Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Nigeria
Nigeria: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women was 7 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Nigeria, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 7 number for starting a business: procedures required - women in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 17.3% on the previous year and down 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - women in Nigeria peaked at 10 number in 2003 and was at its lowest, 7 number, in 2019.
That places Nigeria 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 | 9 number | 8 number | 10 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 8.18 number | 7 number | 8.46 number | 10 |
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- 64 Mexico 7.83 number compare
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- 65 Kiribati 7 number compare
- 65 Malawi 7 number compare
- 65 Micronesia (Federated States of) 7 number compare
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- 65 Paraguay 7 number compare
- 65 San Marino 7 number compare
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- 65 Solomon Islands 7 number compare
- 65 South Africa 7 number compare
- 65 Spain 7 number compare
- 65 Sri Lanka 7 number compare
- 65 Saint Kitts and Nevis 7 number compare
- 65 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7 number compare
- 65 Trinidad and Tobago 7 number compare
- 65 Türkiye 7 number compare
- 65 Vanuatu 7 number compare
- 65 Yemen 7 number compare
- 65 Zambia 7 number compare
More private sector data for Nigeria
- Merchandise trade 33.3% (2025)
- Food imports 11.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 46.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 41.45 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 6.0% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 3.5% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 55.47 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 233.52 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1907 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 4.03 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - women in Nigeria?
- Starting a business: procedures required - women in Nigeria was 7 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 10 number in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 number in 2019.
- How does Nigeria rank for starting a business: procedures required - women?
- Nigeria ranks 65th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - women rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nigeria 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.