Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score (Men) in Botswana
Botswana: Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score (Men) was 52.94 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score in Botswana, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in Botswana is 52.94, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in Botswana peaked at 52.94 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 41.18, in 2005.
Botswana ranks 149th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score (Men) in Botswana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 47.06 | — |
| 2004 | 47.06 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 41.18 | -12.5% |
| 2006 | 41.18 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 41.18 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 47.06 | +14.3% |
| 2009 | 47.06 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 47.06 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 52.94 | +12.5% |
| 2012 | 52.94 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 52.94 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 52.94 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 52.94 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 52.94 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 52.94 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 52.94 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 52.94 | +0.0% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 52.94 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 64.71, 82% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 52.94 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 64.71, 82% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 44.54 | 41.18 | 47.06 | 7 |
| 2010s | 52.35 | 47.06 | 52.94 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
- 149 Bangladesh 52.94 compare
- 149 Antigua and Barbuda 52.94 compare
- 149 Belize 52.94 compare
- 149 Cape Verde 52.94 compare
- 149 Cambodia 52.94 compare
- 149 Comoros 52.94 compare
- 149 Czechia 52.94 compare
- 149 El Salvador 52.94 compare
- 149 Germany 52.94 compare
- 149 Laos 52.94 compare
- 149 Seychelles 52.94 compare
- 149 Somalia 52.94 compare
- 149 Sudan 52.94 compare
- 149 Zimbabwe 52.94 compare
More private sector data for Botswana
- Merchandise trade 57.8% (2025)
- Food imports 16.2% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 61.8% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 6.39 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 1.30 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 1.9% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 86.3% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 5.12 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 1.05 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,998 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in Botswana?
- Starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in Botswana was 52.94 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 52.94 in 2011.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 41.18 in 2005.
- How does Botswana rank for starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score?
- Botswana ranks 149th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Botswana data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for the number of procedures for men benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.