Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score (Men) in Malawi
Malawi: Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score (Men) was 64.71 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score in Malawi, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 64.71 for starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 37.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in Malawi peaked at 64.71 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 47.06, in 2003.
Malawi ranks 99th of 191 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.
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score (Men) in Malawi, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 47.06 | — |
| 2004 | 47.06 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 47.06 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 47.06 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 47.06 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 47.06 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 47.06 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 47.06 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 47.06 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 47.06 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 47.06 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 58.82 | +25.0% |
| 2015 | 58.82 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 64.71 | +10.0% |
| 2017 | 64.71 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 64.71 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 64.71 | +0.0% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 64.71 is below the median for low income countries, which is 67.65, 96% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 64.71 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 64.71, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 47.06 | 47.06 | 47.06 | 7 |
| 2010s | 56.47 | 47.06 | 64.71 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 99 Nigeria 64.71 compare
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- 99 Gabon 64.71 compare
- 99 Guyana 64.71 compare
- 99 Italy 64.71 compare
- 99 Jordan 64.71 compare
- 99 Kenya 64.71 compare
- 99 Kiribati 64.71 compare
- 99 Micronesia (country) 64.71 compare
- 99 Nicaragua 64.71 compare
- 99 Paraguay 64.71 compare
- 99 San Marino 64.71 compare
- 99 Serbia 64.71 compare
- 99 Slovakia 64.71 compare
- 99 Solomon Islands 64.71 compare
- 99 South Africa 64.71 compare
- 99 Spain 64.71 compare
- 99 Sri Lanka 64.71 compare
- 99 Saint Kitts and Nevis 64.71 compare
- 99 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 64.71 compare
- 99 Syria 64.71 compare
- 99 Trinidad and Tobago 64.71 compare
- 99 Turkey 64.71 compare
- 99 Vanuatu 64.71 compare
- 99 Zambia 64.71 compare
More private sector data for Malawi
- Merchandise trade 30.9% (2025)
- Food imports 11.2% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 64.9% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 3.66 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 1.01 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 93.3% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 5.1% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 947.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 483.71 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 42.63 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in Malawi?
- Starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in Malawi was 64.71 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 64.71 in 2016.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.06 in 2003.
- How does Malawi rank for starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score?
- Malawi ranks 99th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi 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.