Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Iraq
Iraq: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women was 9 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Iraq, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: procedures required - women in Iraq stood at 9 number. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of down 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - women in Iraq peaked at 12 number in 2004 and was at its lowest, 9 number, in 2017.
Iraq ranks 30th of 190 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12 number | 12 number | 12 number | 6 |
| 2010s | 10.4 number | 9 number | 12 number | 10 |
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- 30 Lao People's Democratic Republic 9 number compare
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More private sector data for Iraq
- Merchandise trade 70.0% (2025)
- Food imports 7.2% (2014)
- Manufactures imports 66.3% (2014)
- Merchandise imports 85.19 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 0.0% (2016)
- Manufactures exports 0.0% (2016)
- Merchandise exports 92.91 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,976 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3653 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -8 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - women in Iraq?
- Starting a business: procedures required - women in Iraq was 9 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 12 number in 2004.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 number in 2017.
- How does Iraq rank for starting a business: procedures required - women?
- Iraq ranks 30th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - women rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iraq 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.