Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number) - Score in Japan
Japan: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number) - Score was 58.82 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number) - Score in Japan, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Japan recorded 58.82 for starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score in Japan peaked at 58.82 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 41.18, in 2003.
Japan ranks 129th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number) - Score in Japan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 41.18 | — |
| 2004 | 41.18 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 41.18 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 58.82 | +42.9% |
| 2007 | 58.82 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 58.82 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 58.82 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 58.82 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 58.82 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 58.82 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 58.82 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 58.82 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 58.82 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 58.82 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 58.82 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 58.82 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 58.82 | +0.0% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 58.82 is below the median for high income countries, which is 76.47, 77% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Japan's 58.82 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 67.65, 87% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 51.26 | 41.18 | 58.82 | 7 |
| 2010s | 58.82 | 58.82 | 58.82 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 128 Mexico 59.82 compare
- 129 Angola 58.82 compare
- 129 Austria 58.82 compare
- 129 Bhutan 58.82 compare
- 129 Chad 58.82 compare
- 129 Ghana 58.82 compare
- 129 Jordan 58.82 compare
- 129 Lebanon 58.82 compare
- 129 Mongolia 58.82 compare
- 129 Montenegro 58.82 compare
- 129 Nepal 58.82 compare
- 129 Palau 58.82 compare
- 129 Peru 58.82 compare
- 129 Suriname 58.82 compare
- 129 Syria 58.82 compare
- 129 Vietnam 58.82 compare
More private sector data for Japan
- Merchandise trade 33.7% (2025)
- Food imports 9.8% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 59.9% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 755.55 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 266.13 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 1.3% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 80.6% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 738.34 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 242.56 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 5,985 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score in Japan?
- Starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score in Japan was 58.82 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 58.82 in 2006.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 41.18 in 2003.
- How does Japan rank for starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score?
- Japan ranks 129th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Japan 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.