Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number) in Ecuador
Ecuador: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women was 11 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Ecuador, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 11 number for starting a business: procedures required - women in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of down 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - women in Ecuador peaked at 14 number in 2003 and was at its lowest, 11 number, in 2016.
Ecuador 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 Ecuador, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 14 number | — |
| 2004 | 14 number | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 14 number | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 14 number | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 14 number | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 14 number | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 13 number | -7.1% |
| 2010 | 13 number | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 13 number | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 13 number | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 13 number | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 13 number | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 12 number | -7.7% |
| 2016 | 11 number | -8.3% |
| 2017 | 11 number | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 11 number | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 11 number | +0.0% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 11 number is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7 number, 1.6× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 11 number is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 7 number, 1.6× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13.86 number | 13 number | 14 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 12.1 number | 11 number | 13 number | 10 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
More private sector data for Ecuador
- Merchandise trade 53.6% (2025)
- Food imports 12.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 59.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 32.65 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 53.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 4.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 37.15 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,031 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2851 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 7.93 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - women in Ecuador?
- Starting a business: procedures required - women in Ecuador was 11 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 14 number in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 11 number in 2016.
- How does Ecuador rank for starting a business: procedures required - women?
- Ecuador ranks 14th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - women rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ecuador 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.