Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number) in Tonga
Tonga: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women was 4 number in 2019. ▬ Flat
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Tonga, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: procedures required - women in Tonga stood at 4 number. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - women in Tonga peaked at 4 number in 2003 and was at its lowest, 4 number, in 2003.
Tonga ranks 144th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Tonga, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 4 number | — |
| 2004 | 4 number | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 4 number | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 4 number | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 4 number | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 4 number | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 4 number | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 4 number | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 4 number | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 4 number | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 4 number | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 4 number | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 4 number | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 4 number | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 4 number | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 4 number | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 4 number | +0.0% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 4 number is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7 number, 57% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 4 number is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 6.5 number, 62% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4 number | 4 number | 4 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 4 number | 4 number | 4 number | 10 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 143 China 4.55 number compare
- 144 Russia 4 number compare
- 144 Belarus 4 number compare
- 144 Brunei 4 number compare
- 144 Burundi 4 number compare
- 144 Democratic Republic of Congo 4 number compare
- 144 Cote d'Ivoire 4 number compare
- 144 Kazakhstan 4 number compare
- 144 Kyrgyzstan 4 number compare
- 144 Latvia 4 number compare
- 144 Lithuania 4 number compare
- 144 Mauritania 4 number compare
- 144 Mauritius 4 number compare
- 144 Morocco 4 number compare
- 144 Netherlands 4 number compare
- 144 Niger 4 number compare
- 144 Norway 4 number compare
- 144 Samoa 4 number compare
- 144 Saudi Arabia 4 number compare
- 144 Senegal 4 number compare
- 144 Sweden 4 number compare
- 144 United Kingdom 4 number compare
More private sector data for Tonga
- Merchandise trade 39.5% (2025)
- Food imports 27.5% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 53.8% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 255.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 30.9% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 67.5% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 13.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 125.31 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0191 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 44.44 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - women in Tonga?
- Starting a business: procedures required - women in Tonga was 4 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 4 number in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 4 number in 2003.
- How does Tonga rank for starting a business: procedures required - women?
- Tonga ranks 144th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - women rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Tonga 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.