Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Malaysia
Malaysia: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women was 9 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Malaysia, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: procedures required - women in Malaysia is 9 number, measured in 2019.
That represents a change of down 10.0% on the previous year and down 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - women in Malaysia peaked at 11 number in 2003 and was at its lowest, 7 number, in 2011.
Malaysia ranks 30th of 190 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11 number | 11 number | 11 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 8.4 number | 7 number | 10 number | 10 |
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More private sector data for Malaysia
- Merchandise trade 151.7% (2025)
- Food imports 8.3% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 72.0% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 340.44 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.4% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 72.7% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 376.04 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 10,452 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.7964 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 13.69 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - women in Malaysia?
- Starting a business: procedures required - women in Malaysia was 9 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 11 number in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 number in 2011.
- How does Malaysia rank for starting a business: procedures required - women?
- Malaysia ranks 30th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - women rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malaysia 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.