Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number) - Score in Iraq
Iraq: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number) - Score was 52.94 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number) - Score in Iraq, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score in Iraq stood at 52.94. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
The figure is up 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score in Iraq peaked at 52.94 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 35.29, in 2004.
That places Iraq 145th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number) - Score in Iraq, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 35.29 | — |
| 2005 | 35.29 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 35.29 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 35.29 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 35.29 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 35.29 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 35.29 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 35.29 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 41.18 | +16.7% |
| 2013 | 41.18 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 41.18 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 47.06 | +14.3% |
| 2016 | 47.06 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 52.94 | +12.5% |
| 2018 | 52.94 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 52.94 | +0.0% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 52.94 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 64.71, 82% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 52.94 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 70.59, 75% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 35.29 | 35.29 | 35.29 | 6 |
| 2010s | 44.71 | 35.29 | 52.94 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
- 145 Bangladesh 52.94 compare
- 145 Antigua and Barbuda 52.94 compare
- 145 Belize 52.94 compare
- 145 Botswana 52.94 compare
- 145 Cape Verde 52.94 compare
- 145 Cambodia 52.94 compare
- 145 Comoros 52.94 compare
- 145 Czechia 52.94 compare
- 145 El Salvador 52.94 compare
- 145 Germany 52.94 compare
- 145 Guinea-Bissau 52.94 compare
- 145 Laos 52.94 compare
- 145 Malaysia 52.94 compare
- 145 Qatar 52.94 compare
- 145 Seychelles 52.94 compare
- 145 Somalia 52.94 compare
- 145 Zimbabwe 52.94 compare
More private sector data for Iraq
- Merchandise trade 70.0% (2025)
- Food imports 14.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 76.3% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 85.19 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 26.61 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 0.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 0.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 92.91 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 10.31 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,976 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score in Iraq?
- Starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score in Iraq was 52.94 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 52.94 in 2017.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.29 in 2004.
- How does Iraq rank for starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score?
- Iraq ranks 145th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iraq data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for the number of procedures 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.