Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score in Lesotho
Lesotho: Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score was 70.59 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score in Lesotho, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in Lesotho stood at 70.59. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.1% on the previous year and up 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in Lesotho peaked at 70.59 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 52.94, in 2003.
Lesotho ranks 75th of 188 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 57.98 | 52.94 | 64.71 | 7 |
| 2010s | 65.29 | 64.71 | 70.59 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 75 United States 70.59 compare
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- 75 Gambia, The 70.59 compare
- 75 Grenada 70.59 compare
- 75 Guatemala 70.59 compare
- 75 Guinea 70.59 compare
- 75 Hungary 70.59 compare
- 75 Maldives 70.59 compare
- 75 Myanmar 70.59 compare
- 75 North Macedonia 70.59 compare
- 75 Papua New Guinea 70.59 compare
- 75 Portugal 70.59 compare
- 75 Puerto Rico (US) 70.59 compare
- 75 Romania 70.59 compare
- 75 Sao Tome and Principe 70.59 compare
- 75 Switzerland 70.59 compare
- 75 Timor-Leste 70.59 compare
- 75 Ukraine 70.59 compare
- 75 Yemen, Rep. 70.59 compare
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)
- Commercial service exports 13.93 million current US$ (2025)
- Transport services 11.3% (2025)
- Computer, communications and other services 8.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in Lesotho?
- Starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in Lesotho was 70.59 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 70.59 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.94 in 2003.
- How does Lesotho rank for starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score?
- Lesotho ranks 75th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.1%. 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: 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.