Starting a business - Score in Burundi
Burundi: Starting a business - Score was 92.92 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Burundi, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Burundi recorded 92.92 for starting a business - score in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 35.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Burundi peaked at 94.51 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 61.57, in 2003.
Burundi ranks 44th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business - Score in Burundi, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 61.57 | — |
| 2004 | 63.89 | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 62.79 | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 61.57 | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 61.57 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 61.57 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 68.35 | +11.0% |
| 2010 | 71.03 | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 71.97 | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 91.66 | +27.4% |
| 2013 | 93.74 | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 94.25 | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 94.51 | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 94.45 | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 91.94 | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 93.11 | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 92.92 | -0.2% |
Burundi compared with similar countries
- Burundi's 92.92 is above the median for low income countries, which is 79.03, 1.2× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Burundi's 92.92 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 Burundi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +27.4% | 71.97 | 91.66 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 63.04 | 61.57 | 68.35 | 7 |
| 2010s | 88.96 | 71.03 | 94.51 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Burundi
More private sector data for Burundi
- Merchandise trade 45.2% (2025)
- Food imports 13.7% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 61.1% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 1.19 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 46.0% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 15.2% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 332.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 23.07 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0987 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 89.71 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Burundi?
- Starting a business - score in Burundi was 92.92 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 94.51 in 2015.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 61.57 in 2003.
- How does Burundi rank for starting a business - score?
- Burundi ranks 44th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burundi 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.