Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score (Men) in Mauritania
Mauritania: Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score (Men) was 82.35 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score in Mauritania, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in Mauritania is 82.35, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 55.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in Mauritania peaked at 82.35 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 41.18, in 2003.
Mauritania ranks 29th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 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 Mauritania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 41.18 | — |
| 2004 | 41.18 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 41.18 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 41.18 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 41.18 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 52.94 | +28.6% |
| 2009 | 52.94 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 52.94 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 52.94 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 52.94 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 52.94 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 64.71 | +22.2% |
| 2015 | 64.71 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 64.71 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 82.35 | +27.3% |
| 2018 | 82.35 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 82.35 | +0.0% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 82.35 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 64.71, 1.3× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 82.35 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 64.71, 1.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 44.54 | 41.18 | 52.94 | 7 |
| 2010s | 65.29 | 52.94 | 82.35 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 29 Russia 82.35 compare
- 29 Afghanistan 82.35 compare
- 29 Belarus 82.35 compare
- 29 Burundi 82.35 compare
- 29 Democratic Republic of Congo 82.35 compare
- 29 Cote d'Ivoire 82.35 compare
- 29 Kazakhstan 82.35 compare
- 29 Kyrgyzstan 82.35 compare
- 29 Latvia 82.35 compare
- 29 Lithuania 82.35 compare
- 29 Mauritius 82.35 compare
- 29 Morocco 82.35 compare
- 29 Netherlands 82.35 compare
- 29 Niger 82.35 compare
- 29 Norway 82.35 compare
- 29 Oman 82.35 compare
- 29 Samoa 82.35 compare
- 29 Senegal 82.35 compare
- 29 Sweden 82.35 compare
- 29 Tonga 82.35 compare
- 29 United Kingdom 82.35 compare
More private sector data for Mauritania
- Merchandise trade 87.3% (2025)
- Food imports 23.9% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 40.8% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 5.68 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 989.30 million current US$ (2024)
- Food exports 25.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 0.5% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 4.51 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 123.61 million current US$ (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 848.53 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in Mauritania?
- Starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in Mauritania was 82.35 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 82.35 in 2017.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 41.18 in 2003.
- How does Mauritania rank for starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score?
- Mauritania ranks 29th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 55.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritania 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.