Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Estonia
Estonia: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women was 3 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Estonia, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: procedures required - women in Estonia stood at 3 number. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of down 40.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - women in Estonia peaked at 6 number in 2003 and was at its lowest, 3 number, in 2015.
That places Estonia 166th out of 190 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.57 number | 5 number | 6 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 3.9 number | 3 number | 5 number | 10 |
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- 166 Moldova 3 number compare
- 166 Slovenia 3 number compare
- 166 Chinese Taipei 3 number compare
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- 166 Uzbekistan 3 number compare
More private sector data for Estonia
- Merchandise trade 98.4% (2025)
- Food imports 14.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 67.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 25.30 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 13.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 64.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 20.98 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 15,353 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4461 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 11.63 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - women in Estonia?
- Starting a business: procedures required - women in Estonia was 3 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 6 number in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 number in 2015.
- How does Estonia rank for starting a business: procedures required - women?
- Estonia ranks 166th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - women rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Estonia 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.