Starting a business - Score in Yemen
Yemen: Starting a business - Score was 76.84 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Yemen, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Yemen recorded 76.84 for starting a business - score in 2019.
The figure is up 14.7% on the previous year and down 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Yemen peaked at 78.63 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 15, in 2003.
That places Yemen 157th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business - Score in Yemen, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 15 | — |
| 2004 | 17.26 | +15.1% |
| 2005 | 17.26 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 17.26 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 19.91 | +15.4% |
| 2008 | 75.55 | +279.5% |
| 2009 | 78.53 | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 78.63 | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 78.42 | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 72.87 | -7.1% |
| 2013 | 73.6 | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 73.57 | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 73.36 | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 71.59 | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 72.68 | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 67.01 | -7.8% |
| 2019 | 76.84 | +14.7% |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 76.84 is below the median for low income countries, which is 79.03, 97% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Yemen's 76.84 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 87.84, 87% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business - Score in Yemen 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 | +279.5% | 19.91 | 75.55 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 34.39 | 15 | 78.53 | 7 |
| 2010s | 73.86 | 67.01 | 78.63 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
More private sector data for Yemen
- Merchandise trade 24.7% (2025)
- Food imports 39.1% (2019)
- Manufactures imports 31.4% (2019)
- Merchandise imports 4.65 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 99.3% (2019)
- Manufactures exports 0.6% (2019)
- Merchandise exports 196.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4.69 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0264 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -14.41 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Yemen?
- Starting a business - score in Yemen was 76.84 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 78.63 in 2010.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 15 in 2003.
- How does Yemen rank for starting a business - score?
- Yemen ranks 157th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Yemen 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.