Starting a business - Score in Eswatini
Eswatini: Starting a business - Score was 77.2 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Eswatini, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 77.2 for starting a business - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.2% on the previous year and up 19.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Eswatini peaked at 77.2 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 63.43, in 2005.
That places Eswatini 156th 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 Eswatini, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 63.43 | — |
| 2006 | 63.69 | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 64 | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 64.45 | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 64.6 | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 65.72 | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 66.2 | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 66.85 | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 70.92 | +6.1% |
| 2014 | 73.47 | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 73.46 | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 74.32 | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 74.35 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 74.12 | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 77.2 | +4.2% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 77.2 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 82.73, 93% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 77.2 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 83.5, 92% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 64.03 | 63.43 | 64.6 | 5 |
| 2010s | 71.66 | 65.72 | 77.2 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
More private sector data for Eswatini
- Merchandise trade 86.4% (2025)
- Food imports 19.6% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 58.1% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 2.09 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 29.7% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 59.8% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 2.37 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,887 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4592 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 1.85 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Eswatini?
- Starting a business - score in Eswatini was 77.2 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 77.2 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.43 in 2005.
- How does Eswatini rank for starting a business - score?
- Eswatini ranks 156th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.