Starting a business - Score in Egypt
Egypt: Starting a business - Score was 87.84 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Egypt, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business - score in Egypt is 87.84, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.8% on the previous year and up 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Egypt peaked at 87.84 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 33, in 2003.
That places Egypt 91st 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 Egypt, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 33 | — |
| 2004 | 33.43 | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 36.56 | +9.4% |
| 2006 | 41.95 | +14.7% |
| 2007 | 74.23 | +76.9% |
| 2008 | 78.74 | +6.1% |
| 2009 | 79.27 | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 80.62 | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 80.79 | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 80.91 | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 81.12 | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 81.23 | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 80.58 | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 80.65 | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 80.7 | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 83.83 | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 87.84 | +4.8% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 87.84 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 82.73, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 87.84 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 87.84, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business - Score in Egypt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +76.9% | 41.95 | 74.23 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 53.88 | 33 | 79.27 | 7 |
| 2010s | 81.83 | 80.58 | 87.84 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 88 Hungary 88.19 compare
- 89 Burkina Faso 88.17 compare
- 90 Grenada 87.96 compare
- 92 Romania 87.68 compare
- 93 San Marino 87.31 compare
- 94 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 87.05 compare
More private sector data for Egypt
- Merchandise trade 40.8% (2025)
- Food imports 20.4% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 52.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 97.54 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 21.9% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 51.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 51.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 434.27 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1407 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 21.67 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Egypt?
- Starting a business - score in Egypt was 87.84 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 87.84 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 33 in 2003.
- How does Egypt rank for starting a business - score?
- Egypt ranks 91st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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.