Starting a business - Score in Senegal
Senegal: Starting a business - Score was 91.19 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Senegal, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business - score in Senegal is 91.19, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 28.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Senegal peaked at 91.19 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 37.48, in 2003.
Senegal ranks 61st 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 Senegal, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 37.48 | — |
| 2004 | 40.08 | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 41.23 | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 40.17 | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 41.53 | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 68.14 | +64.1% |
| 2009 | 71.09 | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 71.28 | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 73.02 | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 74.14 | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 74.16 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 85.04 | +14.7% |
| 2015 | 85.99 | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 86.07 | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 89.7 | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 89.94 | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 91.19 | +1.4% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 91.19 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 82.73, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 91.19 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 Senegal 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 | +64.1% | 41.53 | 68.14 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 48.53 | 37.48 | 71.09 | 7 |
| 2010s | 82.05 | 71.28 | 91.19 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
More private sector data for Senegal
- Merchandise trade 60.0% (2025)
- Food imports 19.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 46.4% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 11.95 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 21.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 22.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 10.24 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 541.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2768 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 62.33 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Senegal?
- Starting a business - score in Senegal was 91.19 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 91.19 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.48 in 2003.
- How does Senegal rank for starting a business - score?
- Senegal ranks 61st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Senegal 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.