Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women was 11 number in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
11 number
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
14th
of 190 countries
All-time high
14 number
in 2012
All-time low
11 number
in 2004
Years of data
17
2003–2019

Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Ethiopia, 2003–2019

0510152003201120192003: 12 number2004: 11 number2005: 11 number2006: 11 number2007: 11 number2008: 11 number2009: 11 number2010: 11 number2011: 13 number2012: 14 number2013: 14 number2014: 14 number2015: 14 number2016: 14 number2017: 12 number2018: 11 number2019: 11 number

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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 11.14 number 11 number 12 number 7
2010s 12.8 number 11 number 14 number 10

Countries ranked near Ethiopia

  1. 13 Indonesia 11.22 number compare
  2. 14 Congo 11 number compare
  3. 14 Ecuador 11 number compare
  4. 14 Fiji 11 number compare
  5. 14 Honduras 11 number compare
  6. 14 Iran 11 number compare
  7. 14 Palestine, State of 11 number compare

See the full ranking of 190 places →

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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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Indicator
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number)
Unit
number
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
190 places, 3,083 data points, 2003–2019
Last refreshed

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.