Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) in Botswana
Botswana: Starting a business: Procedures required - Men was 9 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men in Botswana, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
Botswana recorded 9 number for starting a business: procedures required - men in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is down 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - men in Botswana peaked at 11 number in 2005 and was at its lowest, 9 number, in 2011.
That places Botswana 29th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men in Botswana, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 10 number | — |
| 2004 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 11 number | +10.0% |
| 2006 | 11 number | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 11 number | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 10 number | -9.1% |
| 2009 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 9 number | -10.0% |
| 2012 | 9 number | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 9 number | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 9 number | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 9 number | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 9 number | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 9 number | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 9 number | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 9 number | +0.0% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 9 number is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7 number, 1.3× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 9 number is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7 number, 1.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.43 number | 10 number | 11 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 9.1 number | 9 number | 10 number | 10 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
- 29 Bangladesh 9 number compare
- 29 Antigua and Barbuda 9 number compare
- 29 Belize 9 number compare
- 29 Cape Verde 9 number compare
- 29 Cambodia 9 number compare
- 29 Comoros 9 number compare
- 29 Czechia 9 number compare
- 29 El Salvador 9 number compare
- 29 Germany 9 number compare
- 29 Laos 9 number compare
- 29 Seychelles 9 number compare
- 29 Somalia 9 number compare
- 29 Sudan 9 number compare
- 29 Zimbabwe 9 number compare
More private sector data for Botswana
- Merchandise trade 57.8% (2025)
- Food imports 16.2% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 61.8% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 6.39 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 1.9% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 86.3% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 5.12 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,998 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2569 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 9.73 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - men in Botswana?
- Starting a business: procedures required - men in Botswana was 9 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - men recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 11 number in 2005.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - men recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 number in 2011.
- How does Botswana rank for starting a business: procedures required - men?
- Botswana ranks 29th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - men rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Botswana data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The number of procedures for men records all the procedures required in practice for five male married entrepreneurs to start and operate a local limited liability company. A procedure is de?ned as any interaction of the company founders with external parties. Both pre- and post-incorporation procedures that are officially required or commonly done in practice are recorded.