Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Yemen
Yemen: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women was 7 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Yemen, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: procedures required - women in Yemen stood at 7 number. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - women in Yemen peaked at 13 number in 2003 and was at its lowest, 7 number, in 2009.
That places Yemen 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 Yemen, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 13 number | — |
| 2004 | 13 number | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 13 number | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 13 number | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 13 number | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 8 number | -38.5% |
| 2009 | 7 number | -12.5% |
| 2010 | 7 number | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 7 number | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 7 number | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 7 number | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 7 number | +0.0% |
| 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 | 11.43 number | 7 number | 13 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 7 number | 7 number | 7 number | 10 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
- 64 Mexico 7.83 number compare
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- 65 Colombia 7 number compare
- 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 South Africa 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 Zambia 7 number compare
More private sector data for Yemen
- Merchandise trade 24.7% (2025)
- Food imports 39.1% (2019)
- Manufactures imports 31.4% (2019)
- Merchandise imports 4.65 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 99.3% (2019)
- Manufactures exports 0.6% (2019)
- Merchandise exports 196.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4.69 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0264 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -14.41 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - women in Yemen?
- Starting a business: procedures required - women in Yemen was 7 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 13 number in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 number in 2009.
- How does Yemen rank for starting a business: procedures required - women?
- Yemen ranks 65th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - women rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Yemen 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.