Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Uruguay
Uruguay: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women was 5 number in 2019. βΌ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Uruguay, 2003β2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: procedures required - women in Uruguay is 5 number, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is down 54.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - women in Uruguay peaked at 11 number in 2003 and was at its lowest, 5 number, in 2011.
Uruguay ranks 120th of 190 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.86 number | 10 number | 11 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 5.6 number | 5 number | 11 number | 10 |
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More private sector data for Uruguay
- Merchandise trade 28.3% (2025)
- Food imports 14.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 69.6% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 12.95 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 65.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 18.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 11.23 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 3,318 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1316 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 9.53 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - women in Uruguay?
- Starting a business: procedures required - women in Uruguay was 5 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 11 number in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 number in 2011.
- How does Uruguay rank for starting a business: procedures required - women?
- Uruguay ranks 120th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - women rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 54.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uruguay 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.