Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number) in Lithuania
Lithuania: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women was 4 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Lithuania, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: procedures required - women in Lithuania is 4 number, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is down 42.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - women in Lithuania peaked at 8 number in 2003 and was at its lowest, 4 number, in 2015.
That places Lithuania 144th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it 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 Lithuania, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 8 number | — |
| 2004 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 7 number | -12.5% |
| 2007 | 7 number | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 7 number | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 7 number | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 6 number | -14.3% |
| 2011 | 6 number | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 7 number | +16.7% |
| 2013 | 6 number | -14.3% |
| 2014 | 5 number | -16.7% |
| 2015 | 4 number | -20.0% |
| 2016 | 4 number | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 4 number | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 4 number | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 4 number | +0.0% |
Lithuania compared with similar countries
- Lithuania's 4 number is below the median for high income countries, which is 5 number, 80% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Lithuania's 4 number is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 5 number, 80% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.43 number | 7 number | 8 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 5 number | 4 number | 7 number | 10 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
- 143 China 4.55 number compare
- 144 Russia 4 number compare
- 144 Belarus 4 number compare
- 144 Brunei 4 number compare
- 144 Burundi 4 number compare
- 144 Democratic Republic of Congo 4 number compare
- 144 Cote d'Ivoire 4 number compare
- 144 Kazakhstan 4 number compare
- 144 Kyrgyzstan 4 number compare
- 144 Latvia 4 number compare
- 144 Mauritania 4 number compare
- 144 Mauritius 4 number compare
- 144 Morocco 4 number compare
- 144 Netherlands 4 number compare
- 144 Niger 4 number compare
- 144 Norway 4 number compare
- 144 Samoa 4 number compare
- 144 Saudi Arabia 4 number compare
- 144 Senegal 4 number compare
- 144 Sweden 4 number compare
- 144 Tonga 4 number compare
- 144 United Kingdom 4 number compare
More private sector data for Lithuania
- Merchandise trade 95.2% (2025)
- Food imports 13.1% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 63.0% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 49.01 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 19.7% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 60.0% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 41.63 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 14,410 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4372 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 4.55 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - women in Lithuania?
- Starting a business: procedures required - women in Lithuania was 4 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 8 number in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 4 number in 2015.
- How does Lithuania rank for starting a business: procedures required - women?
- Lithuania ranks 144th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - women rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lithuania 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.