Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Starting a business: Procedures required - Men was 11 number in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men in Ethiopia, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 11 number for starting a business: procedures required - men in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - men in Ethiopia peaked at 14 number in 2012 and was at its lowest, 11 number, in 2004.
That places Ethiopia 14th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 12 number | — |
| 2004 | 11 number | -8.3% |
| 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 | 13 number | +18.2% |
| 2012 | 14 number | +7.7% |
| 2013 | 14 number | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 14 number | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 14 number | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 14 number | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 12 number | -14.3% |
| 2018 | 11 number | -8.3% |
| 2019 | 11 number | +0.0% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 11 number is above the median for low income countries, which is 6.5 number, 1.7× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 11 number is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7 number, 1.6× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11.14 number | 11 number | 12 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 12.8 number | 11 number | 14 number | 10 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
More private sector data for Ethiopia
- Merchandise trade 24.2% (2025)
- Food imports 13.8% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 69.2% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 23.01 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 80.4% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 9.2% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 7.58 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 55.99 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.06 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 38.61 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - men in Ethiopia?
- Starting a business: procedures required - men in Ethiopia was 11 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - men recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 14 number in 2012.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - men recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 11 number in 2004.
- How does Ethiopia rank for starting a business: procedures required - men?
- Ethiopia ranks 14th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - men rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.