Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Portugal
Portugal: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women was 6 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Portugal, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: procedures required - women in Portugal stood at 6 number.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - women in Portugal peaked at 11 number in 2003 and was at its lowest, 5 number, in 2013.
Portugal ranks 96th 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 Portugal, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 11 number | — |
| 2004 | 11 number | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 11 number | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 8 number | -27.3% |
| 2007 | 7 number | -12.5% |
| 2008 | 6 number | -14.3% |
| 2009 | 6 number | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 6 number | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 6 number | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 6 number | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 5 number | -16.7% |
| 2014 | 6 number | +20.0% |
| 2015 | 6 number | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 6 number | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 6 number | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 6 number | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 6 number | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.57 number | 6 number | 11 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 5.9 number | 5 number | 6 number | 10 |
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- 96 United States of America 6 number compare
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- 96 Chile 6 number compare
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- 96 Egypt 6 number compare
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- 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 Myanmar 6 number compare
- 96 North Macedonia 6 number compare
- 96 Papua New Guinea 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 Timor-Leste 6 number compare
- 96 Ukraine 6 number compare
More private sector data for Portugal
- Merchandise trade 62.1% (2025)
- Food imports 15.9% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 71.6% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 125.85 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 14.4% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 75.4% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 89.42 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 8,276 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.258 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 4.74 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - women in Portugal?
- Starting a business: procedures required - women in Portugal was 6 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 11 number in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 number in 2013.
- How does Portugal rank for starting a business: procedures required - women?
- Portugal ranks 96th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - women rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Portugal 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.