Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number) - Score in Kuwait
Kuwait: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number) - Score was 70.59 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number) - Score in Kuwait, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Kuwait recorded 70.59 for starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 20.0% on the previous year and up 200.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score in Kuwait peaked at 70.59 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 23.53, in 2003.
Kuwait ranks 73rd 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 Kuwait, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 23.53 | — |
| 2004 | 23.53 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 23.53 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 23.53 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 23.53 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 23.53 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 23.53 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 23.53 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 29.41 | +25.0% |
| 2012 | 29.41 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 29.41 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 29.41 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 29.41 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 29.41 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 47.06 | +60.0% |
| 2018 | 58.82 | +25.0% |
| 2019 | 70.59 | +20.0% |
Kuwait compared with similar countries
- Kuwait's 70.59 is below the median for high income countries, which is 76.47, 92% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Kuwait's 70.59 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 70.59, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 23.53 | 23.53 | 23.53 | 7 |
| 2010s | 37.65 | 23.53 | 70.59 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
- 73 United States 70.59 compare
- 73 Benin 70.59 compare
- 73 Cameroon 70.59 compare
- 73 Chile 70.59 compare
- 73 Djibouti 70.59 compare
- 73 Egypt 70.59 compare
- 73 Gambia 70.59 compare
- 73 Grenada 70.59 compare
- 73 Guatemala 70.59 compare
- 73 Guinea 70.59 compare
- 73 Hungary 70.59 compare
- 73 Lesotho 70.59 compare
- 73 Maldives 70.59 compare
- 73 Myanmar 70.59 compare
- 73 North Macedonia 70.59 compare
- 73 Papua New Guinea 70.59 compare
- 73 Portugal 70.59 compare
- 73 Puerto Rico 70.59 compare
- 73 Romania 70.59 compare
- 73 Sao Tome and Principe 70.59 compare
- 73 Switzerland 70.59 compare
- 73 East Timor 70.59 compare
- 73 Ukraine 70.59 compare
More private sector data for Kuwait
- Merchandise trade 72.3% (2025)
- Food imports 16.0% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 75.4% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 41.61 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 28.64 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 0.6% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 5.7% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 72.07 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 12.14 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 14,814 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score in Kuwait?
- Starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score in Kuwait was 70.59 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 70.59 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.53 in 2003.
- How does Kuwait rank for starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score?
- Kuwait ranks 73rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is up 200.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kuwait 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.