Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Lesotho
Lesotho: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women was 6 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Lesotho, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: procedures required - women in Lesotho stood at 6 number. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is down 14.3% on the previous year and down 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - women in Lesotho peaked at 9 number in 2003 and was at its lowest, 6 number, in 2019.
Lesotho 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 | 8.14 number | 7 number | 9 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 6.9 number | 6 number | 7 number | 10 |
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More private sector data for Lesotho
- Merchandise trade 102.9% (2025)
- Food imports 23.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 59.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 1.88 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 23.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 70.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 773.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 13.93 million current US$ (2025)
- Transport services 11.3% (2025)
- Computer, communications and other services 8.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - women in Lesotho?
- Starting a business: procedures required - women in Lesotho was 6 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 9 number in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 number in 2019.
- How does Lesotho rank for starting a business: procedures required - women?
- Lesotho ranks 96th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - women rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lesotho 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.