Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number) in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women was 7 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Vanuatu, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
Vanuatu recorded 7 number for starting a business: procedures required - women in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is down 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - women in Vanuatu peaked at 8 number in 2005 and was at its lowest, 7 number, in 2003.
That places Vanuatu 65th 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 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Vanuatu, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 7 number | — |
| 2004 | 7 number | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 8 number | +14.3% |
| 2006 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 8 number | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 7 number | -12.5% |
| 2017 | 7 number | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 7 number | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 7 number | +0.0% |
Vanuatu compared with similar countries
- Vanuatu's 7 number is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 7 number, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Vanuatu's 7 number is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 6.5 number, 1.1× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.71 number | 7 number | 8 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 7.6 number | 7 number | 8 number | 10 |
Countries ranked near Vanuatu
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- 65 Kiribati 7 number compare
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- 65 Micronesia (country) 7 number compare
- 65 Nicaragua 7 number compare
- 65 Paraguay 7 number compare
- 65 San Marino 7 number compare
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- 65 Solomon Islands 7 number compare
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- 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
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More private sector data for Vanuatu
- Merchandise trade 43.8% (2025)
- Food imports 25.0% (2011)
- Manufactures imports 52.3% (2011)
- Merchandise imports 515.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 85.3% (2011)
- Manufactures exports 8.2% (2011)
- Merchandise exports 78.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 232.72 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0576 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 4 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - women in Vanuatu?
- Starting a business: procedures required - women in Vanuatu was 7 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 8 number in 2005.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 number in 2003.
- How does Vanuatu rank for starting a business: procedures required - women?
- Vanuatu ranks 65th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - women rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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.