Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Starting a business: Procedures required - Men was 16 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men in Equatorial Guinea, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
Equatorial Guinea recorded 16 number for starting a business: procedures required - men in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is down 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - men in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 18 number in 2005 and was at its lowest, 16 number, in 2017.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 2nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men in Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 18 number | — |
| 2006 | 18 number | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 18 number | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 18 number | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 18 number | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 18 number | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 18 number | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 18 number | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 18 number | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 18 number | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 18 number | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 17 number | -5.6% |
| 2017 | 16 number | -5.9% |
| 2018 | 16 number | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 16 number | +0.0% |
Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries
- Equatorial Guinea's 16 number is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7 number, 2.3× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Equatorial Guinea's 16 number is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7 number, 2.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 18 number | 18 number | 18 number | 5 |
| 2010s | 17.3 number | 16 number | 18 number | 10 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
- 1 Venezuela 20 number compare
- 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13 number compare
- 3 Eritrea 13 number compare
- 3 Philippines 13 number compare
- 3 Uganda 13 number compare
More private sector data for Equatorial Guinea
- Merchandise trade 33.5% (2025)
- Food imports 31.8% (1983)
- Manufactures imports 64.2% (1983)
- Merchandise imports 1.70 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 57.9% (1983)
- Manufactures exports 4.0% (1983)
- Merchandise exports 2.60 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,341 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2028 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -12.72 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - men in Equatorial Guinea?
- Starting a business: procedures required - men in Equatorial Guinea was 16 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - men recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 18 number in 2005.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - men recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 16 number in 2017.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for starting a business: procedures required - men?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 2nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - men rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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.