Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number) in Madagascar
Madagascar: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women was 5 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Madagascar, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: procedures required - women in Madagascar stood at 5 number. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is down 44.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - women in Madagascar peaked at 15 number in 2003 and was at its lowest, 5 number, in 2017.
Madagascar ranks 120th of 191 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.
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 15 number | — |
| 2004 | 13 number | -13.3% |
| 2005 | 12 number | -7.7% |
| 2006 | 11 number | -8.3% |
| 2007 | 9 number | -18.2% |
| 2008 | 9 number | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 9 number | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 9 number | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 9 number | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 9 number | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 9 number | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 9 number | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 10 number | +11.1% |
| 2016 | 8 number | -20.0% |
| 2017 | 5 number | -37.5% |
| 2018 | 5 number | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 5 number | +0.0% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 5 number is below the median for low income countries, which is 7 number, 71% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 5 number is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7 number, 71% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11.14 number | 9 number | 15 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 7.8 number | 5 number | 10 number | 10 |
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- 120 France 5 number compare
- 120 Iceland 5 number compare
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- 120 Luxembourg 5 number compare
- 120 Mali 5 number compare
- 120 Malta 5 number compare
- 120 Marshall Islands 5 number compare
- 120 Oman 5 number compare
- 120 Panama 5 number compare
- 120 Poland 5 number compare
- 120 Rwanda 5 number compare
- 120 Sierra Leone 5 number compare
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- 120 Uruguay 5 number compare
More private sector data for Madagascar
- Merchandise trade 39.4% (2025)
- Food imports 18.4% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 58.9% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 5.24 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 30.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 32.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 2.50 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 76.3 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1273 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -3.25 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - women in Madagascar?
- Starting a business: procedures required - women in Madagascar was 5 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 15 number in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 number in 2017.
- How does Madagascar rank for starting a business: procedures required - women?
- Madagascar ranks 120th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - women rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Madagascar 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.