Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number) in Congo
Congo: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women was 11 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Congo, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: procedures required - women in Congo stood at 11 number. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - women in Congo peaked at 12 number in 2003 and was at its lowest, 11 number, in 2017.
Congo ranks 14th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Congo, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 12 number | — |
| 2004 | 12 number | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 12 number | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 12 number | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 12 number | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 12 number | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 12 number | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 12 number | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 12 number | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 12 number | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 12 number | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 12 number | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 12 number | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 12 number | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 11 number | -8.3% |
| 2018 | 11 number | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 11 number | +0.0% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 11 number is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 7 number, 1.6× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Congo's 11 number is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7 number, 1.6× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12 number | 12 number | 12 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 11.7 number | 11 number | 12 number | 10 |
Countries ranked near Congo
More private sector data for Congo
- Merchandise trade 94.4% (2025)
- Food imports 21.2% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 71.4% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 7.90 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 0.2% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 10.3% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 7.50 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,157 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4599 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -4.57 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - women in Congo?
- Starting a business: procedures required - women in Congo was 11 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 12 number in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 11 number in 2017.
- How does Congo rank for starting a business: procedures required - women?
- Congo ranks 14th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - women rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Congo 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.