Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number) in China
China: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women was 4.55 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in China, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: procedures required - women in China is 4.55 number, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of down 9.0% on the previous year and down 67.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - women in China peaked at 14 number in 2008 and was at its lowest, 4.55 number, in 2019.
China ranks 143rd of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in China, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 13 number | — |
| 2004 | 13 number | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 13 number | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 13 number | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 13 number | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 14 number | +7.7% |
| 2009 | 14 number | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 14 number | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 14 number | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 13 number | -7.1% |
| 2013 | 13 number | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 11 number | -15.4% |
| 2015 | 11 number | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 9 number | -18.2% |
| 2017 | 9 number | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 5 number | -44.4% |
| 2019 | 4.55 number | -9.0% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 4.55 number is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7 number, 65% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- China's 4.55 number is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 6.5 number, 70% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13.29 number | 13 number | 14 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 10.36 number | 4.55 number | 14 number | 10 |
Countries ranked near China
- 144 Russia 4 number compare
- 144 Belarus 4 number compare
- 144 Brunei 4 number compare
- 144 Burundi 4 number compare
- 144 Democratic Republic of Congo 4 number compare
- 144 Cote d'Ivoire 4 number compare
- 144 Kazakhstan 4 number compare
- 144 Kyrgyzstan 4 number compare
- 144 Latvia 4 number compare
- 144 Lithuania 4 number compare
- 144 Mauritania 4 number compare
- 144 Mauritius 4 number compare
- 144 Morocco 4 number compare
- 144 Netherlands 4 number compare
- 144 Niger 4 number compare
- 144 Norway 4 number compare
- 144 Samoa 4 number compare
- 144 Saudi Arabia 4 number compare
- 144 Senegal 4 number compare
- 144 Sweden 4 number compare
- 144 Tonga 4 number compare
- 144 United Kingdom 4 number compare
More private sector data for China
- Merchandise trade 32.6% (2025)
- Food imports 8.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 49.3% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 2.58 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 2.4% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 91.2% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 3.77 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,682 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1934 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 5.48 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - women in China?
- Starting a business: procedures required - women in China was 4.55 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 14 number in 2008.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.55 number in 2019.
- How does China rank for starting a business: procedures required - women?
- China ranks 143rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - women rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 67.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 17 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.