Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number) in Namibia
Namibia: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women was 10 number in 2019. ▬ Flat
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Namibia, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
Namibia recorded 10 number for starting a business: procedures required - women in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - women in Namibia peaked at 10 number in 2003 and was at its lowest, 10 number, in 2003.
That places Namibia 22nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Namibia, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 10 number | — |
| 2004 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 10 number | +0.0% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 10 number is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 7 number, 1.4× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 10 number is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7 number, 1.4× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10 number | 10 number | 10 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 10 number | 10 number | 10 number | 10 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
More private sector data for Namibia
- Merchandise trade 102.4% (2025)
- Food imports 13.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 60.4% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 8.43 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 28.0% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 18.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 7.02 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,271 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4658 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 7.33 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - women in Namibia?
- Starting a business: procedures required - women in Namibia was 10 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 10 number in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 number in 2003.
- How does Namibia rank for starting a business: procedures required - women?
- Namibia ranks 22nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - women rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Namibia 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 17 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.