Starting a business - Score in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Starting a business - Score was 71.7 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Ethiopia, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 71.7 for starting a business - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 135.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Ethiopia peaked at 71.7 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 22.14, in 2003.
Ethiopia ranks 169th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business - Score in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 22.14 | — |
| 2004 | 41.54 | +87.6% |
| 2005 | 43.17 | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 49.67 | +15.0% |
| 2007 | 50.27 | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 51.76 | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 30.39 | -41.3% |
| 2010 | 32.41 | +6.6% |
| 2011 | 27.95 | -13.8% |
| 2012 | 37.65 | +34.7% |
| 2013 | 46.57 | +23.7% |
| 2014 | 49.22 | +5.7% |
| 2015 | 53.64 | +9.0% |
| 2016 | 55.96 | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 68.43 | +22.3% |
| 2018 | 70.79 | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 71.7 | +1.3% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 71.7 is below the median for low income countries, which is 79.03, 91% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 71.7 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 83.5, 86% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business - Score in Ethiopia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +87.6% | 22.14 | 41.54 |
| 2009 | -41.3% | 51.76 | 30.39 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 41.28 | 22.14 | 51.76 | 7 |
| 2010s | 51.43 | 27.95 | 71.7 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
More private sector data for Ethiopia
- Merchandise trade 24.2% (2025)
- Food imports 13.8% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 69.2% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 23.01 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 80.4% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 9.2% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 7.58 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 55.99 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.06 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 38.61 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Ethiopia?
- Starting a business - score in Ethiopia was 71.7 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 71.7 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.14 in 2003.
- How does Ethiopia rank for starting a business - score?
- Ethiopia ranks 169th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 135.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.