Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women was 6 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Sao Tome and Principe, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
Sao Tome and Principe recorded 6 number for starting a business: procedures required - women in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
The figure is down 45.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - women in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 12 number in 2010 and was at its lowest, 6 number, in 2014.
That places Sao Tome and Principe 96th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Sao Tome and Principe, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 11 number | — |
| 2005 | 11 number | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 11 number | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 11 number | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 11 number | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 11 number | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 12 number | +9.1% |
| 2011 | 7 number | -41.7% |
| 2012 | 7 number | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 7 number | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 6 number | -14.3% |
| 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 | 11 number | 11 number | 11 number | 6 |
| 2010s | 6.9 number | 6 number | 12 number | 10 |
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More private sector data for Sao Tome and Principe
- Merchandise trade 22.5% (2025)
- Food imports 31.8% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 37.1% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 183.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 98.2% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 1.5% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 38.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 158.17 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0387 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 31.03 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - women in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Starting a business: procedures required - women in Sao Tome and Principe was 6 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 12 number in 2010.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 number in 2014.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for starting a business: procedures required - women?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 96th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - women rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sao Tome and Principe 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.