Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) in Tanzania
Tanzania: Starting a business: Procedures required - Men was 10 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men in Tanzania, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: procedures required - men in Tanzania is 10 number, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of down 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - men in Tanzania peaked at 13 number in 2003 and was at its lowest, 10 number, in 2018.
Tanzania ranks 19th of 191 countries on this measure, 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 Tanzania, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 13 number | — |
| 2004 | 13 number | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 13 number | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 13 number | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 12 number | -7.7% |
| 2008 | 12 number | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 12 number | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 12 number | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 12 number | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 11 number | -8.3% |
| 2013 | 11 number | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 11 number | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 11 number | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 11 number | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 11 number | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 10 number | -9.1% |
| 2019 | 10 number | +0.0% |
Tanzania compared with similar countries
- Tanzania's 10 number is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 7 number, 1.4× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Tanzania'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 | 12.57 number | 12 number | 13 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 11 number | 10 number | 12 number | 10 |
Countries ranked near Tanzania
- 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 Mozambique 10 number compare
- 19 Namibia 10 number compare
- 19 Palestine 10 number compare
More private sector data for Tanzania
- Merchandise trade 27.5% (2025)
- Food imports 9.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 68.3% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 14.81 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 37.4% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 10.8% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 9.96 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 141.13 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1104 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 14.41 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - men in Tanzania?
- Starting a business: procedures required - men in Tanzania was 10 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - men recorded in Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 13 number in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - men recorded in Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 number in 2018.
- How does Tanzania rank for starting a business: procedures required - men?
- Tanzania ranks 19th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - men rising or falling in Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tanzania 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.