.2% | +76.6% |
| 2007 | 90.0% | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 91.4% | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 93.0% | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 93.0% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 91.9% | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 88.9% | -3.2% |
| 2013 | 95.3% | +7.3% |
| 2014 | 94.9% | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 91.4% | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 89.1% | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 89.6% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 93.3% | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 92.5% | -0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 78.7% | 38.6% | 100.0% | 7 |
| 2010s | 92.0% | 88.9% | 95.3% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Libya
More private sector data for Libya
- Merchandise trade 102.7% (2025)
- Food imports 21.6% (2019)
- Manufactures imports 62.7% (2019)
- Merchandise imports 19.31 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 0.1% (2019)
- Manufactures exports 0.6% (2019)
- Merchandise exports 30.09 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,034 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.6255 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -0.3511 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Libya?
- Starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Libya was 92.5% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 38.6% in 2004.
- How does Libya rank for starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita)?
- Libya ranks 183rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Libya 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.