Starting a business - Score in Angola
Angola: Starting a business - Score was 79.4 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Angola, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business - score in Angola is 79.4, measured in 2019.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 52.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Angola peaked at 79.67 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 13.09, in 2003.
Angola ranks 147th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business - Score in Angola, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 13.09 | — |
| 2004 | 13.09 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 31.84 | +143.1% |
| 2006 | 33.47 | +5.1% |
| 2007 | 34.94 | +4.4% |
| 2008 | 45.71 | +30.8% |
| 2009 | 52.04 | +13.9% |
| 2010 | 46.46 | -10.7% |
| 2011 | 51.28 | +10.4% |
| 2012 | 53.82 | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 55.63 | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 57.15 | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 77.48 | +35.6% |
| 2016 | 79.67 | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 78.62 | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 79.05 | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 79.4 | +0.4% |
Angola compared with similar countries
- Angola's 79.4 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 82.73, 96% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Angola's 79.4 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 83.5, 95% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business - Score in Angola changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +143.1% | 13.09 | 31.84 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 32.03 | 13.09 | 52.04 | 7 |
| 2010s | 65.85 | 46.46 | 79.67 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Angola
- 144 Syria 80.14 compare
- 145 Costa Rica 79.91 compare
- 146 Nicaragua 79.57 compare
- 148 Seychelles 78.75 compare
- 149 El Salvador 78.64 compare
- 150 Kiribati 78.4 compare
More private sector data for Angola
- Merchandise trade 38.8% (2025)
- Food imports 15.7% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 62.6% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 14.96 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 0.4% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 1.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 32.49 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 832.27 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2659 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -17.22 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Angola?
- Starting a business - score in Angola was 79.4 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 79.67 in 2016.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.09 in 2003.
- How does Angola rank for starting a business - score?
- Angola ranks 147th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is up 52.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Angola data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for starting a business is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time and cost for an entrepreneur to start and formally operate a business, as well as the paid-in minimum capital requirement.