Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women was 9 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Guinea-Bissau, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
Guinea-Bissau recorded 9 number for starting a business: procedures required - women in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 47.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - women in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 17 number in 2005 and was at its lowest, 9 number, in 2011.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 30th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 17 number | — |
| 2006 | 17 number | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 17 number | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 17 number | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 17 number | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 17 number | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 9 number | -47.1% |
| 2012 | 9 number | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 9 number | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 9 number | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 9 number | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 9 number | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 9 number | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 9 number | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 9 number | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17 number | 17 number | 17 number | 5 |
| 2010s | 9.8 number | 9 number | 17 number | 10 |
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More private sector data for Guinea-Bissau
- Merchandise trade 31.7% (2025)
- Food imports 41.7% (2018)
- Manufactures imports 38.6% (2018)
- Merchandise imports 489.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 68.5% (2018)
- Manufactures exports 0.0% (2015)
- Merchandise exports 313.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 139.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1238 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 36.68 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - women in Guinea-Bissau?
- Starting a business: procedures required - women in Guinea-Bissau was 9 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 17 number in 2005.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 number in 2011.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for starting a business: procedures required - women?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 30th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - women rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau 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.