Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women was 3 number in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Burkina Faso, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: procedures required - women in Burkina Faso is 3 number, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - women in Burkina Faso peaked at 12 number in 2003 and was at its lowest, 3 number, in 2011.
Burkina Faso ranks 166th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 12 number | — |
| 2004 | 12 number | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 12 number | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 8 number | -33.3% |
| 2007 | 6 number | -25.0% |
| 2008 | 5 number | -16.7% |
| 2009 | 4 number | -20.0% |
| 2010 | 4 number | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 3 number | -25.0% |
| 2012 | 3 number | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 3 number | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 3 number | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 3 number | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 3 number | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 3 number | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 3 number | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 3 number | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.43 number | 4 number | 12 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 3.1 number | 3 number | 4 number | 10 |
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More private sector data for Burkina Faso
- Merchandise trade 67.5% (2025)
- Food imports 11.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 46.9% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 7.57 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 7.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 2.7% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 11.08 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 460.07 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4009 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 96.38 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - women in Burkina Faso?
- Starting a business: procedures required - women in Burkina Faso was 3 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 12 number in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 number in 2011.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for starting a business: procedures required - women?
- Burkina Faso ranks 166th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - women rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The number of procedures for women records all the procedures required in practice for five female married entrepreneurs to start and operate a local limited liability company. A procedure is de?ned as any interaction of the company founders with external parties or spouses (if legally required). Both pre- and post-incorporation procedures that are officially required or commonly done in practice are recorded.