Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Ireland
Ireland: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women was 3 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Ireland, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
Ireland recorded 3 number for starting a business: procedures required - women in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is down 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - women in Ireland peaked at 4 number in 2003 and was at its lowest, 3 number, in 2016.
Ireland ranks 166th of 190 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Ireland, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 4 number | — |
| 2004 | 4 number | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 4 number | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 4 number | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 4 number | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 4 number | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 4 number | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 4 number | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 4 number | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 4 number | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 4 number | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 4 number | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 4 number | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 3 number | -25.0% |
| 2017 | 3 number | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 3 number | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 3 number | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4 number | 4 number | 4 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 3.6 number | 3 number | 4 number | 10 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
- 166 Armenia 3 number compare
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- 166 Estonia 3 number compare
- 166 Finland 3 number compare
- 166 Greece 3 number compare
- 166 Israel 3 number compare
- 166 Korea 3 number compare
- 166 Kosovo 3 number compare
- 166 Republic of Moldova 3 number compare
- 166 Slovenia 3 number compare
- 166 Taiwan, China 3 number compare
- 166 Tajikistan 3 number compare
- 166 Togo 3 number compare
- 166 Tunisia 3 number compare
- 166 United Arab Emirates 3 number compare
- 166 Uzbekistan 3 number compare
More private sector data for Ireland
- Merchandise trade 62.7% (2025)
- Food imports 9.4% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 82.7% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 159.22 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 7.9% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 90.7% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 293.42 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 53,501 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4066 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 21.65 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - women in Ireland?
- Starting a business: procedures required - women in Ireland was 3 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 4 number in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 number in 2016.
- How does Ireland rank for starting a business: procedures required - women?
- Ireland ranks 166th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - women rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ireland 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.