Starting a business - Score in Niger
Niger: Starting a business - Score was 91.51 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Niger, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Niger recorded 91.51 for starting a business - score in 2019.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 115.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Niger peaked at 91.93 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 21.96, in 2003.
Niger ranks 57th of 191 countries on this measure, 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 Niger, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 21.96 | — |
| 2004 | 21.96 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 21.96 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 25.91 | +18.0% |
| 2007 | 31.06 | +19.9% |
| 2008 | 32.67 | +5.2% |
| 2009 | 42.53 | +30.2% |
| 2010 | 42.55 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 43.07 | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 43.27 | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 51.76 | +19.6% |
| 2014 | 52.69 | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 75.9 | +44.0% |
| 2016 | 84.44 | +11.2% |
| 2017 | 91.93 | +8.9% |
| 2018 | 91.46 | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 91.51 | +0.1% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 91.51 is above the median for low income countries, which is 79.03, 1.2× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Niger's 91.51 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 Niger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +44.0% | 52.69 | 75.9 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 28.29 | 21.96 | 42.53 | 7 |
| 2010s | 66.86 | 42.55 | 91.93 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Niger
- 54 Albania 91.76 compare
- 55 Democratic Republic of Congo 91.63 compare
- 56 United States 91.59 compare
- 58 Chile 91.43 compare
- 59 Sierra Leone 91.29 compare
- 60 Puerto Rico 91.24 compare
More private sector data for Niger
- Merchandise trade 21.3% (2025)
- Food imports 37.9% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 47.5% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 2.70 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 4.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 7.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 1.90 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 68.06 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0878 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 25.33 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Niger?
- Starting a business - score in Niger was 91.51 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 91.93 in 2017.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.96 in 2003.
- How does Niger rank for starting a business - score?
- Niger ranks 57th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 115.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Niger 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.