Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) in Congo
Congo: Starting a business: Procedures required - Men was 10 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men in Congo, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
Congo recorded 10 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 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - men in Congo peaked at 11 number in 2003 and was at its lowest, 10 number, in 2017.
That places Congo 19th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men in Congo, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 11 number | — |
| 2004 | 11 number | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 11 number | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 11 number | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 11 number | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 11 number | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 11 number | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 11 number | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 11 number | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 11 number | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 11 number | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 11 number | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 11 number | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 11 number | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 10 number | -9.1% |
| 2018 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 10 number | +0.0% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 10 number is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 7 number, 1.4× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Congo's 10 number is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7 number, 1.4× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11 number | 11 number | 11 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 10.7 number | 10 number | 11 number | 10 |
Countries ranked near Congo
- 18 Brazil 10.61 number compare
- 19 India 10 number compare
- 19 Central African Republic 10 number compare
- 19 Costa Rica 10 number compare
- 19 Iran 10 number compare
- 19 Libya 10 number compare
- 19 Mozambique 10 number compare
- 19 Namibia 10 number compare
- 19 Tanzania 10 number compare
- 19 Palestine 10 number compare
More private sector data for Congo
- Merchandise trade 94.4% (2025)
- Food imports 21.2% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 71.4% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 7.90 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 0.2% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 10.3% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 7.50 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,157 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4599 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -4.57 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - men in Congo?
- Starting a business: procedures required - men in Congo was 10 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - men recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 11 number in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - men recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 number in 2017.
- How does Congo rank for starting a business: procedures required - men?
- Congo ranks 19th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - men rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Congo 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.