Starting a business - Score in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Starting a business - Score was 60.96 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Equatorial Guinea, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business - score in Equatorial Guinea stood at 60.96. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is up 9.4% on the previous year and up 65.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 60.96 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 35.87, in 2007.
That places Equatorial Guinea 184th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Starting a business - Score in Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 36.85 | — |
| 2006 | 36.85 | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 35.87 | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 36.63 | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 36.92 | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 36.05 | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 36.7 | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 36.99 | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 36.86 | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 36.74 | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 36.59 | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 36.9 | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 54.96 | +49.0% |
| 2018 | 55.74 | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 60.96 | +9.4% |
Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries
- Equatorial Guinea's 60.96 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 86.74, 70% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Equatorial Guinea's 60.96 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 83.5, 73% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business - Score in Equatorial Guinea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +49.0% | 36.9 | 54.96 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 36.62 | 35.87 | 36.92 | 5 |
| 2010s | 42.85 | 36.05 | 60.96 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
More private sector data for Equatorial Guinea
- Merchandise trade 33.5% (2025)
- Food imports 31.8% (1983)
- Manufactures imports 64.2% (1983)
- Merchandise imports 1.70 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 57.9% (1983)
- Manufactures exports 4.0% (1983)
- Merchandise exports 2.60 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,341 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2028 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -12.72 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Equatorial Guinea?
- Starting a business - score in Equatorial Guinea was 60.96 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 60.96 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.87 in 2007.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for starting a business - score?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 184th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 65.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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.