Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Gambia
Gambia: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women was 6 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Gambia, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: procedures required - women in Gambia is 6 number, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of down 14.3% on the previous year and down 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - women in Gambia peaked at 9 number in 2007 and was at its lowest, 6 number, in 2019.
Gambia ranks 96th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Gambia, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 8 number | — |
| 2006 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 9 number | +12.5% |
| 2008 | 8 number | -11.1% |
| 2009 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 7 number | -12.5% |
| 2015 | 7 number | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 7 number | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 7 number | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 7 number | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 6 number | -14.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.2 number | 8 number | 9 number | 5 |
| 2010s | 7.3 number | 6 number | 8 number | 10 |
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- 96 Papua New Guinea 6 number compare
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- 96 Switzerland 6 number compare
- 96 Timor-Leste 6 number compare
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More private sector data for Gambia
- Merchandise trade 54.3% (2025)
- Food imports 22.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 44.7% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 894.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 90.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 1.0% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 514.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 182.13 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1982 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 41.6 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - women in Gambia?
- Starting a business: procedures required - women in Gambia was 6 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 9 number in 2007.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 number in 2019.
- How does Gambia rank for starting a business: procedures required - women?
- Gambia ranks 96th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - women rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Gambia 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.