Starting a business - Score in Somalia
Somalia: Starting a business - Score was 46 in 2019. ▼ Falling
Latest (2019)
46
Change on year
down 0.8%
World rank
189th
of 191 countries
All-time high
48.71
in 2016
All-time low
45.77
in 2017
Years of data
5
2015–2019
Starting a business - Score in Somalia, 2015–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business - score in Somalia stood at 46.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 4.7% over five years.
That places Somalia 189th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Starting a business - Score in Somalia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 48.27 | — |
| 2016 | 48.71 | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 45.77 | -6.0% |
| 2018 | 46.37 | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 46 | -0.8% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 46 is below the median for low income countries, which is 79.03, 58% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 46 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 83.5, 55% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Somalia
More private sector data for Somalia
- Merchandise trade 40.2% (2025)
- Food imports 22.4% (1982)
- Manufactures imports 54.7% (1982)
- Merchandise imports 3.93 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 93.7% (1982)
- Manufactures exports 1.3% (1982)
- Merchandise exports 1.30 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 66.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -11.74 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Somalia?
- Starting a business - score in Somalia was 46 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 48.71 in 2016.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 45.77 in 2017.
- How does Somalia rank for starting a business - score?
- Somalia ranks 189th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this Somalia 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.