Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in South Africa
South Africa: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women was 7 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in South Africa, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: procedures required - women in South Africa stood at 7 number.
That represents a change of up 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - women in South Africa peaked at 9 number in 2003 and was at its lowest, 6 number, in 2008.
South Africa ranks 65th 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 South Africa, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 9 number | — |
| 2004 | 9 number | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 9 number | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 9 number | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 8 number | -11.1% |
| 2008 | 6 number | -25.0% |
| 2009 | 6 number | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 6 number | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 6 number | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 6 number | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 6 number | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 7 number | +16.7% |
| 2015 | 7 number | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 7 number | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 7 number | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 7 number | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 7 number | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8 number | 6 number | 9 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 6.6 number | 6 number | 7 number | 10 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 64 Mexico 7.83 number compare
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- 65 Croatia 7 number compare
- 65 Dominican Republic 7 number compare
- 65 Gabon 7 number compare
- 65 Guyana 7 number compare
- 65 Italy 7 number compare
- 65 Kenya 7 number compare
- 65 Kiribati 7 number compare
- 65 Malawi 7 number compare
- 65 Micronesia, Federated States of 7 number compare
- 65 Nicaragua 7 number compare
- 65 Paraguay 7 number compare
- 65 San Marino 7 number compare
- 65 Serbia 7 number compare
- 65 Slovakia 7 number compare
- 65 Solomon Islands 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 South Africa
- Merchandise trade 57.2% (2025)
- Food imports 7.2% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 62.1% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 128.08 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 12.8% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 38.3% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 116.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,798 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2725 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 5.74 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - women in South Africa?
- Starting a business: procedures required - women in South Africa was 7 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 9 number in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 number in 2008.
- How does South Africa rank for starting a business: procedures required - women?
- South Africa ranks 65th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - women rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South Africa 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.