Starting a business - Score in Liberia
Liberia: Starting a business - Score was 88.94 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Liberia, 2006–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Liberia recorded 88.94 for starting a business - score in 2019.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 15.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Liberia peaked at 90.77 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 43.08, in 2006.
Liberia ranks 76th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Starting a business - Score in Liberia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 43.08 | — |
| 2007 | 43.08 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 70.48 | +63.6% |
| 2009 | 76.8 | +9.0% |
| 2010 | 76.46 | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 83.93 | +9.8% |
| 2012 | 85.89 | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 90.35 | +5.2% |
| 2014 | 90.56 | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 90.64 | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 90.64 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 90.77 | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 88.14 | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 88.94 | +0.9% |
Liberia compared with similar countries
- Liberia's 88.94 is above the median for low income countries, which is 79.03, 1.1× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Liberia's 88.94 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 83.5, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business - Score in Liberia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +63.6% | 43.08 | 70.48 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 58.36 | 43.08 | 76.8 | 4 |
| 2010s | 87.63 | 76.46 | 90.77 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Liberia
More private sector data for Liberia
- Merchandise trade 87.0% (2025)
- Food imports 23.1% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 42.8% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 2.49 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 24.5% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 9.9% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 2.07 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 360.83 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3942 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 57.86 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Liberia?
- Starting a business - score in Liberia was 88.94 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 90.77 in 2017.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.08 in 2006.
- How does Liberia rank for starting a business - score?
- Liberia ranks 76th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Liberia 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.