Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) in Gabon
Gabon: Starting a business: Procedures required - Men was 7 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men in Gabon, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
Gabon recorded 7 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 30.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - men in Gabon peaked at 10 number in 2005 and was at its lowest, 7 number, in 2018.
Gabon ranks 63rd of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men in Gabon, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 10 number | — |
| 2006 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 9 number | -10.0% |
| 2014 | 9 number | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 9 number | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 9 number | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 8 number | -11.1% |
| 2018 | 7 number | -12.5% |
| 2019 | 7 number | +0.0% |
Gabon compared with similar countries
- Gabon's 7 number is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7 number, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Gabon's 7 number is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7 number, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10 number | 10 number | 10 number | 5 |
| 2010s | 8.8 number | 7 number | 10 number | 10 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
- 62 Mexico 7.83 number compare
- 63 Nigeria 7 number compare
- 63 Bahamas 7 number compare
- 63 Barbados 7 number compare
- 63 Bulgaria 7 number compare
- 63 Colombia 7 number compare
- 63 Croatia 7 number compare
- 63 Dominican Republic 7 number compare
- 63 Guyana 7 number compare
- 63 Italy 7 number compare
- 63 Jordan 7 number compare
- 63 Kenya 7 number compare
- 63 Kiribati 7 number compare
- 63 Malawi 7 number compare
- 63 Micronesia (country) 7 number compare
- 63 Nicaragua 7 number compare
- 63 Paraguay 7 number compare
- 63 San Marino 7 number compare
- 63 Serbia 7 number compare
- 63 Slovakia 7 number compare
- 63 Solomon Islands 7 number compare
- 63 South Africa 7 number compare
- 63 Spain 7 number compare
- 63 Sri Lanka 7 number compare
- 63 Saint Kitts and Nevis 7 number compare
- 63 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7 number compare
- 63 Syria 7 number compare
- 63 Trinidad and Tobago 7 number compare
- 63 Turkey 7 number compare
- 63 Vanuatu 7 number compare
- 63 Zambia 7 number compare
More private sector data for Gabon
- Merchandise trade 72.8% (2025)
- Food imports 15.7% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 76.4% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 4.00 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 0.9% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 17.8% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 11.60 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,473 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.5414 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -10.77 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - men in Gabon?
- Starting a business: procedures required - men in Gabon was 7 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - men recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 10 number in 2005.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - men recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 number in 2018.
- How does Gabon rank for starting a business: procedures required - men?
- Gabon ranks 63rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - men rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Gabon 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.