Starting a business - Score in Libya
Libya: Starting a business - Score was 73.15 in 2019. ▬ Flat
Latest (2019)
73.15
Change on year
down 0.6%
World rank
165th
of 191 countries
All-time high
74.55
in 2013
All-time low
71.36
in 2012
Years of data
8
2012–2019
Starting a business - Score in Libya, 2012–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Libya recorded 73.15 for starting a business - score in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
That places Libya 165th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Starting a business - Score in Libya, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 71.36 | — |
| 2013 | 74.55 | +4.5% |
| 2014 | 74.34 | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 72.58 | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 71.48 | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 71.72 | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 73.56 | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 73.15 | -0.6% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 73.15 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 86.74, 84% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Libya's 73.15 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 87.84, 83% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Libya
More private sector data for Libya
- Merchandise trade 102.7% (2025)
- Food imports 21.6% (2019)
- Manufactures imports 62.7% (2019)
- Merchandise imports 19.31 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 0.1% (2019)
- Manufactures exports 0.6% (2019)
- Merchandise exports 30.09 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,034 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.6255 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -0.3511 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Libya?
- Starting a business - score in Libya was 73.15 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 74.55 in 2013.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 71.36 in 2012.
- How does Libya rank for starting a business - score?
- Libya ranks 165th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Libya 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.