Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number) - Score in United Kingdom
United Kingdom: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number) - Score was 82.35 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number) - Score in United Kingdom, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score in United Kingdom is 82.35, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score in United Kingdom peaked at 82.35 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 70.59, in 2003.
That places United Kingdom 27th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number) - Score in United Kingdom, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 70.59 | — |
| 2004 | 70.59 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 70.59 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 70.59 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 70.59 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 70.59 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 70.59 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 70.59 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 70.59 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 70.59 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 70.59 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 70.59 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 82.35 | +16.7% |
| 2016 | 82.35 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 82.35 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 82.35 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 82.35 | +0.0% |
United Kingdom compared with similar countries
- United Kingdom's 82.35 is above the median for high income countries, which is 76.47, 1.1× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- United Kingdom's 82.35 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 76.47, 1.1× the median. (49 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 70.59 | 70.59 | 70.59 | 7 |
| 2010s | 76.47 | 70.59 | 82.35 | 10 |
Countries ranked near United Kingdom
- 27 Russia 82.35 compare
- 27 Belarus 82.35 compare
- 27 Brunei 82.35 compare
- 27 Burundi 82.35 compare
- 27 Democratic Republic of Congo 82.35 compare
- 27 Cote d'Ivoire 82.35 compare
- 27 Kazakhstan 82.35 compare
- 27 Kyrgyzstan 82.35 compare
- 27 Latvia 82.35 compare
- 27 Lithuania 82.35 compare
- 27 Mauritania 82.35 compare
- 27 Mauritius 82.35 compare
- 27 Morocco 82.35 compare
- 27 Netherlands 82.35 compare
- 27 Niger 82.35 compare
- 27 Norway 82.35 compare
- 27 Samoa 82.35 compare
- 27 Saudi Arabia 82.35 compare
- 27 Senegal 82.35 compare
- 27 Sweden 82.35 compare
- 27 Tonga 82.35 compare
More private sector data for United Kingdom
- Merchandise trade 37.6% (2025)
- Food imports 9.8% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 56.7% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 948.64 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 448.00 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 6.7% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 59.7% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 555.83 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 714.60 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 7,999 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score in United Kingdom?
- Starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score in United Kingdom was 82.35 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score recorded in United Kingdom?
- The highest recorded value was 82.35 in 2015.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score recorded in United Kingdom?
- The lowest recorded value was 70.59 in 2003.
- How does United Kingdom rank for starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score?
- United Kingdom ranks 27th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - women (number) - score rising or falling in United Kingdom?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Kingdom 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.