Starting a business - Score in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Starting a business - Score was 88.17 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Burkina Faso, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 88.17 for starting a business - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 44.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Burkina Faso peaked at 88.17 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 30.69, in 2003.
That places Burkina Faso 89th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it 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 Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 30.69 | — |
| 2004 | 31.43 | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 31.73 | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 42.21 | +33.0% |
| 2007 | 52.99 | +25.5% |
| 2008 | 57.44 | +8.4% |
| 2009 | 60.89 | +6.0% |
| 2010 | 60.96 | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 64.62 | +6.0% |
| 2012 | 65.95 | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 69.21 | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 69.06 | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 86.69 | +25.5% |
| 2016 | 88.06 | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 88.17 | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 88.09 | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 88.17 | +0.1% |
Burkina Faso compared with similar countries
- Burkina Faso's 88.17 is above the median for low income countries, which is 79.03, 1.1× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Burkina Faso's 88.17 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 Burkina Faso 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +33.0% | 31.73 | 42.21 |
| 2007 | +25.5% | 42.21 | 52.99 |
| 2015 | +25.5% | 69.06 | 86.69 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 43.91 | 30.69 | 60.89 | 7 |
| 2010s | 76.9 | 60.96 | 88.17 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
More private sector data for Burkina Faso
- Merchandise trade 67.5% (2025)
- Food imports 11.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 46.9% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 7.57 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 7.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 2.7% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 11.08 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 460.07 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4009 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 96.38 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Burkina Faso?
- Starting a business - score in Burkina Faso was 88.17 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 88.17 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.69 in 2003.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for starting a business - score?
- Burkina Faso ranks 89th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso 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.