Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) in Samoa
Samoa: Starting a business: Procedures required - Men was 4 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men in Samoa, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: procedures required - men in Samoa is 4 number, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - men in Samoa peaked at 9 number in 2003 and was at its lowest, 4 number, in 2009.
That places Samoa 142nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men in Samoa, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 9 number | — |
| 2004 | 8 number | -11.1% |
| 2005 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 4 number | -50.0% |
| 2010 | 4 number | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 4 number | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 4 number | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 4 number | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 4 number | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 4 number | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 4 number | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 4 number | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 4 number | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 4 number | +0.0% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 4 number is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7 number, 57% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 4 number is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 6.5 number, 62% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.57 number | 4 number | 9 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 4 number | 4 number | 4 number | 10 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 141 China 4.55 number compare
- 142 Russia 4 number compare
- 142 Afghanistan 4 number compare
- 142 Belarus 4 number compare
- 142 Burundi 4 number compare
- 142 Democratic Republic of Congo 4 number compare
- 142 Cote d'Ivoire 4 number compare
- 142 Kazakhstan 4 number compare
- 142 Kyrgyzstan 4 number compare
- 142 Latvia 4 number compare
- 142 Lithuania 4 number compare
- 142 Mauritania 4 number compare
- 142 Mauritius 4 number compare
- 142 Morocco 4 number compare
- 142 Netherlands 4 number compare
- 142 Niger 4 number compare
- 142 Norway 4 number compare
- 142 Oman 4 number compare
- 142 Senegal 4 number compare
- 142 Sweden 4 number compare
- 142 Tonga 4 number compare
- 142 United Kingdom 4 number compare
More private sector data for Samoa
- Merchandise trade 38.1% (2025)
- Food imports 29.6% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 48.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 467.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 24.8% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 39.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 24.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 109.44 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0186 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -42.86 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - men in Samoa?
- Starting a business: procedures required - men in Samoa was 4 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - men recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 9 number in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - men recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 4 number in 2009.
- How does Samoa rank for starting a business: procedures required - men?
- Samoa ranks 142nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - men rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Samoa 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.