Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) in Uganda
Uganda: Starting a business: Procedures required - Men was 13 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men in Uganda, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: procedures required - men in Uganda is 13 number, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of down 23.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - men in Uganda peaked at 17 number in 2003 and was at its lowest, 13 number, in 2016.
That places Uganda 3rd 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 Uganda, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 17 number | — |
| 2004 | 17 number | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 17 number | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 17 number | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 17 number | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 17 number | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 17 number | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 16 number | -5.9% |
| 2011 | 14 number | -12.5% |
| 2012 | 14 number | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 14 number | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 14 number | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 14 number | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 13 number | -7.1% |
| 2017 | 13 number | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 13 number | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 13 number | +0.0% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 13 number is above the median for low income countries, which is 6.5 number, 2.0× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 13 number is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7 number, 1.9× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17 number | 17 number | 17 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 13.8 number | 13 number | 16 number | 10 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 1 Venezuela 20 number compare
- 2 Equatorial Guinea 16 number compare
- 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13 number compare
- 3 Eritrea 13 number compare
- 3 Philippines 13 number compare
More private sector data for Uganda
- Merchandise trade 49.9% (2025)
- Food imports 10.7% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 47.3% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 18.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 39.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 14.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 12.50 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 243.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2017 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 55.49 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - men in Uganda?
- Starting a business: procedures required - men in Uganda was 13 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - men recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 17 number in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - men recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 13 number in 2016.
- How does Uganda rank for starting a business: procedures required - men?
- Uganda ranks 3rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - men rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uganda 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.