Starting a business - Score in Gabon
Gabon: Starting a business - Score was 86.97 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Gabon, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business - score in Gabon stood at 86.97. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.3% on the previous year and up 25.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Gabon peaked at 86.97 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 67.26, in 2005.
Gabon ranks 97th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Starting a business - Score in Gabon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 67.26 | — |
| 2006 | 68.05 | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 67.73 | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 68.9 | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 69.44 | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 68.54 | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 69.51 | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 70.11 | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 73.78 | +5.2% |
| 2014 | 73.72 | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 73.95 | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 74.09 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 80.48 | +8.6% |
| 2018 | 82.59 | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 86.97 | +5.3% |
Gabon compared with similar countries
- Gabon's 86.97 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 86.74, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Gabon's 86.97 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 | 68.28 | 67.26 | 69.44 | 5 |
| 2010s | 75.37 | 68.54 | 86.97 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
More private sector data for Gabon
- Merchandise trade 72.8% (2025)
- Food imports 15.7% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 76.4% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 4.00 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 0.9% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 17.8% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 11.60 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,473 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.5414 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -10.77 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Gabon?
- Starting a business - score in Gabon was 86.97 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 86.97 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 67.26 in 2005.
- How does Gabon rank for starting a business - score?
- Gabon ranks 97th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gabon 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.