Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Ghana
Ghana: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women was 8 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Ghana, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: procedures required - women in Ghana stood at 8 number.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - women in Ghana peaked at 11 number in 2003 and was at its lowest, 7 number, in 2009.
Ghana ranks 48th of 190 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Ghana, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 11 number | — |
| 2004 | 11 number | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 11 number | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 11 number | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 10 number | -9.1% |
| 2008 | 8 number | -20.0% |
| 2009 | 7 number | -12.5% |
| 2010 | 7 number | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 7 number | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 7 number | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 8 number | +14.3% |
| 2014 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 8 number | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.86 number | 7 number | 11 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 7.7 number | 7 number | 8 number | 10 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 48 Japan 8 number compare
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- 48 Bhutan 8 number compare
- 48 Chad 8 number compare
- 48 Jordan 8 number compare
- 48 Lebanon 8 number compare
- 48 Mongolia 8 number compare
- 48 Montenegro 8 number compare
- 48 Nepal 8 number compare
- 48 Palau 8 number compare
- 48 Peru 8 number compare
- 48 Suriname 8 number compare
- 48 Syrian Arab Republic 8 number compare
- 48 Viet Nam 8 number compare
More private sector data for Ghana
- Merchandise trade 42.5% (2025)
- Food imports 13.7% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 51.5% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 17.45 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 18.1% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 6.0% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 31.11 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 887.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2724 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 62.31 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - women in Ghana?
- Starting a business: procedures required - women in Ghana was 8 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 11 number in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 number in 2009.
- How does Ghana rank for starting a business: procedures required - women?
- Ghana ranks 48th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - women rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ghana 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.