Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score in South Africa
South Africa: Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score was 64.71 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score in South Africa, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
South Africa recorded 64.71 for starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in 2019.
That represents a change of down 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in South Africa peaked at 70.59 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 52.94, in 2003.
South Africa 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 in South Africa, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 52.94 | — |
| 2004 | 52.94 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 52.94 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 52.94 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 58.82 | +11.1% |
| 2008 | 70.59 | +20.0% |
| 2009 | 70.59 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 70.59 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 70.59 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 70.59 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 70.59 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 64.71 | -8.3% |
| 2015 | 64.71 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 64.71 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 64.71 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 64.71 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 64.71 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 58.82 | 52.94 | 70.59 | 7 |
| 2010s | 67.06 | 64.71 | 70.59 | 10 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 99 Nigeria 64.71 compare
- 99 Bahamas 64.71 compare
- 99 Barbados 64.71 compare
- 99 Bulgaria 64.71 compare
- 99 Colombia 64.71 compare
- 99 Croatia 64.71 compare
- 99 Dominican Republic 64.71 compare
- 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 Malawi 64.71 compare
- 99 Micronesia, Federated States of 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 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 Syrian Arab Republic 64.71 compare
- 99 Trinidad and Tobago 64.71 compare
- 99 Türkiye 64.71 compare
- 99 Vanuatu 64.71 compare
- 99 Zambia 64.71 compare
More private sector data for South Africa
- Merchandise trade 57.2% (2025)
- Food imports 7.2% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 62.1% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 128.08 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 12.8% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 38.3% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 116.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,798 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2725 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 5.74 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in South Africa?
- Starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in South Africa was 64.71 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 70.59 in 2008.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.94 in 2003.
- How does South Africa rank for starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score?
- South Africa ranks 99th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Africa 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 17 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.