Starting a business - Score in Cameroon
Cameroon: Starting a business - Score was 86.27 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Cameroon, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business - score in Cameroon stood at 86.27. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 73.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Cameroon peaked at 86.27 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 34.65, in 2003.
That places Cameroon 105th 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 Cameroon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 34.65 | — |
| 2004 | 36.7 | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 39.07 | +6.5% |
| 2006 | 43.54 | +11.5% |
| 2007 | 46.87 | +7.6% |
| 2008 | 44.3 | -5.5% |
| 2009 | 49.73 | +12.2% |
| 2010 | 67.65 | +36.1% |
| 2011 | 71.41 | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 72.87 | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 72.6 | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 73.8 | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 74.8 | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 75.27 | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 82.39 | +9.5% |
| 2018 | 86.26 | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 86.27 | +0.0% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 86.27 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 82.73, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 86.27 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 83.5, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 42.12 | 34.65 | 49.73 | 7 |
| 2010s | 76.33 | 67.65 | 86.27 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More private sector data for Cameroon
- Merchandise trade 24.6% (2025)
- Food imports 21.7% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 51.6% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 9.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 22.8% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 6.0% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 5.10 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 170.69 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0865 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -4.92 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Cameroon?
- Starting a business - score in Cameroon was 86.27 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 86.27 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.65 in 2003.
- How does Cameroon rank for starting a business - score?
- Cameroon ranks 105th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 73.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon 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.