Starting a business - Score in Tunisia
Tunisia: Starting a business - Score was 94.56 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Tunisia, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Tunisia recorded 94.56 for starting a business - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 6.8% on the previous year and up 16.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Tunisia peaked at 94.56 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 59.19, in 2003.
That places Tunisia 20th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business - Score in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 59.19 | — |
| 2004 | 78.72 | +33.0% |
| 2005 | 79.02 | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 79.22 | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 79.53 | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 81.16 | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 81.45 | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 81.53 | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 81.63 | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 81.64 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 81.57 | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 81.62 | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 81.67 | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 81.57 | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 81.58 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 88.51 | +8.5% |
| 2019 | 94.56 | +6.8% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 94.56 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 82.73, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Tunisia's 94.56 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 87.84, 1.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business - Score in Tunisia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +33.0% | 59.19 | 78.72 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 76.9 | 59.19 | 81.45 | 7 |
| 2010s | 83.59 | 81.53 | 94.56 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Tunisia
- 17 Brunei 94.93 compare
- 18 United Arab Emirates 94.76 compare
- 19 United Kingdom 94.58 compare
- 21 Mauritius 94.48 compare
- 22 Taiwan 94.44 compare
- 23 Kazakhstan 94.43 compare
More private sector data for Tunisia
- Merchandise trade 86.8% (2025)
- Food imports 11.5% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 63.7% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 28.59 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 14.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 77.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 21.29 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,724 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3703 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 6.61 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Tunisia?
- Starting a business - score in Tunisia was 94.56 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 94.56 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 59.19 in 2003.
- How does Tunisia rank for starting a business - score?
- Tunisia ranks 20th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tunisia 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.