Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Guatemala
Guatemala: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women was 6 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Guatemala, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: procedures required - women in Guatemala stood at 6 number. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 57.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - women in Guatemala peaked at 16 number in 2003 and was at its lowest, 6 number, in 2018.
Guatemala ranks 96th of 190 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14.86 number | 14 number | 16 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 9.9 number | 6 number | 14 number | 10 |
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More private sector data for Guatemala
- Merchandise trade 40.7% (2025)
- Food imports 17.4% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 64.4% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 34.61 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 47.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 45.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 15.56 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 832.52 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1262 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 6.55 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - women in Guatemala?
- Starting a business: procedures required - women in Guatemala was 6 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 16 number in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 number in 2018.
- How does Guatemala rank for starting a business: procedures required - women?
- Guatemala ranks 96th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - women rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is down 57.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guatemala 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.