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 95th of 188 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.
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)
- Commercial service exports 273.34 million current US$ (2015)
- Transport services 31.2% (2015)
- Computer, communications and other services 50.6% (2015)
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 95th out of 188 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.