Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Iceland
Iceland: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women was 5 number in 2019. ▬ Flat
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Iceland, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: procedures required - women in Iceland stood at 5 number. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - women in Iceland peaked at 5 number in 2004 and was at its lowest, 5 number, in 2004.
That places Iceland 120th out of 190 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5 number | 5 number | 5 number | 6 |
| 2010s | 5 number | 5 number | 5 number | 10 |
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More private sector data for Iceland
- Merchandise trade 46.9% (2025)
- Food imports 11.1% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 71.1% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 10.94 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 46.9% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 14.0% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 7.17 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 18,264 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1858 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 3.33 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - women in Iceland?
- Starting a business: procedures required - women in Iceland was 5 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 5 number in 2004.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 number in 2004.
- How does Iceland rank for starting a business: procedures required - women?
- Iceland ranks 120th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - women rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Iceland 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.