Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women was 10 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Costa Rica, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: procedures required - women in Costa Rica is 10 number, measured in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - women in Costa Rica peaked at 12 number in 2003 and was at its lowest, 9 number, in 2013.
Costa Rica ranks 22nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Costa Rica, 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 | 9 number | -25.0% |
| 2014 | 9 number | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 9 number | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 9 number | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 9 number | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 10 number | +11.1% |
| 2019 | 10 number | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12 number | 12 number | 12 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 10.1 number | 9 number | 12 number | 10 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More private sector data for Costa Rica
- Merchandise trade 52.4% (2025)
- Food imports 13.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 73.9% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 27.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 32.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 64.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 26.43 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 5,129 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2568 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 21.87 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - women in Costa Rica?
- Starting a business: procedures required - women in Costa Rica was 10 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 12 number in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 number in 2013.
- How does Costa Rica rank for starting a business: procedures required - women?
- Costa Rica ranks 22nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - women rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Costa Rica 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.