Starting a business - Score in Benin
Benin: Starting a business - Score was 90.62 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Benin, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business - score in Benin stood at 90.62. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 128.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Benin peaked at 90.62 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 28.79, in 2006.
Benin ranks 66th 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 - Score in Benin, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 36.72 | — |
| 2004 | 34.96 | -4.8% |
| 2005 | 36.27 | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 28.79 | -20.6% |
| 2007 | 30.71 | +6.7% |
| 2008 | 31.04 | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 39.65 | +27.7% |
| 2010 | 40.36 | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 43.2 | +7.0% |
| 2012 | 49.3 | +14.1% |
| 2013 | 54.25 | +10.0% |
| 2014 | 80.05 | +47.5% |
| 2015 | 81.37 | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 90.56 | +11.3% |
| 2017 | 90.58 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 90.6 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 90.62 | +0.0% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 90.62 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 82.73, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Benin's 90.62 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 83.5, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business - Score in Benin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +47.5% | 54.25 | 80.05 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 34.02 | 28.79 | 39.65 | 7 |
| 2010s | 71.09 | 40.36 | 90.62 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Benin
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)
- Food exports 39.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 7.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 3.99 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 269.2 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -0.8946 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Benin?
- Starting a business - score in Benin was 90.62 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 90.62 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.79 in 2006.
- How does Benin rank for starting a business - score?
- Benin ranks 66th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 128.6%. 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 - 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.