Starting a business - Score in Mozambique
Mozambique: Starting a business - Score was 69.26 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Mozambique, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business - score in Mozambique is 69.26, measured in 2019.
The figure is up 2.5% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Mozambique peaked at 75.86 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 39.33, in 2003.
That places Mozambique 177th 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 Mozambique, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 39.33 | — |
| 2004 | 41.53 | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 41.78 | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 44.52 | +6.6% |
| 2007 | 62.4 | +40.1% |
| 2008 | 60.87 | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 69.78 | +14.6% |
| 2010 | 74.5 | +6.8% |
| 2011 | 75.58 | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 75.01 | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 75.35 | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 75.86 | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 74.39 | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 73.54 | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 71 | -3.5% |
| 2018 | 67.56 | -4.8% |
| 2019 | 69.26 | +2.5% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 69.26 is below the median for low income countries, which is 79.03, 88% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 69.26 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 83.5, 83% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business - Score in Mozambique 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +40.1% | 44.52 | 62.4 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 51.46 | 39.33 | 69.78 | 7 |
| 2010s | 73.2 | 67.56 | 75.86 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
More private sector data for Mozambique
- Merchandise trade 77.5% (2025)
- Food imports 19.6% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 56.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 9.21 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 12.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 4.6% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 8.10 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 227.33 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3626 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -1.35 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Mozambique?
- Starting a business - score in Mozambique was 69.26 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 75.86 in 2014.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 39.33 in 2003.
- How does Mozambique rank for starting a business - score?
- Mozambique ranks 177th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mozambique 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.