Starting a business: Time - Women (days)- Score in Lesotho
Lesotho: Starting a business: Time - Women (days)- Score was 85.43 in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Starting a business: Time - Women (days)- Score in Lesotho, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: time - women (days)- score in Lesotho is 85.43, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 19.7% on the previous year and up 39.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - women (days)- score in Lesotho peaked at 85.43 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0, in 2003.
That places Lesotho 113th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Starting a business: Time - Women (days)- Score in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 0 | — |
| 2004 | 0 | — |
| 2005 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 27.14 | — |
| 2007 | 27.14 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 61.31 | +125.9% |
| 2009 | 61.31 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 61.31 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 61.31 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 71.36 | +16.4% |
| 2013 | 71.36 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 71.36 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 71.36 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 71.36 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 71.36 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 71.36 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 85.43 | +19.7% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 85.43 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 85.43, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 85.43 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 85.93, 99% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 25.27 | 0 | 61.31 | 7 |
| 2010s | 70.75 | 61.31 | 85.43 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
More private sector data for Lesotho
- Merchandise trade 102.9% (2025)
- Food imports 23.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 59.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 1.88 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 23.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 70.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 773.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 327.08 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3004 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -22 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - women (days)- score in Lesotho?
- Starting a business: time - women (days)- score in Lesotho was 85.43 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - women (days)- score recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 85.43 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - women (days)- score recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 2003.
- How does Lesotho rank for starting a business: time - women (days)- score?
- Lesotho ranks 113th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - women (days)- score rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Time - Women (days)- Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for the time for women benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.