Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score was 70.59 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score in Sao Tome and Principe, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in Sao Tome and Principe is 70.59, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 71.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 70.59 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 35.29, in 2010.
That places Sao Tome and Principe 77th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score in Sao Tome and Principe, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 41.18 | — |
| 2005 | 41.18 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 41.18 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 41.18 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 41.18 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 41.18 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 35.29 | -14.3% |
| 2011 | 64.71 | +83.3% |
| 2012 | 64.71 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 64.71 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 70.59 | +9.1% |
| 2015 | 70.59 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 70.59 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 70.59 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 70.59 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 70.59 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 41.18 | 41.18 | 41.18 | 6 |
| 2010s | 65.29 | 35.29 | 70.59 | 10 |
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More private sector data for Sao Tome and Principe
- Merchandise trade 22.5% (2025)
- Food imports 31.8% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 37.1% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 183.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 98.2% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 1.5% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 38.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 158.17 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0387 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 31.03 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in Sao Tome and Principe was 70.59 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 70.59 in 2014.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.29 in 2010.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 77th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 71.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sao Tome and Principe 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.