Starting a business - Score in Kenya
Kenya: Starting a business - Score was 82.73 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Kenya, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business - score in Kenya stood at 82.73. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 28.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Kenya peaked at 82.73 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 58.02, in 2005.
That places Kenya 130th 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 Kenya, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 60.58 | — |
| 2004 | 63.96 | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 58.02 | -9.3% |
| 2006 | 58.37 | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 62.44 | +7.0% |
| 2008 | 65.09 | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 64.65 | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 65.82 | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 65.53 | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 68 | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 68.38 | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 67.68 | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 70 | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 79.31 | +13.3% |
| 2017 | 82.23 | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 82.41 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 82.73 | +0.4% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 82.73 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 82.73, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 82.73 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 83.5, 99% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 61.87 | 58.02 | 65.09 | 7 |
| 2010s | 73.21 | 65.53 | 82.73 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
More private sector data for Kenya
- Merchandise trade 22.2% (2025)
- Food imports 16.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 56.6% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 21.61 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 49.2% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 30.7% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 8.60 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 149.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0633 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 4.42 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Kenya?
- Starting a business - score in Kenya was 82.73 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 82.73 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 58.02 in 2005.
- How does Kenya rank for starting a business - score?
- Kenya ranks 130th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya 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.