Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number) in Myanmar
Myanmar: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women was 6 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Myanmar, 2012–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
Myanmar recorded 6 number for starting a business: procedures required - women in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of down 50.0% on the previous year and down 60.0% over ten years.
Myanmar ranks 96th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Myanmar, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 15 number | — |
| 2013 | 15 number | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 15 number | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 14 number | -6.7% |
| 2016 | 12 number | -14.3% |
| 2017 | 12 number | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 12 number | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 6 number | -50.0% |
Myanmar compared with similar countries
- Myanmar's 6 number is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 7 number, 86% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Myanmar's 6 number is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 6.5 number, 92% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Myanmar
- 96 United States 6 number compare
- 96 Benin 6 number compare
- 96 Cameroon 6 number compare
- 96 Chile 6 number compare
- 96 Djibouti 6 number compare
- 96 Egypt 6 number compare
- 96 Gambia 6 number compare
- 96 Grenada 6 number compare
- 96 Guatemala 6 number compare
- 96 Guinea 6 number compare
- 96 Hungary 6 number compare
- 96 Kuwait 6 number compare
- 96 Lesotho 6 number compare
- 96 Maldives 6 number compare
- 96 North Macedonia 6 number compare
- 96 Papua New Guinea 6 number compare
- 96 Portugal 6 number compare
- 96 Puerto Rico 6 number compare
- 96 Romania 6 number compare
- 96 Sao Tome and Principe 6 number compare
- 96 Switzerland 6 number compare
- 96 East Timor 6 number compare
- 96 Ukraine 6 number compare
More private sector data for Myanmar
- Merchandise trade 36.3% (2025)
- Food imports 9.7% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 52.6% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 14.33 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 36.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 35.7% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 15.30 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 278.9 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1873 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 2.51 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - women in Myanmar?
- Starting a business: procedures required - women in Myanmar was 6 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 15 number in 2012.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 number in 2019.
- How does Myanmar rank for starting a business: procedures required - women?
- Myanmar ranks 96th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - women rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 60.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Myanmar 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.