Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) in Togo
Togo: Starting a business: Procedures required - Men was 3 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men in Togo, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: procedures required - men in Togo stood at 3 number. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of down 25.0% on the previous year and down 57.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - men in Togo peaked at 13 number in 2003 and was at its lowest, 3 number, in 2019.
Togo ranks 164th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men in Togo, 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 | 13 number | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 13 number | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 7 number | -46.2% |
| 2010 | 7 number | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 7 number | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 6 number | -14.3% |
| 2013 | 7 number | +16.7% |
| 2014 | 6 number | -14.3% |
| 2015 | 6 number | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 5 number | -16.7% |
| 2017 | 5 number | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 4 number | -20.0% |
| 2019 | 3 number | -25.0% |
Togo compared with similar countries
- Togo's 3 number is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 7 number, 43% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Togo's 3 number is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7 number, 43% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.14 number | 7 number | 13 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 5.6 number | 3 number | 7 number | 10 |
Countries ranked near Togo
- 164 Armenia 3 number compare
- 164 Australia 3 number compare
- 164 Azerbaijan 3 number compare
- 164 Brunei 3 number compare
- 164 Burkina Faso 3 number compare
- 164 Estonia 3 number compare
- 164 Finland 3 number compare
- 164 Greece 3 number compare
- 164 Ireland 3 number compare
- 164 Israel 3 number compare
- 164 South Korea 3 number compare
- 164 Kosovo 3 number compare
- 164 Moldova 3 number compare
- 164 Saudi Arabia 3 number compare
- 164 Slovenia 3 number compare
- 164 Taiwan 3 number compare
- 164 Tajikistan 3 number compare
- 164 Tunisia 3 number compare
- 164 Uzbekistan 3 number compare
- 164 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 3 number compare
More private sector data for Togo
- Merchandise trade 43.7% (2025)
- Food imports 17.6% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 64.9% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 3.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 33.0% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 39.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 1.80 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 209.51 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1514 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 9.62 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - men in Togo?
- Starting a business: procedures required - men in Togo was 3 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - men recorded in Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 13 number in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - men recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 number in 2019.
- How does Togo rank for starting a business: procedures required - men?
- Togo ranks 164th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - men rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 57.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Togo 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.