Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Kuwait
Kuwait: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women was 6 number in 2019. βΌ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Kuwait, 2003β2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
Kuwait recorded 6 number for starting a business: procedures required - women in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of down 25.0% on the previous year and down 57.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - women in Kuwait peaked at 14 number in 2003 and was at its lowest, 6 number, in 2019.
Kuwait ranks 96th of 188 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 number | 14 number | 14 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 11.6 number | 6 number | 14 number | 10 |
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More private sector data for Kuwait
- Merchandise trade 72.3% (2025)
- Food imports 17.5% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 73.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 41.61 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 0.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 8.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 72.07 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 12.14 billion current US$ (2025)
- Transport services 21.8% (2025)
- Computer, communications and other services 24.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - women in Kuwait?
- Starting a business: procedures required - women in Kuwait was 6 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 14 number in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 number in 2019.
- How does Kuwait rank for starting a business: procedures required - women?
- Kuwait ranks 96th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - women rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is down 57.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kuwait 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.