Starting a business - Score in Sudan
Sudan: Starting a business - Score was 76.73 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Sudan, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Sudan recorded 76.73 for starting a business - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Sudan peaked at 76.73 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 62.21, in 2004.
Sudan ranks 158th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Starting a business - Score in Sudan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 62.21 | — |
| 2005 | 65.29 | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 69.15 | +5.9% |
| 2007 | 69.32 | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 70.14 | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 72.28 | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 70.89 | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 71.45 | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 73.52 | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 73.48 | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 73.84 | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 75.14 | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 73.17 | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 73.51 | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 76.35 | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 76.73 | +0.5% |
Sudan compared with similar countries
- Sudan's 76.73 is below the median for low income countries, which is 79.03, 97% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Sudan's 76.73 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 83.5, 92% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 68.07 | 62.21 | 72.28 | 6 |
| 2010s | 73.81 | 70.89 | 76.73 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Sudan
More private sector data for Sudan
- Merchandise trade 15.0% (2025)
- Food imports 29.9% (2018)
- Manufactures imports 56.0% (2018)
- Merchandise imports 6.20 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 50.6% (2018)
- Manufactures exports 1.1% (2018)
- Merchandise exports 2.80 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 54.2 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0465 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -10.66 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Sudan?
- Starting a business - score in Sudan was 76.73 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 76.73 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 62.21 in 2004.
- How does Sudan rank for starting a business - score?
- Sudan ranks 158th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sudan 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.