Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women was 11 number in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Ethiopia, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 11 number for starting a business: procedures required - women in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - women in Ethiopia peaked at 14 number in 2012 and was at its lowest, 11 number, in 2004.
Ethiopia ranks 14th of 190 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11.14 number | 11 number | 12 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 12.8 number | 11 number | 14 number | 10 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
More private sector data for Ethiopia
- Merchandise trade 24.2% (2025)
- Food imports 13.8% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 69.2% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 23.01 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 80.4% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 9.2% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 7.58 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 55.99 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.06 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 38.61 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - women in Ethiopia?
- Starting a business: procedures required - women in Ethiopia was 11 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 14 number in 2012.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 11 number in 2004.
- How does Ethiopia rank for starting a business: procedures required - women?
- Ethiopia ranks 14th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - women rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.