Starting a business - Score in Malawi
Malawi: Starting a business - Score was 77.93 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Malawi, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business - score in Malawi is 77.93, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 21.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Malawi peaked at 77.93 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 52.59, in 2006.
That places Malawi 154th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business - Score in Malawi, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 61.56 | — |
| 2004 | 59.99 | -2.6% |
| 2005 | 60.14 | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 52.59 | -12.5% |
| 2007 | 54.01 | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 61.86 | +14.5% |
| 2009 | 64.34 | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 64.29 | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 66.49 | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 60.03 | -9.7% |
| 2013 | 61.83 | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 66.96 | +8.3% |
| 2015 | 69.71 | +4.1% |
| 2016 | 76.73 | +10.1% |
| 2017 | 76.43 | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 77.18 | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 77.93 | +1.0% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 77.93 is below the median for low income countries, which is 79.03, 99% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 77.93 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 83.5, 93% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 59.21 | 52.59 | 64.34 | 7 |
| 2010s | 69.76 | 60.03 | 77.93 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
More private sector data for Malawi
- Merchandise trade 30.9% (2025)
- Food imports 11.8% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 68.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 3.66 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 90.2% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 8.0% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 947.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 42.63 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0635 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -1.15 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Malawi?
- Starting a business - score in Malawi was 77.93 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 77.93 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.59 in 2006.
- How does Malawi rank for starting a business - score?
- Malawi ranks 154th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi 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.