Starting a business - Score in Lesotho
Lesotho: Starting a business - Score was 88.24 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Lesotho, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 88.24 for starting a business - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.2% on the previous year and up 14.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Lesotho peaked at 88.24 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 54.01, in 2003.
That places Lesotho 85th 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 Lesotho, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 54.01 | — |
| 2004 | 54.66 | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 56.98 | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 65.51 | +15.0% |
| 2007 | 65.91 | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 75.86 | +15.1% |
| 2009 | 77.38 | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 77.5 | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 77.69 | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 82.39 | +6.0% |
| 2013 | 82.59 | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 82.84 | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 82.85 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 83 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 83.06 | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 83.13 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 88.24 | +6.2% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 88.24 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 82.73, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 88.24 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 83.5, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 64.33 | 54.01 | 77.38 | 7 |
| 2010s | 82.33 | 77.5 | 88.24 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
More private sector data for Lesotho
- Merchandise trade 102.9% (2025)
- Food imports 23.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 59.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 1.88 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 23.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 70.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 773.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 327.08 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3004 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -22 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Lesotho?
- Starting a business - score in Lesotho was 88.24 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 88.24 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 54.01 in 2003.
- How does Lesotho rank for starting a business - score?
- Lesotho ranks 85th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lesotho 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.