Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number) in Oman
Oman: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women was 5 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Oman, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
Oman recorded 5 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 37.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - women in Oman peaked at 13 number in 2003 and was at its lowest, 5 number, in 2017.
Oman ranks 120th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Oman, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 13 number | — |
| 2004 | 13 number | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 13 number | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 13 number | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 13 number | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 10 number | -23.1% |
| 2009 | 8 number | -20.0% |
| 2010 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 6 number | -25.0% |
| 2017 | 5 number | -16.7% |
| 2018 | 5 number | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 5 number | +0.0% |
Oman compared with similar countries
- Oman's 5 number is above the median for high income countries, which is 5 number, 1.0× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Oman's 5 number is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 6 number, 83% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11.86 number | 8 number | 13 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 6.9 number | 5 number | 8 number | 10 |
Countries ranked near Oman
- 120 Pakistan 5 number compare
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- 120 Denmark 5 number compare
- 120 Dominica 5 number compare
- 120 France 5 number compare
- 120 Iceland 5 number compare
- 120 Liberia 5 number compare
- 120 Luxembourg 5 number compare
- 120 Madagascar 5 number compare
- 120 Mali 5 number compare
- 120 Malta 5 number compare
- 120 Marshall Islands 5 number compare
- 120 Panama 5 number compare
- 120 Poland 5 number compare
- 120 Rwanda 5 number compare
- 120 Sierra Leone 5 number compare
- 120 Saint Lucia 5 number compare
- 120 Thailand 5 number compare
- 120 Uruguay 5 number compare
More private sector data for Oman
- Merchandise trade 91.0% (2025)
- Food imports 13.9% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 53.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 44.50 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 3.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 13.8% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 55.28 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 10,060 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.5043 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -15.17 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - women in Oman?
- Starting a business: procedures required - women in Oman was 5 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Oman?
- The highest recorded value was 13 number in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Oman?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 number in 2017.
- How does Oman rank for starting a business: procedures required - women?
- Oman ranks 120th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - women rising or falling in Oman?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Oman 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.