Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) in Mozambique
Mozambique: Starting a business: Procedures required - Men was 10 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men in Mozambique, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: procedures required - men in Mozambique is 10 number, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - men in Mozambique peaked at 15 number in 2003 and was at its lowest, 10 number, in 2010.
That places Mozambique 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 Mozambique, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 15 number | — |
| 2004 | 15 number | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 15 number | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 14 number | -6.7% |
| 2007 | 11 number | -21.4% |
| 2008 | 11 number | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 11 number | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 10 number | -9.1% |
| 2011 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 10 number | +0.0% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 10 number is above the median for low income countries, which is 6.5 number, 1.5× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Mozambique'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 | 13.14 number | 11 number | 15 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 10 number | 10 number | 10 number | 10 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
- 18 Brazil 10.61 number compare
- 19 India 10 number compare
- 19 Central African Republic 10 number compare
- 19 Congo 10 number compare
- 19 Costa Rica 10 number compare
- 19 Iran 10 number compare
- 19 Libya 10 number compare
- 19 Namibia 10 number compare
- 19 Tanzania 10 number compare
- 19 Palestine 10 number compare
More private sector data for Mozambique
- Merchandise trade 77.5% (2025)
- Food imports 19.6% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 56.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 9.21 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 12.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 4.6% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 8.10 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 227.33 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3626 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -1.35 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - men in Mozambique?
- Starting a business: procedures required - men in Mozambique was 10 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - men recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 15 number in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - men recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 number in 2010.
- How does Mozambique rank for starting a business: procedures required - men?
- Mozambique ranks 19th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - men rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mozambique 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.