General firm level descriptive statistics
| No. of firms | Intent to register (%) | Firm age | Firm size 000s | Owned by male (%) | % in manufacturing | Experience in sector (in years) | Time to register (days) | Business once registered (%) | Main reason for not being registered | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angola (2010) | 119 | 88.6 | 6.0 | 147 | 68.9 | 45.4 | 7.8 | 133.8 | 18.0 | Time, fees and paperwork |
| Botswana (2010) | 99 | 58.6 | 5.9 | 8.5 | 56.7 | 44.4 | 7.6 | 40.5 | 0.0 | Time, fees and paperwork |
| Burkina Faso (2009) | 120 | 60.3 | 8.9 | 16.1 | 78.3 | – | 10.8 | 32.6 | 5.0 | Time, fees and paperwork |
| Cabo Verde (2009) | 129 | 57.7 | 9.8 | 66.9 | 37.2 | – | 11.9 | 45.1 | 0.8 | Time, fees and paperwork |
| Cameroon (2009) | 122 | 50.8 | 7.3 | 10.3 | 66.4 | – | 9.5 | 121.0 | 4.9 | Time, fees and paperwork |
| The DRC (2013) | 480 | 48.9 | 7.9 | 0.18 | 77.1 | 47.9 | 9.5 | 6.2 | 3.3 | No benefit |
| Ghana (2013) | 729 | 50.9 | 8.6 | 6.1 | 37.2 | 44.2 | 9.5 | 31.7 | 2.5 | No benefit |
| Kenya (2013) | 533 | 53.0 | 6.5 | 3.7 | 61.1 | 48.4 | 8.1 | 17.9 | 1.3 | No benefit |
| Madagascar (2009) | 127 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 2.4 | 50.8 | 39.2 | 7.3 | – | 1.3 | – |
| Mali (2010) | 120 | 79.3 | 9.4 | 12.6 | 80.8 | 50.8 | 11.7 | 89.2 | 1.7 | Time, fees and paperwork |
| Mauritius (2009) | 132 | 2.3 | 15.3 | 8.7 | 69.5 | 50.8 | 18.3 | – | – | – |
| Rwanda (2011) | 240 | 56.1 | 5.7 | 1.9 | 65.4 | 68.3 | 7.4 | 53.9 | 0.4 | Taxes to be paid |
| Mozambique (2018) | 554 | 10.8 | 5.2 | 3.3 | 46.3 | 40.0 | 6.5 | – | – | No benefit |
| Zimbabwe (2016) | 515 | 42.7 | 6.9 | 4.8 | 56.6 | 19.2 | 7.7 | – | – | Taxes to be paid |
| Total | 4,019 | 47.1 | 7.9 | 20.9 | 60.9 | 35.6 | 9.5 | 40.9 | 3.5 | Time, fees and paperwork |
| No. of firms | Intent to register (%) | Firm age | Firm size 000s | Owned by male (%) | % in manufacturing | Experience in sector (in years) | Time to register (days) | Business once registered (%) | Main reason for not being registered | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angola (2010) | 119 | 88.6 | 6.0 | 147 | 68.9 | 45.4 | 7.8 | 133.8 | 18.0 | Time, fees and paperwork |
| Botswana (2010) | 99 | 58.6 | 5.9 | 8.5 | 56.7 | 44.4 | 7.6 | 40.5 | 0.0 | Time, fees and paperwork |
| Burkina Faso (2009) | 120 | 60.3 | 8.9 | 16.1 | 78.3 | – | 10.8 | 32.6 | 5.0 | Time, fees and paperwork |
| Cabo Verde (2009) | 129 | 57.7 | 9.8 | 66.9 | 37.2 | – | 11.9 | 45.1 | 0.8 | Time, fees and paperwork |
| Cameroon (2009) | 122 | 50.8 | 7.3 | 10.3 | 66.4 | – | 9.5 | 121.0 | 4.9 | Time, fees and paperwork |
| The DRC (2013) | 480 | 48.9 | 7.9 | 0.18 | 77.1 | 47.9 | 9.5 | 6.2 | 3.3 | No benefit |
| Ghana (2013) | 729 | 50.9 | 8.6 | 6.1 | 37.2 | 44.2 | 9.5 | 31.7 | 2.5 | No benefit |
| Kenya (2013) | 533 | 53.0 | 6.5 | 3.7 | 61.1 | 48.4 | 8.1 | 17.9 | 1.3 | No benefit |
| Madagascar (2009) | 127 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 2.4 | 50.8 | 39.2 | 7.3 | – | 1.3 | – |
| Mali (2010) | 120 | 79.3 | 9.4 | 12.6 | 80.8 | 50.8 | 11.7 | 89.2 | 1.7 | Time, fees and paperwork |
| Mauritius (2009) | 132 | 2.3 | 15.3 | 8.7 | 69.5 | 50.8 | 18.3 | – | – | – |
| Rwanda (2011) | 240 | 56.1 | 5.7 | 1.9 | 65.4 | 68.3 | 7.4 | 53.9 | 0.4 | Taxes to be paid |
| Mozambique (2018) | 554 | 10.8 | 5.2 | 3.3 | 46.3 | 40.0 | 6.5 | – | – | No benefit |
| Zimbabwe (2016) | 515 | 42.7 | 6.9 | 4.8 | 56.6 | 19.2 | 7.7 | – | – | Taxes to be paid |
Source(s): Author's calculation based on World Bank enterprise data. The size variable is in US dollars and calculated by average monthly sales of each firm multiplied by 12 (to get annual sales) and then converting the local currency amount into US dollars using the applicable year exchange rate. It is important to note that this approach ignores the effect of seasonality
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