Starting a business - Score in Ghana
Ghana: Starting a business - Score was 84.96 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Ghana, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business - score in Ghana stood at 84.96. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Ghana peaked at 84.96 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 67.48, in 2003.
That places Ghana 117th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business - Score in Ghana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 67.48 | — |
| 2004 | 70.44 | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 72.43 | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 73.79 | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 77.46 | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 82.21 | +6.1% |
| 2009 | 84.6 | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 84.38 | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 84.9 | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 84.93 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 83.17 | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 83.73 | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 83.73 | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 83.73 | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 84.02 | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 84.29 | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 84.96 | +0.8% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 84.96 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 82.73, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 84.96 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 | 75.49 | 67.48 | 84.6 | 7 |
| 2010s | 84.18 | 83.17 | 84.96 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More private sector data for Ghana
- Merchandise trade 42.5% (2025)
- Food imports 13.7% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 51.5% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 17.45 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 18.1% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 6.0% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 31.11 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 887.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2724 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 62.31 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Ghana?
- Starting a business - score in Ghana was 84.96 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 84.96 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 67.48 in 2003.
- How does Ghana rank for starting a business - score?
- Ghana ranks 117th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana 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.