Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number) - Score in Benin
Benin: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number) - Score was 70.59 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number) - Score in Benin, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score in Benin stood at 70.59. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 71.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score in Benin peaked at 70.59 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 41.18, in 2003.
Benin ranks 73rd of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number) - Score in Benin, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 41.18 | — |
| 2004 | 41.18 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 41.18 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 41.18 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 41.18 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 41.18 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 41.18 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 41.18 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 47.06 | +14.3% |
| 2012 | 52.94 | +12.5% |
| 2013 | 58.82 | +11.1% |
| 2014 | 58.82 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 58.82 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 70.59 | +20.0% |
| 2017 | 70.59 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 70.59 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 70.59 | +0.0% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 70.59 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 64.71, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Benin's 70.59 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 64.71, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 41.18 | 41.18 | 41.18 | 7 |
| 2010s | 60 | 41.18 | 70.59 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 73 United States 70.59 compare
- 73 Cameroon 70.59 compare
- 73 Chile 70.59 compare
- 73 Djibouti 70.59 compare
- 73 Egypt 70.59 compare
- 73 Gambia 70.59 compare
- 73 Grenada 70.59 compare
- 73 Guatemala 70.59 compare
- 73 Guinea 70.59 compare
- 73 Hungary 70.59 compare
- 73 Kuwait 70.59 compare
- 73 Lesotho 70.59 compare
- 73 Maldives 70.59 compare
- 73 Myanmar 70.59 compare
- 73 North Macedonia 70.59 compare
- 73 Papua New Guinea 70.59 compare
- 73 Portugal 70.59 compare
- 73 Puerto Rico 70.59 compare
- 73 Romania 70.59 compare
- 73 Sao Tome and Principe 70.59 compare
- 73 Switzerland 70.59 compare
- 73 East Timor 70.59 compare
- 73 Ukraine 70.59 compare
More private sector data for Benin
- Merchandise trade 36.4% (2025)
- Food imports 33.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 50.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 4.95 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 1.54 billion current US$ (2023)
- Food exports 39.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 7.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 3.99 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 451.05 million current US$ (2023)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 269.2 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score in Benin?
- Starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score in Benin was 70.59 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 70.59 in 2016.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 41.18 in 2003.
- How does Benin rank for starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score?
- Benin ranks 73rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 71.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for the number of procedures for women benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.