Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Malawi
Malawi: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women was 7 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Malawi, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: procedures required - women in Malawi stood at 7 number. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 30.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - women in Malawi peaked at 10 number in 2003 and was at its lowest, 7 number, in 2016.
That places Malawi 65th out of 190 countries with data for 2019, putting it 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 | 10 number | 10 number | 10 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 8.4 number | 7 number | 10 number | 10 |
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More private sector data for Malawi
- Merchandise trade 30.9% (2025)
- Food imports 11.8% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 68.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 3.66 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 90.2% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 8.0% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 947.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 42.63 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0635 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -1.15 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - women in Malawi?
- Starting a business: procedures required - women in Malawi was 7 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 10 number in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 number in 2016.
- How does Malawi rank for starting a business: procedures required - women?
- Malawi ranks 65th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - women rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malawi 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.